Private verses public blogging.....

One thing I have thought a lot about lately is making our class blog public. Everyone I talk to has a public blog and the ones you search for on the Internet have so many visitors from all over the world.

I went to a course at Ulearn on "A tweet for a teacher" and now I can say with pride I am on twitter!! Not to tweet what I am watching on t.v or where I am but tweeting as PLN. I have already make connections with a teacher in Auckland who has made a comment on our class blog... they are studying the same topic this term.... there's a huge pro for making blogs public!!!

Other Pros...
an authentic audience, comments from a range of people, making new connections across the globe, making our posts meaningful....
Cons...
???? Are there any???

I know some people think you should not put names next to photos, problems with parents viewing other children's work.... are these real problems? In todays world with facebook, twitter, youtube faces and names are all over the place. Are we being too protective?

I would LOVE to know your thoughts.... make a comment.... a thought-provoking comment :)

What will the future look like then?

Facebook at Vardon???

Have a read of this website and see what you think.... should we set up a facebook page for our school? I'd love to know what you think!

Innovation in action!

Fotobabble

Talking photos....

Can be used for reflection, discussion about photos, recounting experiences....

Audioboo

Yay!! I have now got this to embed and have deleted my other attempts!!!

I needed to click on audioboo labs and click standard player to get the correct embedding code for blogger.

I can see this being used in the classroom for....

• recording stories


• reading fluently


• reflections

It's a quick way to capture student voice and embed to share with an audience!!

Story Telling

• Click to view my story.





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My first trial with little birds tale... no voice??? This needs further exploration!

Further exploaration...

A great video to show how and why (which is more imporant) to use little bird tales!!

My second attempt....

Cool Class tools...

http://www.classtools.net/about.php
This website is great!!! On the right hand side are great tools to use... I love the random name generator and the arcade game generator!!!!

Wikis instead of blogs???

http://room10waihibeachschool.wikispaces.com/
I found this really cool class wiki that I'm keen to explore more of.... watch this space!