LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this chapter you will be able to: Say what social bookmarking is. Explain how it can be an important tool for learning. Set up and use a social bookmarking account. WHAT SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS DO Social bookmarking tools enable users to store, manage, search, share and organise bookmarks of Full Article…
RSS Feeds and readers
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of the chapter you will be able to: Explain the terms RSS and newsfeed Describe how they are used Install and use an RSS reader Use newsfeeds on your own site WHAT IS A NEWSFEED? News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get Full Article…
Presentation sharing software
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this chapter you will be able to: Say what presentation sharing software is for Use presentation sharing sites to find presentations you could use or adapt Upload a presentation of your own to a presentation sharing site WHAT IS PRESENTATION SHARING? The availability of Software such as PowerPoint has Full Article…
Podcasting
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this chapter you will be able to: Say what a podcast is. List the equipment you need to make a podcast. Explain how podcasting can be used in the classroom. Make an audio or video podcast. Describe how you can add graphics to a video. Describe how podcasts can Full Article…
Voicethreads / digital conversations
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this post you will be able to: Say what a voicethread is Create a digital conversation Use voicethreads in your teaching DIGITAL DIALOGUE Digital dialogue is part of everyday life for today’s students. It started with e-mail and text messaging on mobile phones and progressed to instant messaging, Skype, Full Article…
Photopeach – presentations with added value
Teacher Dan Roberts shares another practical ICT idea to use in the classroom. Photopeach allows you to create your own fabulous photo slideshows. You can upload your own photos to the site, add text, then select your own backing track and add a few funky transitions. I showed Photopeach to my class and set them a Full Article…