Voicethreads

Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Sharman Howes

I have just discovered voicethreads and the endless possibilities for education. This a basically a threaded discussion with an image. A voice thread sits on a website and viewers can come and comment on what you have posted. To begin a voice thread choose an image to post .It may be a book you have read or a math problem solution. After you have chosen the image choose an avatar that will represent you or post a photo of yourself. This will appear everytime you post a comment. When you record you will see your comment appear around the edg of the image. More comments will appear as people visist your voicethread. www.voicethread.com

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ECOO 2008

Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Sharman Howes
Hi all,
having just participated at the ECOO conference, I have some great resources and trial subscriptions to pass on to you.
 
Net Trekker   – an educational portal that links to great educational websites
Similar to Link to Learning but searchable
30 day trial
username:  ecoo2008
password:  guest
 
Media Literacy and ICT teacher created blog sharing great media projects for lab at junior level
This website is created by a teacher at the TDSB who has an interest in Media Literacy and used his computer lab to produce creative media pojects at the primary and junior level with MovieMaker, Audacity, Adobe Photoshop, etc..
Check out the site for great links, lesson plans and student samples of great media projects.
Atomic Learning
username:  ecoo2008
password:  atomic
This is a 30 day trial to ready made movie tutorials on a number of computer applications including Audacity for podcasting
 
Podcasting
Nathan Toft and Jane Smith are two grade 5 teachers in the Ottawa board who are the creators of Portable.pd, a blog site that shares a wonderful array on Podcasting.
They share their expertise on the software, literacy links, and great websites that host student created podcasts.
Also included is the website that hosts the podcasts created by their two classes -great examples!
 
OSAPAC
 
Check out  the OSAPAC site for new applications that may be coming soon.  Scroll down on the main page to the section called Announcing.  Don’t forget to also check out the Learning Materials tab on the left sidebar
 

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Welcome

Posted on November 12th, 2008 by Sharman Howes

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The ITRT Blog

Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Sharman Howes

Welcome to the ITRT Blog. Why ITRT you ask ? Well it is my job title and it stands for Instructional Technology Resource Teacher.  My school Board has created an initiative to support teachers integrating technology in their classroom and part of that support involves myself and several colleagues being available to plan lessons and co teach using technology in their classroom or lab settings.

Through this blog I hope to collaborate with others in my role and also get ideas from teachers about how they use technology and how I can make it more accessible for students. I also hope to become a better blogger and so help teachers creating blogs for their classes. I also want to test out a few ideas here so come along for the ride.

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