May 30, 2011
I have resently found a fantastic site that was mentioned in the text book Meaningful Learning with Technology. Kidspiration is a mindmapping tool for young children in primary school. I have downloaded the free 30 day trial as I could see many applications of using this tool in a school setting with students at Educational risk (who I work with) and special needs children because of the amazing images and talking tool. To link to this site click on the image. 
Posted by Helen Burridge.
May 19, 2011
I have spent a hour checking through my website, making sure I haven't missed anything out. While checking out my pages I noticed a couple of error, mainly cosmetic, and fixed them up pretty quickly. I have enjoyed this unit, the hands on learning, although was very daunting at the beginning, has since become my most enjoyable units. I would like to continue with my website after this unit finishes. The text book refers to lots of differnt types of technology that could and is being used in t... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
May 17, 2011
I have spent sometime including a comment box into my blog page. I realise it has taken me a while to do this, the reason I have taken so long is that I was worried about the kinds of comments I might receive from people. I have heard from friends that you can get some offensive comments. So after reading backover the text book, and looking at how you can filter your blog page (chapter 6 p 120) I decided to include a comment box. As a result, I received feedback from a friend on my comment bo... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
May 17, 2011
Today I spent some time including a comment box on my blog site. To the comment box I had to open an account with Discus, then decide what limitations I wanted on the site, I copied and pasted the html code into the yola html widget, had some one comment in the box and wow, I had another dimetion on my website. However, I've come to view it tonight and there is no comment box! Back to the drawing board- perhaps I forgot toclick save? Some days are so frustrating ! I'll have another go. ... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
May 16, 2011
I have decided to include screenshots of my lesson outline and although I have found working with yola is getting easier there are limitations to it in regard to text boxes. Through trial and error, I have found the easiest way to make my pages work for me is to start off with the page layout as a single column rather than have multiple sections on the page. That way I can chop and change and include text and picture widgets more easily. I have also posted on the discussions board for feedbac... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
May 13, 2011
Well, we have finally finished our group assignment and have submitted it. We are all really pleased with the outcome, personally I have learnt so much from this unit in regard to using new software. One of the most exciting new products I have used was jing. I have learnt to screen capture documents and photos and send them via Skype to other members of my group. I have also used jing for personal use, capturing photo's and croping into an album is so much faster with Jing.During the school ... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
May 4, 2011
As we had to use a template in our part 2B assoignment I thought I'd apply the knowledge I'd learnt from that task to creating a template I needed to complete a task in 2A. I have created the document I wanted and was very happy with it. I opened up a template in microsoft word - letter heads- and tried to copy and paste my already completed doc into the template. No matter how many different ways I try I can not get the document to paste into the template. I am so frustrated that something s... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
May 1, 2011
I have at last finished my teacher resourse 2 example.However, I am a little disapointed with myself for not using the ipads as a teaching tool. I searched for a number of sites and came up with the Apple.com home page which has an education section, it shows teachers how to use the ipad in the classroom the link is. http://www.apple.com/education/?aid=Edu-IntSearch-C I was a little unsure wether to use this site as the lessons were Applications to use on the ipad and I really ran out of time ... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
April 28, 2011
Well, I have at long last used Endnote! It took me a whole day starting at 10am and believe it or not I finally put my laptop away just before 2am! This unit is based on authentic learning experiences and I am one of those people who benefit by 'doing' rather than listening or reading, but I am looking forward to being able to use these technologies more confidently and more inportantly- quickly! As I said, I have now looked into Endnote, but I had to view the video Jenni and Dani made to as... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
April 27, 2011
Today I actually managed to start on my assignment 2b, the Interactive White Board Lesson. I was so excited to be starting this but as my referencing and technology skills are so underdeveloped ( I know.. that's why I'm here) it has taken me 8 hours to complete!- and I haven't finished the referencing yet! My problem is knowing which part of the site to find the relevent information in. For example, I found an interesting IWB activity- on the Learning Federation website, I clicked on it and h... Continue reading...
Posted by Helen Burridge.
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