Hoppity Hoppity

Flippin Easy Breakout 5

2010-10-08T12:26:00.001+13:00

Uploading from the Flip share video onto YouTube then onto this blog.

Animoto from Christchurch

2010-10-07T16:56:00.003+13:00

I tested the 'how to' sheet for making an Animoto movie. It's a great site for making a movie from all the photos you take. You can also add text and video.

Lane Clarke

2010-10-07T09:14:00.003+13:00

It was fantastic to meet the truly inspirational Lane Clarke at the ULearn10 conference in Christchurch. I first met her at Elm Park School for a 2 day workshop and then had the privilege of listening her keynote presentation "Real Learning - It's BIGGER than Inquiry".

Lane Clarke

2010-10-07T09:07:00.002+13:00

It was so exciting to catch up with the truly inspirational Lane Clarke at the Ulearn10 conference in Christchurch.

Digital Dossier

2010-10-05T14:35:00.003+13:00

This You tube clip on 'Digital Dossier' is fantastic. It highlights the digital footprint we leave in our lifetime.

Posting comments

2010-05-20T13:18:00.002+12:00

I have written a comment about a post on my class blog and I think it is waiting for moderation. How do I do this so the students can read the comment? Please help!

Fotobabble

2010-05-20T08:32:00.002+12:00

I've been told about Fotobabble so I'm just testing it out. Hopefully a photo with a comment will appear or a link to something...not sure yet.

Adding a Gadget

2010-05-19T20:59:00.013+12:00

When creating my class blog I learnt how to add 'gadgets' to the side of the blog.

Click on customise

Click on Layout and then Page Elements

Click on Add a Gadget

Click on HTML/JavaScript

and follow the directions.
Some gadgets you can add -

Clustrmaps

Hit Counter

Blogging

2010-05-19T18:40:00.002+12:00

Had a great lesson on blogging today. Getting my class blog up and running. Room 17 Superstars. Still very confused about all the accounts, usernames and passwords but this time I wrote them down. A lesson learned from when I first started on this ICT journey.

The class blog will be a place that the students will eventually take ownership of and be uploading their own work, reflecting on their work and that of their peers. First they will learn how to use vocaroo to record themselves reading from a book at their reading level. Using vocaroo will develop the students fluency.

ULearn10 Christchurch - presenting with colleagues - scary thought!!
Spent several hours today discussing ideas to present at a national ICT conference. What have I got to offer? What can I possibly teach other people? Everything I know has been done before and by more experienced people. Will our submission be accepted? Watch this space....

Deleting

2010-05-06T11:53:00.002+12:00

Hahaha....be careful what you delete....Sorry Miss S :(

Action Research

2010-05-05T13:23:00.002+12:00

Year 2010 brings new adventures in my e-learning. This year I will be undertaking an Action Research project incorporating e-learning tools into my classroom programme. The students will be uploading work onto their class blog. Room 17 Superstars

Things I wasn't aware of when starting a blog -
- ANOTHER password!!!!
- that my class needed their own email address!
- each student needs to know how to 'log in'
- there also wasn't a 'dashboard' on the class blog.....I thought they only came in cars!

Eventually I'll get my head around all of this.

ICT LT Cluster Day

2010-03-09T14:16:00.005+13:00

The best thing about today was the morning tea. Gotta love Belinda's homemade afghan's and the vegetarian fillo pockets. Oh and the lunch was delicious too....thanks.

After much deliberation I have created a blog for the students of Room 17. I will be working with my students and uploading evidence of them using a range of ICT tools in their Literacy Programme. We have been using Keynote with hyperlinks to different pages and when this is finished I will share the process on my blog. So....watch this space!

Room 17 Superstars

I've had the privilege of using a 'Flip Video'. It's so easy to film the students and then with one press of a button a USB pops out of the side and you can plug it into your laptop and iphoto automatically opens and you can download the video footage. Just brilliant and so easy. If your lucky enough to have a Flip Video in French you can easily change it to English by pressing the red record button while the icon is visible on the screen when you first turn it on. Then you can change the FRENCH to ENGLISH.

Inserting Tables & Editing Cells

2010-03-03T21:06:00.003+13:00

An extremely busy start to the year. Having 2 years experience working with students to upload tables/graphs and edit the cells and change the colour, has enabled me to assist staff and students to upload these to their e-portfolios. I'd like to think that some teachers have been pleased that their students have had this experience last year and that the road to success has been a little smoother. The best teacher can sometimes be the student themselves.

This student is well on their way to achieving their goal. Each week the student will edit this table and enter the result from their spelling test. Evidence of achievement is easily identified.

mmm.....can I remember how to do this?

2010-03-03T21:03:00.000+13:00

Welcome to my blog for 2010!

