Bailie's bus http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au an ICT coach encouraging teachers on board Mon, 20 May 2013 06:45:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://global2.vic.edu.au/?v=3.4.1 Thing three – email on the move http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/20/thing-three-email-on-the-move/ http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/20/thing-three-email-on-the-move/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 06:45:22 +0000 Heather http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/?p=497 Having a smart phone has revolutionised the way I manage email. In the past checking email on the weekend involved firing up my laptop which is an unbelievably slow, frustrating process (and if I’d last used it at school the added complication of switching proxies). Now a quick glance at my mobile and I’m up-to-date. I don’t think it means I’m working more in my own time, I only respond if something is urgent; but it does mean I’m on top of things and have to spend less time on email at the start of each work day.
I’ve recently started using Mailbox app – it’s brilliant. With simple swipe gestures I can quickly delete, archive, save to a folder or hide till later. It’s the last feature that makes this app a real time management boost so that you only keep visible emails that you need to deal with now and delegate the others to the time (this evening, next week, a set time etc) when you need to deal with it. As an incentive there is a daily picture which only appears when you have achieved inbox zero – with the later function this is easy to do at least daily. The only downside to Mailbox is that it only works with Gmail at the moment. If I could use it for my Exchange accounts it would be brilliant.
As far as library use of email goes – I’m all for it, and if my school could gets its act together as far as a student email system goes it would be great…in the meantime …
The public library I belong to uses email for reserve notifications and reminders for returning which is great, until you come to rely on it. Recently I copped a sizeable overdue fine (my kids borrow a lot of books) because I returned books late after NOT receiving my email reminder. When I enquired I was informed that the reminders were merely a generous service but the responsibility still lay with me. True, I guess but then it transpired that my email address had mysteriously “dropped” off the system. Hmmm, not real happy with that.

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  • Ice Breaker Activities for Teacher Professional Development | eHow

    tags: professional development teachers ice breakers

  • Child Trauma – Post Disaster Resources

    tags: disaster resilience teachers

  • Hamish Curry: The playful library cocktail: Libraries shaken but not stirred – YouTube

    Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/G4CANZ/hamish-curry-g4c-anz-presentation Libraries around the world are exploring initiatives that use both passive and proactive measures to encourage playfulness. As public services and spaces, they offer …

    tags: IFTTT YouTube

  • Rearvision View Of The Future? – Google Drive

    tags: technology

  • Compfight / A Flickr Search Tool

    Compfight is an image search engine tailored to efficiently locate images for blogs, comps, inspiration, and research.

    tags: images creative commons flickr

  • 90+ videos for tech. and media. literacy – Open Thinking Wiki compiled by Dr Alec Couros

    Over the past few years, I have been collecting interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy. Here are 70+ videos organized into various sub-categories. These videos are of varying quality, cross several genres, and are of varied suitability for classroom use.

    tags: videos presentation technology 21st century learning copyright media social media

  • Using Twitter & the PLN in Education – @Ideas_Factory The blog of Julian S. Wood

    tags: twitter PLN

  • Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create YouTube Photo Slideshows – A Good Alternative to Animoto

    tags: Pocket

  • teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com

    tags: Pocket

  • iPad Creative – iPad Creative

    tags: Pocket

  • 15 Great Free iPad Apps for Professional Development ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

    tags: Pocket

  • 10 Steps to Kick Start Your Twitter Network | edte.ch

    tags: Pocket

  • edudemic.com

    tags: Pocket

  • Typewriter landscape – YouTube

    tags: Pocket

  • Teach with your iPad: app reviews

    tags: ipad apps education

  • Google Chrome & Physical Education – Apps & Extension – YouTube

    Google Chrome & Physical Education by The PE Geek

    tags: IFTTT YouTube

  • Child-focused emergency preparedness, response and recovery

    tags: disaster resilience children

  • Primary Schools (K – 6) | SES Stormsafe

    The NSW SES has developed, supportive materials for teachers’ to deliver StormSafe education and awareness lessons to primary students and encourages teachers’ to contact their local NSW SES unit to arrange a visit to their school.

    tags: disaster resilience classroom activities lesson plans audit emergency service

  • Google Forms Images – YouTube

    How to insert images into Google Forms

    tags: IFTTT YouTube

    • Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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  • Easy Social Media Analytics & Measurement | Simply Measured

    tags: social media twitter analytics

  • 130502WRCD-2013-internal – YouTube

    Attn Siane

    tags: IFTTT YouTube

  • Don’t Give Up – Christchurch Red Cross 2011 Earthquake Appeal Song – YouTube

    After February’s devastating 6.3 earthquake that hit Christchurch, claiming hundreds of lives, iNNK made the decision to write and produce a free early release of their new song ‘Don’t Give Up’. It was written to support the affected residents of …

    tags: IFTTT YouTube

  • Challenge Based Learning – Welcome to Challenge Based Learning!

