Integrate web 2.0 tools into your teaching and use them for your ongoing professional learning to create dynamic literacy learning environments.
Twitter– Twitter is micro blogging and a social networking tool. Use Twitter as a means of establishing communications between other like-minded educators. Follow other English/literacy teachers and be followed as you share English/literacy resources, tips and anecdotes.
Wikispaces - Use a shared workspace to create a rich English/literacy resource. Select who has viewing and editing rights.
Scootle- Collect a personal library of high quality Australian digital resources (The Learning Federation) Create and share learning paths with other Australian educators.
Delicious- Collect online English/literacy resources to access frm any computer. Find out what other English/literacy resources people are collecting and add your favourites to your own collection.
Youtube– Upload videos and view videos uploaded by others. There are lots of great English/literacy teaching ideas, examples of students work, fictional short films, TV shows, movie trailers and expert speakers that can be accessed. Make a playlist to save and share your favourite youtube clips.
Flickr- Upoad, tag and store your photos here and access the photos of others. View photos and photo slideshows to gain inspiration for writing.
Ning - Create your own social network and invite members. Watch your social networking space grow. Join other English/literacy social networking spaces and collaborate with like-minded educators and students.
Edublogs - Create blogs (online journals/diaries) access the blogs of others and leave them feedback. Edublogs enable you to collaborate with other classes, teachers and students.
SlideShare - Upload your slideshows for others to access and view the slideshows created by others. Add audio to create webinars. This is a useful resource to access before starting to create a slideshow. There may already be an existing slideshow that you can use or draw inspiration from. There are lots of English/literacy slideshows available.
Integrate web 2.0 tools into your teaching and use them for your ongoing professional learning to create dynamic literacy learning environments.
Twitter – Twitter is micro blogging and a social networking tool. Use Twitter as a means of establishing communications between other like-minded educators. Follow other English/literacy teachers and be followed as you share English/literacy resources, tips and anecdotes.
Wikispaces - Use a shared workspace to create a rich English/literacy resource. Select who has viewing and editing rights.
Scootle - Collect a personal library of high quality Australian digital resources (The Learning Federation) Create and share learning paths with other Australian educators.
Delicious - Collect online English/literacy resources to access frm any computer. Find out what other English/literacy resources people are collecting and add your favourites to your own collection.
Youtube – Upload videos and view videos uploaded by others. There are lots of great English/literacy teaching ideas, examples of students work, fictional short films, TV shows, movie trailers and expert speakers that can be accessed. Make a playlist to save and share your favourite youtube clips.
Flickr - Upoad, tag and store your photos here and access the photos of others. View photos and photo slideshows to gain inspiration for writing.
Ning - Create your own social network and invite members. Watch your social networking space grow. Join other English/literacy social networking spaces and collaborate with like-minded educators and students.
Edublogs - Create blogs (online journals/diaries) access the blogs of others and leave them feedback. Edublogs enable you to collaborate with other classes, teachers and students.
SlideShare - Upload your slideshows for others to access and view the slideshows created by others. Add audio to create webinars. This is a useful resource to access before starting to create a slideshow. There may already be an existing slideshow that you can use or draw inspiration from. There are lots of English/literacy slideshows available.