Friday 27 November 2009

wallwisher 8JO

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/whatsyourdream

this worked really well! 8JO were fabulous! it was so fun and i for the first time, being observed and with English's new laptops!
they were so empowered through having ownership over what went on the board.
defo going to do this again.
wheeeeeeeeee!

roopa

Friday 6 November 2009

Porchester Junior School


There are lots of schools across the country using the latest Web 2.0 tools to promote creative approaches to learning. Porchester Junior School in Nottingham is one of the best. Not only do they use their school website to communicate effectively with students and parents, they have loads of great ideas about how to engage their learners using the latest online tools. Click the link above to a post on the school blog about writing collaborative stories online using the excellent Storybird site.

If students are arriving in Year 7 with experiences of eLearning like this, what are we doing to meet those expectations and challenge them further with the creative use of ICT?

Web 2.0 Literacy Tools

This list of great online tools is about the best one I've seen. If you're contemplating a literacy project incorporating online tools, this would be a great place to start your research.

Click here if you would prefer the list in PDF format.