Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Geography Teachers Association

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:26 am

  Tags: Hsie, Ict

  This site has excellent resources for those who teach Geography. http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1014

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• Australian Word Map

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:22 am

  Tags: Ict, English

  This site maps phrases or expressions used in regions and by particular language groups. http://www.abc.net.au/wordmap/default.htm

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• Edugator

  Published: August 24, 2007, 12:12 am

  Tags: Ict General, Hsie, Maths, Ict, English, History

  Another great site for Educators by an educator. Thanks Kel. The site includes ICT projects, Digital Video, Digital Photography, Animation, Robotics, Interactive Whiteboards and more. http://www.edugator.net.au/

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• The Adventures of Ebenezer Q. Emu

  Published: August 21, 2007, 10:07 pm

  Tags: Ict, English

  This site (from NSW DET) is to promote creative activities in Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 students http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/ebenezer/index.htm

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• The Virtual Staffroom

  Published: August 21, 2007, 9:53 pm

  Tags: Computing Studies, Ict, Blogs

  Another Chris Betcher initiative where leading teachers have a chance to share their ideas for teaching and learning with 21st Century students. http://www.virtualstaffroom.net/wordpress/

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• A very interesting blog from Karen Mann

  Published: August 21, 2007, 9:46 pm

  Tags: Hsie, Ict General, Ict

  Karen is looking at the use of Wikis in HSIE on ths blog. There are some interesting ideas and thoughts for all KLAs http://web2wanderings.blogspot.com/

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• Open Source Software for Mac

  Published: August 21, 2007, 7:14 pm

  Tags: Ict

  This site has a list of Open Source Software for the Mac - http://www.opensourcemac.org/ Added to the list should be Tux Paint, an award winning drawing program for children 3 - 12 - http://www.tuxpaint.org/

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• Web 2.0 and Classrooms

  Published: August 14, 2007, 3:33 am

  Tags: Ict General

  Don’t Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace MySpace Robert Andrews - Some schools ban social networks for wasting classroom time or to protect students from weirdos. But, as part of a wider trend toward less top-down teaching, other institutions are putting tools like MySpace, http://www.myspace.com Bebo http://www.bebo.com and Facebook

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• Storyboards

  Published: August 27, 2007, 8:48 pm

  Tags: Ict General, Ipt, Computing Studies, Hsie, Ist, Ict, History, Languages, English, Science

  Adobe has a great site for the ‘Story behind Storyboards’ - http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/storyboards.html

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• Comic Life in the Classroom

  Published: August 27, 2007, 8:30 pm

  Tags: Ict General, Computing Studies, Hsie, Ist, Maths, History, English, Ict, Science

  A great site for help with using comics in the classroom, why comics, student participation and more http://www.macinstruct.com/node/69 There is a Beta version of Comic Life for Windows at http://plasq.com/ Teacher Tube has some great videos to demonstrate how you can use Comic Life to add titles and speech bubbles to you slideshows in iPhoto -

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• Podcasting from the ABC

  Published: August 28, 2007, 10:54 pm

  Tags: Ict, Blogs

  One of the students suggested this podcast on blogging from Saturday Extra. Listed are some favourite blog sites of those interviewed. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/saturdayextra/stories/2007/2002213.htm

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• Logo

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:43 am

  Tags: Maths, Ict, Languages

  A site for those who enjoy Logo - http://www.softronix.com/logo.html

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• A cool Maths Site

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:40 am

  Tags: Maths, Ict

  This site has numerous Maths activities - click on Site Map to see organisation of the site by topic. http://www.mathcats.com/contents.html

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• MICT'07 launching

  Published: July 26, 2007, 3:17 am

  Tags: It Events, Industry Issues, Ict Davao Inc, It In Government, Mict Congress

  give deeper meaning to the MICT’s theme: “ICT Beyond Borders“. The entities directly involved in the MICT are the following: MBC, the Davao Chamber, ICT Davao Inc, Medco, and the BIMP-Eaga Business Council. The Department of Trade & Industry - Region 11 and the city government of Davao are also lending their support towards

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• MICT Congress update 7/16

  Published: July 16, 2007, 7:59 am

  Tags: It Events, Industry Issues, Ict Davao Inc, Mict Congress

  concerns among the three MICT stakeholders. This year, two organizations have been awarded the franchise by the Mindanao Business Council (which owns the event): the Davao City Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and ICT Davao Inc. During the initial two months, the schedule for the MICT had finally been set, from 23 to 24 October 2007. Events

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