    tags: Challenge Based Learning classroom activities

  • Kids & Schools, CFA

    tags: audit classroom activities

  • 35 Website Designs with a Great Concept

    tags: websites design

  • QRCodify Chrome Web Extension App – YouTube

    A demo of my QRCodify Google Chrome Extension allowing people to easily generate QR Codes from any webpage or highlighted text

    tags: IFTTT YouTube

  • 10 Top Photography Composition Rules | Photography Mad

    tags: photography

  • Website Evaluation | Common Craft

    tags: websites digital literacy commoncraft

  • 12 years in the making: John Traxler’s big 4 mLearning certainties

    tags: mobile_learning elearning

  • Re-building a fire affected school using Social Media – splash.abc.net.au

    tags: social media recovery resilience

  • Cheap Flights At Best Flights-Online Travel Agents Australia

    tags: travel flights

    • Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

    ]]>     http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/12/new-and-interesting-links-weekly-75/feed/ 0     Thing Two: mobile photography http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/10/thing-two-mobile-photography/ http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/10/thing-two-mobile-photography/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 21:49:26 +0000 Heather http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/?p=482 20130510-074352.jpgOne of the best things about having a smart phone is the camera. I love having a decent camera with me at all times but even better is the ability to share my photos almost instantly. True, digital technology revolutionised photography but the freedom to share photos without going near a computer is something else again. I just love how easy it is. I’ve tried out lots of photography apps but the one I keep coming back to is Camera+.  It’s my go to app for taking as well as editing and sharing photos. I usually have the iPhone camera set to video so I choose what to open depending on if I want to take a photo or video. Camera+ has some nice quick edits, you can crop or rotate, some special effects and a range of frames. You can also import from your gallery and use the editing facilities.

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    Another favorite is 360 for panoramas – it’s a lot of fun and very effective. My daughter loves to pop up 4 or 5 times in the one shot. You can see one here. http://360.io/Gnh6SE

    The possibilities and applications for sharing photos are limitless, I’ve barely scratched the surface here. The best part is experimenting and there are heaps of free or inexpensive apps to help you.

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    PS Thanks to 23mobilethings I’ve started using Instaweather to share a daily photo with information about current weather conditions, it’s added another dimension to my morning commute as I look for a scene to illustrate current conditions.

     

     

     

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  • Disaster Resilience Education – Educating the Educators – Slide to Learn

    tags: disaster resilience slide2learn

  • 23 mobile things

    tags: 23 things mobile_learning slide2learn

  • Transforming the Way We Learn: Why Minecraft is an Amazing Learning Tool | thinktanK12 Blog

    tags: minecraft games education

  • How to add a video from your computer to an iPad camera roll – YouTube

    Full version

    tags: video converter iPAD

  • How to add a video from your computer to an iPad camera roll – YouTube

    tags: video converter iPAD

  • J.S. Bach – Crab Canon on a Möbius Strip – YouTube

    The enigmatic Canon 1 à 2 from J. S. Bachs Musical Offering (1747), The manuscript depicts a single musical sequence that is to be played front to back and back to front. Video by Jos Leys (http://www.josleys.com) and Xantox ( …

