Wednesday, May 12, 2010

I have really enjoyed this course as I have learnt about programs and applications that I had never heard of, or had heard of but never tried.
It would be great for these links to stay available to us, as there are many areas I would like to explore further but haven't had time.

Thanks again for an informative and useful course.

#22 Ebooks & # 23 Audiobooks


Ebooks will be one of those things that will become much more common. My wife works in a book store and I believe they are now getting an in-store machine for customers to purchase e-books. It seems the world of books is changing!
I can see the advantages of students accessing e-books, although it would depend on what books are available. Will it end up like online music? Will school libraries end up as a bank of e-book viewing screens?

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

#21 Online Video


We have already used YouTube in class to enhance the students knowledge of things such as mind mapping and our theme work. I will explore Teachertube more thoroughly as I believe I can use it to further enhance the students' learning.

I love this Rowan Atkinson sketch about teaching!


#20 Podcasts


This would be useful if I wanted my class to follow a current affairs theme. I can see the benefits of them having audio as another learning medium.
#19 Rollyo

This was ok, although I don't know how much I would use it. It may be useful for creating lists of sites for my students to research for projects.
#18 Wikis

Wikis are one of the things that I was most interested in when starting this course. I am considering starting a Wiki for my class and it was good to get some background information. Plenty of research to go on this before I start.