Edublogs awards – thanks!
Thank you so much to all of the people who took the time to vote for Bright Ideas and other blogs that were nominated in the 2009 edublogs awards. The category of Best Library/Librarian blog was taken out by the…
Chirps
For anyone who uses Twitter, Chirps is a clever way to add your own audio to your tweets. Chirps homepage Audio messages can be recorded via computer or text entered into the Chirps site which is then converted to speech. Chirps…
21st Century teaching tools
Ollie Bray, a National Advisor for Emerging Technologies in Learning at LTS (Learning and Teaching Scotland) has produced a useful presentation. Looking at tools for 21st Century learning and teaching, Bray asks questions such as how do we ensure students who…
NetSmartzKids
NetSmartzKids is a website set up to teach children and young adults about using the internet safely. It uses fun, interactive games to help develop safe online strategies. The website explains: NetSmartz® is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National…
60 second recap
Although 60 second recap is a site of US origin, it could be very useful for promoting reading and showing creative examples of ways students can respond to texts. Basically, 60 second recap is a site that makes films that…
Greythorn Primary School. A SLAV/Connect Web 2.0 winner
Congratulations to Duncan Exton of Greythorn Primary School who was a SLAV/Connect Web 2.0 competition winner. Duncan explains how his blog came about: The thinking blog started as a result of several attempts at individual blogging that lacked focus. I…
Videos part of game plan for happy kids
This article appeared in yesterday’s Herald Sun. More and more academics are doing research in relation to the benefits of video games and the relationship between video games and learning. By Greg Thom, From: Herald Sun, December 10, 2009 12:00AM …
Resourcing for the future: constant renewal through collection development. A conference presentation by Bronwen Parsons
At a recent School Library Association of Victoria conference, Belmont High School eLearning Manager and Library and Information Services Manager Bronwen Parsons delivered the following presentation: Good collection development is yet another skill that library staff need to hone to…
Edublogs awards 2009
How exciting! Bright Ideas has been nominated and shortlisted for an Edublogs award in the category of best librarian/library blog. The next stage is voting: http://bit.ly/6KkyrU People can only vote once per IP address, so you might have to vote from home…
Joomla
If you ever need to build your own website and tools like wikis and blogs won’t do, try Joomla. Joomla allows users to build, develop and maintain their own website, even if they have little or no experience or knowledge…