Merry Christmas

2009-11-25T18:07:00.002+13:00

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all.

Usernames and Passowrds

2009-11-25T17:48:00.002+13:00

Before embarking on this ICT pathway the best advice I could have been given is to record your different usernames and passwords for the copious amounts of internet things you need them for....or have the same one for everything. But I wasn't given this advice and now everytime I need to 'log on' or 'sign in' I take a wild guess as to what email address or username and password I have used. Now I hear you all saying...."the more you use it the easier it will become". By the time anyone reads this blog they will already have multiple usernames and passwords!! Good luck!

imovie

2009-08-27T22:32:00.002+12:00

I dragged a heap of photos into imovie and played about with cropping, adding text, transitions and music from my itunes. Then shared to a quicktime. So so easy. But can't put it on facebook because of the copyright on the music.

Quicktime of Brenda

2009-08-27T21:57:00.004+12:00

Today's Learning

2009-08-26T14:56:00.002+12:00

Many new things learnt at the ICT Cluster Workshop.

I will now use the Digistore more often.

Check out the link...I can link....!!!!

www.quietube.com

2009-08-26T13:38:00.003+12:00

quietube.com is a site that cuts out and hides all the background ads and junk on Youtube. Open quietube.com and click on the bookmarklet

and drag it to your bookmark bar. Then when you are on youtube you click on 'quietube' in your bookmark bar and the ads around the youtube video disapear. Cool!!!

Ideas for grouping students

2009-08-26T09:39:00.002+12:00

Doughnut
Two circles of people with one circle inside the other circle. After talking with each other for a set time the outer circle moves in a clockwise direction. They can move one or two people (what ever is specified) and then talk/discuss again.

Spinning Wheel
People in groups of three spaced around the room. After talking and sharing with each other for a set time one person moves clockwise, one person moves anticlockwise and one person remains. Then people talk/discuss again and move again.

Use Your Mobile Phone to Connect to Facebook

2009-07-25T21:22:00.002+12:00

WOW!!! So cool. I used my mobile to connect to Facebook and was able to read my messages from the warmth of my car while waiting for the rain to stop. "I am sooooo clever!" (well I think I am anyway)

Eastnet Cluster Conference

2009-07-16T20:25:00.002+12:00

What a great experience presenting and sharing some ideas about Kidpix with other teachers. Thanks to a wonderful colleague for putting together a great presentation using Notebook on the Smartboard. It was exciting listening to teachers squeal with delight when they discover something new (including Photobooth). Unfortunately we didn't get everything covered but I know they all gained some new learning that they can use in their classrooms immediately.

Snowboarding on Mt.Ruapehu

2009-07-12T08:20:00.003+12:00

I'm trying again to upload a video. I think I have succeeded this time. However it does take a while for the movie to 'process'.

Adding a Q/Time movie

2009-07-05T08:27:00.002+12:00

I'm just seeing if I can add a movie to my blog. It's nothing worthy of looking at - just my cat playing with an ice cube.

Well that was a waste of time. 25 minutes later and the video was still "uploading" so I cancelled it.

My Class Blog

2009-06-29T21:55:00.002+12:00

I can't believe I said the words "I want to set up a blog for my class". One small step at a time. I will be getting some expert help from a very dedicated colleague who is very patient with my small steps.

So watch this space.

Eastnet Lead Teacher PD Day

2009-06-10T14:31:00.004+12:00

Oh boy!!! Information overload, however I think it's important to learn one thing well and store all the other stuff for a later date. My brain gets too full of usernames and passwords.....arghhhhh!!!

If you would have asked me what Web2.0 was last week I would have avoided the question, even though it is a terminology that I have heard of many times. Well now....ask me again? I currently use a Web2.0 tool everyday in the form of Facebook (a wonderful way to communicate with my daughter overseas). I also have a blog page and wiki which are all Web2.0 tools. WOW! I'm using Web2.0 and I didn't even know it. Now that I know they are web tools that have a social collaborative context. Today I also established a Wallwisher site (another Web2.0 tool)

Now can you see why I have username and password overload????????

NOTE the link to my wiki missmilly

ARGGGGGH!!!!!!

Wallwisher

2009-06-10T13:44:00.001+12:00

Hi Guys n Gals

I have created a Wallwisher wall. It is a simple webpage where we all can post our messages easily.

So simply go to here and post your message there.

Happy Posting!

hoppity

Making Tabs

2009-06-10T10:26:00.003+12:00

Hahahaha!!!! I can open a new tab by pressing command and then clicking on the link when I thought I could only press 'command t'.

Scooby

2009-03-11T14:47:00.001+13:00

BDSC Equestrian Team
Champions
Puhinui 2008

Cluster Day Wednesday

2009-03-11T14:42:00.000+13:00

Wahoo!!! I got a blog now!!!