Ed Tech Crew

A neat set of videos from the ABC looking at the Digital World, Mobile and portable devices, New ways to watch TV, Podcasting and Social Media.

New social learning course authoring with emphasis on peer and media enhanced lessons. Interviewed by Steve Hargadon on LearnCentral.org. http://www.learncentral.org/userprofile/blog/80/145900

Blurb has a new iPhone app that lets you build slide shows that include audio and video. Hosted online storage. Could it lead to book publishing? Free and $1.99 premium. Twitter/FB sharing.

Open text books

"Working in technology administration, I have always bowed down to uniformity. I can't help it…it's the way we were all taught in the technology industry. It was routine and comfortable. Everyone got the exact same computer with the same image. Everyone had to login to active directory. Security groups were applied with abandon. I wax nostalgic just thinking about it.Fear of BYOD But those days are coming to an end. This is due to a huge number of factors including ridiculously tight school district budgets, much lower computer prices and cloud computing. I believe more and more schools will soon adopt bring your own device (BYOD) as a matter of economic necessity and recognition of educational potential."

Link from twitter - Hamish Curry

"A Community of Practice for teachers using edmodo. Work in Progress" This Wikispace from teachers in NSW covers About Best Practices edmodo and school safety edmodo for Student Voice Independent Schools NSW DEC Topics Parents Resource List School Directory School Policy School Subdomains Selling edmodo Teacher Stories Teacher Topics The edmodo FAQ Use Edmodo - Primary School Using Edmodo - General Using Edmodo - High School Using Edmodo - Special Needs

Create embeddable html 5 slideshows by mashing up photos from your online account together with music from other online sites.

Workbook about Seth Godin's latest book "Poke the Box". Interesting discussion about having initiative and taking risks.

Must read post about the power of Twitter and blogging, and how it can be used in the classroom

Resource for IWBs

From ACMA Cybersmart this very catchy video has stats on what students are doing online as well as lots of targetted advice on what to do to prevent problems and what to do when problems arise. It also contains visual links to the support docs that Cybersmart can provided.

Sme of the innovative ways teachers are using Edmodo in the classroom to engage students

An infographic that looks at what happens in different Web 2.0 and social networking places on the web in 60 seconds.

Mrs Mckewett explains how she creates and groups student gmail accounts.

Notes.io is a web-based application for taking notes. You can take your notes and share with others by providing the shorten url to a friend.

Wonder if this is from the same stable as minutes.io?

Nice little free app that is perfect for stop motion animation. Onion skin effect makes it easy to see prior photo when you're lining up the next one.

I started to collect a Google+ circle of women-only (aptly named 'Women of G+') and the idea of connecting with early adopter women in a new social networking platform is growing larger in my mind by the minute. I find it stimulating and refreshing to have a list of highly intelligent women on G+ to read every morning over coffee. Thanks for letting me take a peek into your brilliant minds.

A curated Global Education site that will bring resources to educators to address global awareness, skills, literacies and competencies in their schools and classroom.