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EdtechRoundup 2

The second EdtechRoundup podcast is out. This episode is hosted by Tom Barrett and John Johnston.

In the Edtech Roundup we discuss Voices of The World, Tumblr and the ManyVoices Twitter writing project.

In the main section of the podcast we discuss Sharing a Google Spreadsheet in class and using digital cameras for blogging video of classroom activities.

Or direct link to ETRU 2 (right click to download).

The shownotes on del.icio.us

EdTechRoundup needs your help with Google Apps UK!

EdTechRoundup wants YOUR help! We’re going to be interviewing the Google Apps team in the UK for a forthcoming show and want some reader/listener input in the question-asking process. So…

If you could ask the Google Apps UK team anything, what would it be?

Responses either in the comments section below, or on the ETR wiki here.

Edtechroundup announced at BETT

Doug has just announced the launch of Edtechroundup at TeachMeet08 at BETT.

The first EdutechroundUp is hosted by Sinclair Mackenzie and David Noble. They discuss tools for the classroom including www.classtools.net and the problems of online content being blocked in schools.
Joe Dale provides his top 5 reasons to use blogs in class or school.

 

Direct Link (Right Click to Download) 

Show notes on del.ic.io.us 

Examples from classtools.net

This is a fishbone diagram created at www.classtools.net. I’ve taken an area of my own subject (Physics) as an example.

Use the fishbone to map ideas as I have done here or you could introduce the diagram as a method of sharing or establishing success criteria with pupils.

I have recorded a screencast that shows you how to create a fishbone diagram.  This video is about 5 minutes long and you can see it here. 

The post-it tool can be used with an interactive whiteboard to identify different aspects within an image. Here is an example from History of colour-coded post-its used to label a medieval doom painting.

(example courtesy of Heather Hunter at the International School of Toulouse)

The formative assessment book by Shirley Clarke referred to in the podcast is called “Formative Assessment in the Secondary Classroom”.

Formative Assessment goes under several different names - it may be known as Assessment for Learning, A4L or AifL in your local authority.

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