audio, takingITglobal and year 1 blogs

k12onlineconference: The first 7 or 8 presentations have been announced on the conference blog. The first two I checked out were more presentation of resources and tools than an opportunity to collaborate and participate. TakingITGlobal, a Canadian charity focused on empowering young people to learn about and take action on global social issues, has put together a set of tools “to help educators introduce the concept of social networks for social good to their classrooms.”

I also had a look through Lee Baber’s presentation on audio, and her new media guides website is a useful resource covering all aspects of using audio on the web for those who need to know more than the basics. Incidently I quite liked the mobatalk free voice message facility she had on her site, and have since added it to the blog - and received a few messages already.

Then I explored Kathy Cassidy’s presentation. Kathy is a grade one teacher and this is her third year of blogging with her class. Last year they also used wikis and began podcasting. It is well worth taking a look around the links posted on the conference site. The class has links with NZ’s Our Lady of Lourdes school in Palmerston North, where there are a number of blogging teachers and students also worth checking out.

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