Hello blogging world. It has been awhile since we have chatted. Well where to start. I have just returned back from an intrepid trip of Thailand. What an eye opening experience, such a different way of life. I loved every minute of it, so much in fact that we are already planning our next intrepid trip!
The last two weeks I have been sharing with my class the places I visited, the experiences I participated in and lots of photos. We learnt about the Thai currency of Baht and completed math activities converting between the two and purchasing items in Baht and NZ dollar. The class have enjoyed these and I have too as it puts math into a real world context.
I have learnt to convert video files into smaller files using anyvideo converter (thanks Shane) which has made our uploads on our blogs much quicker. I have also downloaded blogger onto our iPod and am going to use it this term for the impromptu aha moments.
I was clearing out my emails last week and came across a link that has a 30 day challenge of web 2.0 tools for the classroom. teacher challenge is the link. I have set myself the challenge to learn about a new tool each week and implement it in my classroom programme. I'm also going to add it to our eLearning wall so me and my class don't forget about them and can choose which one would be best to use for our learning at that time for that particular task. I will be sharing this at the next staff meeting so maybe check it out beforehand and see if you already know some of the tools.
The last two weeks I have been sharing with my class the places I visited, the experiences I participated in and lots of photos. We learnt about the Thai currency of Baht and completed math activities converting between the two and purchasing items in Baht and NZ dollar. The class have enjoyed these and I have too as it puts math into a real world context.
I have learnt to convert video files into smaller files using anyvideo converter (thanks Shane) which has made our uploads on our blogs much quicker. I have also downloaded blogger onto our iPod and am going to use it this term for the impromptu aha moments.
I was clearing out my emails last week and came across a link that has a 30 day challenge of web 2.0 tools for the classroom. teacher challenge is the link. I have set myself the challenge to learn about a new tool each week and implement it in my classroom programme. I'm also going to add it to our eLearning wall so me and my class don't forget about them and can choose which one would be best to use for our learning at that time for that particular task. I will be sharing this at the next staff meeting so maybe check it out beforehand and see if you already know some of the tools.
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