Unconference

Monday 18th August, we had a wonderful unconference in Auckland. A range of people – teachers, facilitators, principals and more got together to geek speak for an evening.

Here’s an overview of the evening…

Dorothy Burt on her trip to Google in USA.

Google toobar
Own domain names for e-Portfolios to continue onwards to develop e-Portfolio with Google.
Google Aps
Google alternative: School tube

Collaborations

Check out here for links

Mobile Learning

Toni Twiss – Upwardly mobile

Opera Mini on mobiles

The use of them in the class

Toni’s research

http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com

Scanner – e.g. Kaywa Reader – Scanning barcodes for advertising, images, tickets and more

www.mobilestudy.org – bluetooth quizzes for students

My Art Space – mobile museum/art exhibitions and more.

Vodafone – Corporate Responsibilities
Not advertising below a certain age.

Utterz

Poll Everywhere
Polls straight to the net in real time.
Can add them into a powerpoint and it will update straight away.

Jot.com

More to come…

Flip Camera

Woohoo!

I got my flip camera today.
First day in the class with it and i’m interested to see the kids working with it. As part of our Little Language Experts project the kids thought they needed video cameras. I’ve talked with others around the twitterverse who are raving about their use in the classroom and simplicity and so far I can see why.

I will post our first video once it’s complete!