Saturday, September 5, 2009
Google Books
Another useful resource for finding reading material for reluctant readers. The school librarian uses this resource to check reviews of possible purchases.
Google Maps
Amazing to see one's own property so accessable from a satellite perspective.
Local directions were very easy to follow, but local-knowledge detours /"fast routes" can't all be archived.
Directions from country addresses into city suburbs would be easy to follow for travellers, or overseas visitors, but the routes within the city limits followed highways and freeways, not giving cross-country local-knowledge options again. Fair enough!! It would be hard to prioritise a route to choose without some local knowledge...and highways /freeways were developed to take volumes of traffic out of the suburbs.
Cameras everywhere!! so visual cues to turn-offs should save a driver from getting lost.
Local directions were very easy to follow, but local-knowledge detours /"fast routes" can't all be archived.
Directions from country addresses into city suburbs would be easy to follow for travellers, or overseas visitors, but the routes within the city limits followed highways and freeways, not giving cross-country local-knowledge options again. Fair enough!! It would be hard to prioritise a route to choose without some local knowledge...and highways /freeways were developed to take volumes of traffic out of the suburbs.
Cameras everywhere!! so visual cues to turn-offs should save a driver from getting lost.
I was hoping to create a Cloze exercise for a class tomorrow but couldn't find a template for such. It's probably out there somewhere but I haven't got time to search further at the moment.
I did find a Resume format which I revised as a Proforma for data collection for incoming students with Special Needs. Could be quite useful, but I still prefer to interview incoming parents and students with a paper format, rather than typing info on-line. When one is meeting a student for the first time at age 16 or 17, and this student has been through numerous assessments over the course of their life to date, I find the need to 'engage' in a non-threatening environment outweighs the efficiency of record-keeping from behind a computer in an interview situaion. I can still enter data, post-interview!
I think I can still produce Cloze documents as quickly as necessary, using Word, but would like to investigate Google tools further.
I did find a Resume format which I revised as a Proforma for data collection for incoming students with Special Needs. Could be quite useful, but I still prefer to interview incoming parents and students with a paper format, rather than typing info on-line. When one is meeting a student for the first time at age 16 or 17, and this student has been through numerous assessments over the course of their life to date, I find the need to 'engage' in a non-threatening environment outweighs the efficiency of record-keeping from behind a computer in an interview situaion. I can still enter data, post-interview!
I think I can still produce Cloze documents as quickly as necessary, using Word, but would like to investigate Google tools further.
Building synapses
Thoughts:"Blogging and the wisdom of crowds"
We've come a long way since my high school days in the 60s when we dreaded 1984 and the intrusions of Big Brother.
Just goes to prove the value of education; the more educated the populace is, the more likely it is that the combined (hyperlinked) knlowledge will overwhelm the subterfuge of the negatives/hackers/pessimists!
We've come a long way since my high school days in the 60s when we dreaded 1984 and the intrusions of Big Brother.
Just goes to prove the value of education; the more educated the populace is, the more likely it is that the combined (hyperlinked) knlowledge will overwhelm the subterfuge of the negatives/hackers/pessimists!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Web 2 Investigation Log
I'll use this blog to interact with Web 2 course management.
I've used the opportunity to learn about blogging to set up a useful information site regarding my equine hobby.
I can't see an immediate use with my students at present; not enough access to computers or literate students. I would need to give lots of direction to my students with Special Needs as they're not independent learners.
I can see lots of usefulness in encouraging them to utilise the web at home, but I will need to learn lots more, yet, about monitoring their productions!
I've used the opportunity to learn about blogging to set up a useful information site regarding my equine hobby.
I can't see an immediate use with my students at present; not enough access to computers or literate students. I would need to give lots of direction to my students with Special Needs as they're not independent learners.
I can see lots of usefulness in encouraging them to utilise the web at home, but I will need to learn lots more, yet, about monitoring their productions!
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