    tags: IFTTT YouTube

    • Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

    ]]>     http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/05/new-and-interesting-links-weekly-74/feed/ 0     Thing One: Twitter http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/02/thing-one-twitter/ http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/02/thing-one-twitter/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 10:38:49 +0000 Heather http://bbbb.global2.vic.edu.au/?p=474 I’ve been using Twitter since October 2008. Seems like a long time now but at the time I felt like a late-adopter. Earlier in 2008 I’d completed SLAV’s original 23 things course and started this amazing personal/professional learning roller coaster that hasn’t shown signs of slowing yet. At that time Twitter wasn’t part of 23 Things. I know, hard to believe now! But it was definitely growing in use and was being written about regularly in the blogs I was reading voraciously at the time. I wrote about my reluctance to join in and the adventure I had when I finally jumped here and here. Safe to say I’ve been a convert ever since.
    I love Twitter for lots of reasons: keeping in touch with colleagues and friends, learning about new resources, finding great stuff to read, sharing resources I’ve found, getting help, keeping up with the latest news, and having a laugh. I’m by no means a prolific twitterer, my 5700 tweets in 4 1/2 years is modest compared to many. I find I go in fits and starts of actually tweeting. That said, I check my twitter feed several times most days. I’m following about 1200 people and I have1600 followers. My Twitter ‘claim to fame’ is that @stephenfry follows me!
    I use the Tweetdeck app on Chrome on my laptop although for some reason that doesn’t work on the school network so when I’m there I use the Hootsuite website.
    Like Facebook, Twitter really becomes useful and fun on a mobile device, I haven’t found anything better than the native Twitter app on my phone but on my iPad I’ve just started using Twitterific after Osfoora stopped working properly for search and lists. I also use Flipboard, it’s great for #tag searches and the presentation is really nice.
    I mostly follow # tags related to conferences and events – they are a great way of finding like-minded people to follow. I’ve only set up one list of my own, to follow emergency management agencies as part of my current job. I follow a few lists, a great way to keep up with a group, especially if you follow a lot of people. On that, whenever someone new follows me I check out their profile and make a decision whether or not to follow back. I almost always follow teachers and librarians or anyone with an interest in ICT. I’ll follow anyone from Melbourne and anyone I know in real life. I never follow back people who protect their updates – I’m not sure why they are on Twitter in the first place.
    I have set up a Twitter account for my library. Initially it was just to use to set up a paper.li daily to embed on our website. It also tweets a link to anything we put on our Facebook page. If I was at school this year, developing the library’s social media presence would have been a focus. As it is that will have to wait till next year.
    Right now I’m involved in applying to set up a Twitter account for the project I’m working on. That is far more involved than I would have thought necessary and just drives home the difference between this job and working in a school (not that that is necessarily a bad thing).
    So that’s me and Twitter – to anyone out there who hasn’t had a go I say just do it, get into the conversation. Don’t think you have to read every tweet – someone likened it to the radio, it’s broadcasting 24/7 but you only listen when you choose and you only listen closely when it really interests you. You’ll learn to express yourself very concisely and you’ll find all kinds of things that you never even knew existed.

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    But this won’t be ordinary blogging, this will be mobile blogging. I’ve downloaded the Edublogs app onto my phone, connected my blog and I’m composing this post on it as we speak (so to speak)! In fact I’m very mobile, this is being written as I wait for my train home to arrive.
    A quick glance over the scope of 23 Mobile Things shows that there’s lots of stuff I’m already familiar with but I’m really looking forward to looking at these apps and sites with a more reflective eye via the structure of the course and the questions it poses.
    Let the fun begin!

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    I had a great time at the recent Slide2Learn conference in Perth. There were some fabulous keynotes, lots of interesting workshops and the opportunity to meet inspiring educators.

    I was there with an ulterior motive, to publicise the project I am working on with Australian Red Cross in conjunction with Australian Emergency Management Institute (AEMI). The project is about Disaster Resilience Education and aims to develop teacher confidence in the teaching of disaster resilience education and thus develop disaster resilience within primary and secondary school students.

    Some background:

    The incidence of natural hazards – bushfire, flood, cyclone etc – is on the increase. More people are being affected every year and the cost to the community is growing.

    Reports such as the Black Saturday Royal Commission, the Keelty Report and APEC Ministerial Statements have noted the importance of community engagement and education.

     

    Government and Emergency Management Agencies are increasingly aware that assistance cannot be guaranteed in the immediate aftermath of an emergency or even for 24 hours or more after an event. Communities need to be prepared and know how to respond.

     
    Disaster Resilience has a four stage cycle known as PPRR

    Prevention – identifying hazards and removing if possible

    Preparation – having a fire plan, preparing an emergency kit, making an evacuation plan

    Response – responding to the immediate needs of the emergency situation

    Recovery – the actions needed to return to normal, whether or not that is the same as before.

    Disaster resilience is enabled by the understanding and ability to enact these four stages.

    Disaster Resilience Education (DRE)

    Educating children is a way of indirectly influencing families and communities – children encourage their family members to act, and they help connect families with communities. Disaster resilience is important for every member of society, regardless of age or physical ability or where they live. Children can change long term behaviour to build more resilient communities, and resilient children will become resilient adults.

