• Web 2.0 TOOLS -PIP CLEAVES and Blooms Taxonomy -Prezi

http://prezi.com/gxgypkp67mka/blooms-digital-taxonomy-and-web-2-tools/

This is the most motivating and practical information that I initially found that helped to improve the use of ICT in the classroom. Give it a go!

In 1 year I had used or explored all of the following Web 2.0 tools.

Using your school Gmail account you can access more apps than your personal gmail has.

Google Drive- Excellent for your Professional Learning Team to plan on shared Google Docs and them organise your work and folders in drive.

Google Docs- Children can share you in to view, comment or edit their work. We tend to get the children to share us in as ‘Can Comment’ so we can give suggestion for improved learning outcomes but it is still totally up to the student to edit and improve work.

Google Sheets- Same as excel or numbers with the same sharing functions as other Google Apps.

Google Slides- A fresher more professional new look instead of powerpoint and keynote. Children can share another partner or team members to collaborative work online together.

GoogleSites- The children have had a taste of running their own website. We had used it all year. Initially it was a way to get to know about the students and their interests and hobbies. As the year went on we have used it for reflecting on their learning, reviewing the term for parent teacher interviews, setting SMART Goals, rating their success and Inquiry learning summaries.

Here is a link from Sandhurst CEO have a site that has all sorts of information and resources related to that particular Google tool or other Google Products/Projects for teachers and students to use.

https://sites.google.com/a/ceosand.catholic.edu.au/sandhurstgafe/

There are many other tools to explore once you have mastered the above core tools.

Prezi is an amazing tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas.I have introduce this to my Year 5/6 students and they have enjoyed the power of this form of presentation. It is easy to learn by looking at existing prezi’s by clicking on the ‘Explore’ button. Then when you want to make your own you can use a template and click the ‘Learn and Support’ button. Then watch the first three tutorials on getting started and my first prezi.

I have really enjoyed this software and recently worked on an template for a fresh look at presenting my resume. It is call a prezume. I adapted the iCan Prezume template by http://www.mandilindner.com

Here is the link to my Digital Portfolio iCan Prezume

https://prezi.com/embed/9ai38sfxhnwv/

Setting a goal is a great way to ensure that you follow through with a commitment to improve the quality of your teaching. I attended an ICT inservice and sat at the wrong table for workshop 2. The presenter was so happy that I was there because only one other person was booked in. Of course I felt compelled to stay. I am so glad I did because this was the workshop that inspired my passion for Web 2.0 Tools and changed how I organise my digital files forever.

Evernote is a personal online storage space that is like your digital memory. The most useful feature for me is the web clipper that tracks or ‘clips’ the websites that you want to remember and return to easily later. There are many tutorials on youtube to help you get inspired to learn this useful app. An easy to follow podcaster called Michael Hyatt has a 12 step ‘How to use …’ that is very handy to listen to and will give you confidence to learn its many features.

On that day I set a goal to persevere with this free app and see where it takes me. What was to follow inspired my teaching forever. So sign up now for the basic free package, download the Evernote web clipper and give it a go.

https://evernote.com/