How Busy Is The Online World?

Take a look at this infographic!  This shows what is happening online in 60 SECONDS!!  I would love to read your reaction!!!

Source:  Jane Hart: Learning in the Social Workplace Blog

Last Weekend's Learning

Last weekend I went to EducampChCh to share MyChatPak and also to push my own learning further.  Everyone loved what all of you have been doing with MyChatPak and how confident you're becoming in sharing your learning with others.  I felt very proud of the effort you put into your learning and it's fantastic for others to be able to see what I see every day!

I've included the Google Presentation from the day for you to have a look at.  There are some incredible tools that we can use in the classroom but we need to keep in mind - always - the central question - What impact will this tool have on teaching and learning?  If it doesn't have a positive impact then is it just a 'cool tool'?  We need to be able to be clear about the learning behind the tool.

Have a really close look at the SAMR model of technology integration - I really loved this and learned such a lot about it.  This may be the tool that we use to decide on the impact of a particular tool or app that we want to use in our teaching and learning. 

As always - I'm really looking forward to hearing YOUR thoughts.  You always make me think more deeply and critically about what I do in teaching and learning. 

Sparkol VideoScribe Tutorial 1: Creating Your First Scribe

Here is a cool new tool for you to try.  I've got it on trial for 7 days but I will need to log you in under my name at school to trial it.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you think.  Remember to be critical teachers and learners.  The tool doesn't decide the learning.  It supports the learning.
How would you use this to show what you are learning or what you have learned?  I'm looking forward to your ideas.

Ideas for Note-Taking Using Sketch-Notes Notetaking

Hi everyone!
Our focus for part of our writing this term is being able to record observations in a scientific way and write clear explanations.  This, of course, links in with everything else we are learning, especially in reading.

Check out these cool ideas for digital note-taking and see which ones you would like to try to use as a tool for your analysing, synthesising, evaluating, etc.

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/10-brilliant-examples-of-sketch-notes-notaking-for-the-21st-century/

Let me know what you think by adding comments.  Which one is a favourite already?