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home RoxannNys / 21st Century Learners vs 20th Century Teachers Andrew is the Curriculum Manager Computer Studies & Senior School Learning Innovator at Kristin School, Albany Auckland Email: achurches@kristin.school.nz Blog: Twitter: @achurches Five Characteristics of an Effective 21st Century Educator (By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor, eSchoolNews September 9th, 2011 "You might have heard that an effective 21st-century educator should be a “guide on the side,” not a “sage on the stage,” but according to readers, there’s much more to it than that. For instance, one of the most common responses from readers was that 21st-century educators must be lifelong learners … and should be willing to learn not only from their peers, but from their students as well. According to readers, an effective 21st-century educator…" 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Why do we need to change the way we teach? Why is information fluency critical to our students' success? Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. A. Resources:

Latest features roundup: Spreadsheets, voice chat, event-planning, calendars, & video upload | PBworks Official Blog 26 Jun PBwiki has become a full-fledged platform with amazing third-party widgets that you can drop into your wikis. Here’s a demo video of how it works: Just last week, we announced these new features. Spreadsheets directly on your wiki (more info here) Video upload to your wiki, or embedded from YouTube (more info here) Event planning with the Eventbrite plugin (More info here) Voice chat with the YackPack plugin (more info here) Shared calendars on PBwiki (more info here) (scroll to the middle of the video) And finally, the new beta of the PBwiki Installer, which lets you share Word documents right from MS Word. Third-party widgetmakers and companies: We want you! For our users: Tell us what you want to see We’re working to make PBwiki better and better for you. Like this: Like Loading...

home Learning About Web 2.0 – 23 Things for K-12 Educators Shelley Paul’s journey with wikis began two years ago, after reading a book about implementing different Web 2.0 tools in the classroom. She researched various open-source wiki platforms, but decided they presented too much of a learning curve for most of her teachers. Knowing that she had many more wikis in her future, she began looking for a suitable alternative. Shelley stumbled upon Wikispaces’ offer to give away free wikis to educators. As Shelley became more involved in the Web 2.0 world, she came across Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0 – 23 Things program for public librarians – a list of 23 things librarians can do on the web to familiarize themselves with the Internet and Web 2.0 – and decided to adopt the model for K-12 teachers. Shelley has also helped her colleagues at Woodward Academy become involved in the Web 2.0 world. Be sure to check out Shelley’s K-12 Learning 2.0 wiki.

Wikispaces Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles Wiki Walk-Through: The Basics Basics: What in the world is a wiki? Roll over the questions at left to unravel the wonderful world of wikis. I know the basics. Take me to some ideas for how to use a wiki in my teaching. What's a wiki? A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor become a participant: you can create or edit the actual site contents without any special technical knowledge or tools. Who uses wikis? Wikis are used in the “real world” (outside of K-12 schools) by people collaborating on projects or trying to share things online, such as family information and photos, technical information from users of a product, data from a research and development project, wine expertise, travel journals from abroad, club or specialty information, or projects like collaborative cookbooks. Sometimes they are used for free expression, such as a youth group online graffiti space. What is the difference between a wiki and a blog? A wiki has a far more open structure and allows others to change what one person has written.

Free Podcast Hosting, Best Podcast App | Podbean Popular web tools that can be embedded into posts, pages or added to text widgets in sidebars -Edublogs Help and Support There’s a gazillion cool online tools nowadays and many provide code that you can use to embed what you’ve found or created into your blog posts, pages or added to text widgets in your blog sidebar. Refer to the following instructions to embed: Below’s a list of tools to get you started: Audio Hosting Websites Here’s some of the popular site used by educators who want to embed their audio within embedded players rather than uploading them directly to posts as links: Brainstorming Tools AnswerGarden – is a word cloud site that collects words and phrases. Comic and Cartoon Tools Poll and Survey tools Presentation Tools AuthorStream - - A site where you can host your presentations and share with others. Slide Show Tools BookR – Super easy slide show maker.Flickr – Flickr is a PhotoSharing website for hosting and sharing your photos online. Quiz Creation tools Video Creation Tools Animoto – great site for quickly creating professional looking videos from your images. Video Hosting Websites

1to1unconference - home Teacher's Guide on The Use of Podcasting in Education What is a Podcast ? According to the New Oxford American Dictionary a podcast is a " digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio payer." in other words, it is a digital audio file that is created, shared and heard. Podcast can also be in the form of videos streamlined online, however, video podcast is known as vidcast or vodcast. Educational Uses of Podcasts Podcasts can be used for several educational purposes. 1- Recording for this you will need a microphone and an audio recording software like the ones mentioned below. 2- Test your Podcast Always make sure you listen to your podcasts and redo the parts that you dont like until you finally get the vesrion you want then move on to the next step 3- Publish your podcast You can use online platforms for publishing your podcasts. Tools to create your podcast Here are some of the softwares you might start with to create your podcasts . 1- Audacity 2- Garage Band

iPad App Guide #1: Evernote | TPACK iPads in Schools What it does Evernote for iPad is a cross-platform app for recalling / remembering information. You can use this app to save website screenshots, notes, pictures, and audio comments; which are instantly synchronised between your computer, mobile device, and web Evernote account. (It is also available for Android devices). For: Teachers, Administrators, Students ( Upper Primary / Secondary) Cost: Free – Download Here Requires WiFi? Educational Applications note-takingresearchreferencesto-do listsorganising information Video Tutorial Further Reading