    To be effective DRE needs to part of the curriculum, not an add-on, not “yet another thing we’re expected to teach”. The project seeks to use the development of the new Australian curriculum as a means to embed the teaching of DRE across curriculum areas and general capabilities. We want teachers to have an understanding of and be able to articulate what DRE is and why it is important

    To achieve this firstly we are mapping existing Australian DRE resources to the Australian Curriculum. Many of these resources have been created by Emergency Management Agencies. The report from this exercise will be used to develop pathways for teachers so they can select the best resources to use with their students. We will also provide information to Emergency Management agencies about where their resources fit the curriculum and where there are opportunities for improvement and new development.

    Secondly, we will be designing and delivering professional development for teachers to promote the disaster resilience message and to share and explore available resources. Some of this will be in person at various conferences but I also plan to create some online resources and I’d love to work with teachers and students to do so.

    Can you help?

    Do you know of any conferences, network meetings, or other opportunities where I would be welcome to present? I’d love to hear about them – I am able to travel for this purpose.

    Do you have an interest in disasters? Are you and your students looking for a real-life project where you can make a difference? Could you and your students work with me to create resources like videos, games, ebooks to help spread the DRE messages to teachers and students?

    Please get in touch!

    Reply to this post, send a tweet to @hbailie, email hbailie at redcross.org.au or download the project app http://my.yapp.us/CSJYL7 where you can leave a message under “Share your thoughts”. I’d love to hear from you.

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  • Learning 2.013 » Making Change

    tags: conference

  • Educational Origami – What is the role of the librarian

    tags: librarianship curation ethics media research

  • What Makes a Good Content Curator? | Social Media Today

    tags: curation social media

  • A Great Project Based Learning Checklist for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

    tags: Project_Based_Learning Challenge based learning

  • Coping With Crisis – Helping Children With Special Needs

    “When a crisis event occurs—in school, in the community or at the national level—it can cause strong and deeply felt reactions in adults and children, especially those children with special needs. Many of the available crisis response resources are appropriate for use with students with disabilities, provided that individual consideration is given to the child’s developmental and emotional maturity.”

    tags: children trauma

  • Stop Disasters: a disaster simulation game from the UN/ISDR

    tags: classroom activities game

  • Stop Disasters (iLearn Technology blog post)

    Stop Disasters is a collection of disaster simulation games created by the ISDR (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction).  As students play the games, they learn about natural disasters and actions that people can take to help protect themselves and others.  The student’s job is to plan and construct a safer environment for their population.

    tags: classroom activities disaster resilience

  • 20 Ways to Teach About the Disaster in Japan Across the Curriculum – NYTimes.com

    tags: classroom activities

  • 15 Fantastic Ways to Use Flipboard (Cool Cat Teacher Blog)

    tags: reading social media iPad curation

  • Lesson Plan | Preparing for Natural Disasters – NYTimes.com

    tags: disaster resilience classroom activities lesson plans

  • Challenge Based Learning Keynote for Slide2Learn 2013

    tags: Challenge based learning

  • infuselearning | Empowering The BYOD REVOLUTION

    tags: Teaching learning feedback

  • » Technology-enabled Assessments / Teachbook Blog

    tags: slide2learn assessment iPad

  • 1:1 in Practice

    tags: 1 to 1 challenge based learning

  • Lisa Johnson – Techchef4u

    tags: Lisa Johnson techchef4u

  •  IPAD 4 SCHOOLS | MAKING SIMPLE SENSE OF IPADS IN SCHOOLS

    tags: iPad

  • HELP DOCS |  IPAD 4 SCHOOLS

    tags: iPAD productivity

  • Get Most Out of Your Device — Tony Vincent – Learning in Hand

    tags: iPAD presentation_tools

    • Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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  • How to Create Student Digital Portfolios Using Evernote on Vimeo

    tags: Pocket

  • I love GoogleDocs, you will too – PLC ITL Resources

    tags: Pocket

  • 10 Questions to Ask When Hiring a Mobile App Developer | Entrepreneur.com

    tags: Pocket

  • Building Relationships on Twitter: 3 Tips to Help you Make a Head Start Today – Reviewz N Tips

    tags: Pocket

  • A Useful Social Media Cheat Sheet – Edudemic

    tags: Pocket

  • 11 Must-Have Tools for Blog & Social Content Creation

    tags: Pocket

  • Is resilience still a useful concept when working with children and young people

    Published by Australian Institute of Family Studies.
    This paper reviews some of the complexities and issues surrounding the concept of resilience 
    in order to ascertain its usefulness for practitioners working with children. The paper offers a 
    brief history of the research as well as an investigation of how resilience is defined, measured 
    and used in practice.

    tags: disaster resilience children

  • MAV – Emergency management

    Municipal Association of Victoria

    tags: emergency management local government

    • Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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