Sunday, October 18, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Recommended Education Blogs
Here are two blogs that I would use:
1. Mrs Martin's Blog
This Blog has great resources and links
and has a very student friendly style
I would use with upper primary
http://janetmartin.edublogs.org/
2. Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog
This Classroom blog has each students blog linked and demonstrates a good use of movies and student involvement. This I would show to lower primary as an example.
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
1. Mrs Martin's Blog
This Blog has great resources and links
and has a very student friendly style
I would use with upper primary
http://janetmartin.edublogs.org/
2. Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog
This Classroom blog has each students blog linked and demonstrates a good use of movies and student involvement. This I would show to lower primary as an example.
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
Questions Regarding Copyright:
From the Australian Copyright Council
Can I copy material from the internet for research?
For research purposes a ‘fair use’ amount of text can be used, 10% for texts, it is also important to check the copyright statements.
What constitutes research and fair use?
If certain things are considered then the use can be deemed fair:
The purpose of the use, the nature of the work, the effect of using the work etc.
Can students (university or school) use music in videos that they make?
It is necessary to get permission for music and videos
Reference:
http://www.copyright.org.au/pdf/acc/infosheets_pdf/g053.pdf/download
Can I copy material from the internet for research?
For research purposes a ‘fair use’ amount of text can be used, 10% for texts, it is also important to check the copyright statements.
What constitutes research and fair use?
If certain things are considered then the use can be deemed fair:
The purpose of the use, the nature of the work, the effect of using the work etc.
Can students (university or school) use music in videos that they make?
It is necessary to get permission for music and videos
Reference:
http://www.copyright.org.au/pdf/acc/infosheets_pdf/g053.pdf/download
New Literacy Activities
3 Key ideas from:
Happily Blogging @Belmore South.
Pericles, K. (2008) SCAN, 27(2) pp4-6.
Three ideas from this reading that teachers would find useful, as they use information literacy, and for classroom practice they demonstrate how new literacies can be incorporated.
-Students are using blogs to integrate many KLA's, e.g.: football results - Maths.
-Students work on projects that engage them through the use of the technology, e.g.: videos of their performances.
-students have a high level of ownership over the activities, e.g.: blogging their own farewells including photos.
Happily Blogging @Belmore South.
Pericles, K. (2008) SCAN, 27(2) pp4-6.
Three ideas from this reading that teachers would find useful, as they use information literacy, and for classroom practice they demonstrate how new literacies can be incorporated.
-Students are using blogs to integrate many KLA's, e.g.: football results - Maths.
-Students work on projects that engage them through the use of the technology, e.g.: videos of their performances.
-students have a high level of ownership over the activities, e.g.: blogging their own farewells including photos.
New Literacy Activities
Three Key ideas from:
'Literacy instruction with digital and media technologies'
Barone, D., & Wright, T. E. (2008) The Reading Teacher, 62(4) pp292-302.
Three ideas from this reading that teachers would find useful,
even if they are possibly impractical in some situations,
for classroom practice they demonstrate how mew literacies can be incorporated.
- A Class webpage were students check for updates and information, accessible from home.
- A synchronized class calendar / including homework expectations
- Students having projects and independent work to do on their laptops
'Literacy instruction with digital and media technologies'
Barone, D., & Wright, T. E. (2008) The Reading Teacher, 62(4) pp292-302.
Three ideas from this reading that teachers would find useful,
even if they are possibly impractical in some situations,
for classroom practice they demonstrate how mew literacies can be incorporated.
- A Class webpage were students check for updates and information, accessible from home.
- A synchronized class calendar / including homework expectations
- Students having projects and independent work to do on their laptops
Grows on Trees? - A Review
The Tree octopus is a little understood creature.....
This is in an import topic, raising key questions regarding critical literacies.
The type of critical questioning required by students that is highlighted by this reading does not 'grow on trees'. What needs to be understood is that schools who ignore the new literacies and the new information literacy that is required by the ICTs that students face are not giving them the skills they need to operate in research and communication, learning how to learn needs to be an explicit part of these new literacies.
The Tree octopus is a little understood creature.....
This is in an import topic, raising key questions regarding critical literacies.
The type of critical questioning required by students that is highlighted by this reading does not 'grow on trees'. What needs to be understood is that schools who ignore the new literacies and the new information literacy that is required by the ICTs that students face are not giving them the skills they need to operate in research and communication, learning how to learn needs to be an explicit part of these new literacies.
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