Make the web work for you – new VicPLN course
Many of you are part of the community that has grown out of the VicPLN series of online courses. With your feedback in mind, we’ve created a new course for 2015 which integrates the best of two previous courses into one: Make the…
The Emerging List of Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010
For the fourth consecutive year, Jane Hart is compiling a list of the top 100 tools for learning. Anyone can add their voice by listing their top 10 tools. The voting will conclude on 17 October and the final listing…
Bringing experts into your classroom
It can often be problematic for students to gain access to authors and other experts in their field due to location, cost, time, travel and other issues. Technologies such as Skype can help. The ability to make free calls computer…
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning
The United States of America’s Department of Education has just released a report on the “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning“. The 93 page document sets out the answers to the following questions: 1. How does the effectiveness of online…
VoiceThread
In a previous post about Pascoe Vale Primary School students creating e-books, teacher Margo Edgar mentioned getting students to create their e-books using PhotoStory or VoiceThread. Group conversations around images, documents and videos VoiceThread is an excellent Web 2.0 resource that…
