I am delivering sessions entitled ‘Putting the c  back into ICT’ to UEA Primary PGCE students on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th October 2011, along with Tuesday 6th December.

On this page you will find links for use in the session, aswell as to things mentioned or demonstrated.  This page is quite long- but hopefully you will be able to find what you are looking for.  I have broken it down into the themes covered in the session.

Important links:-

  • My Class website- www.mrhandley.co.uk
  • 2 other key links are on the session page on the UEA portal.

Theme 2- Sharing and communicating.

With Children- blogs, websites and other communication tools.

Services to start a blog with

 

 

 

Many other blog services are blocked in Norfolk.  Some wordpress.com blogs are too- but your school can request them to be un-blocked (which will usually happen as long as it is class/education blog).   Don’t embed youtube into a class blog, else it will get stripped out, and the blog possibly blocked by the filtering system in Norfolk.

Blog links for our Comment Blitz

Other Great blogs who would value comments:-

Twitter in class…

Links to some of the fab twitter accounts of children:-

More posts for Bill Lord on tweeting with @giraffeclass can be found:-
Also Edmodo- the education microblogging site.

Videoconfrencing:-

  • Skype is the obvious and simplest choice- but barred in some Norfolk schools.
  • Contact vital.ac.uk about gaining access to elluminate
  • Or explore with your school access to flashmeeting via e2bn.
Blogging as a professional

Here are some great teacher blogs to dip into:- (taken from the PGCE Survival Guide)  Bold entries are ones shown in the session- all are good reads though :-)

Tweeting

  • http://ukedchat.wikispaces.com/ - #ukedchat – every Thursday night, 8pm
  • Me on twitter @tomhenzley – lots of great people to follow- try @ianaddision, @oliverquinlain, @ebd63 @bevevans22, @mishhbond @mister_jim @xanov – or any of those with blogs above.  Or look at the people I follow and pick from there :-)

Theme 3- Keeping Children Safe On-line.

The Byron Review

Summary of orignal report- for children and young people:- http://bit.ly/p03EnY

Original review (2008) - http://bit.ly/p3hDdT

Progress report (2010)- http://bit.ly/nKOOCb

Think U Know- portal site (access resources for all ages)-  http://thinkuknow.co.uk/

Think U Know- teachers portal (registration + verification through a school needed)-  https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/teachers/

CEOP- http://ceop.police.uk/

Safe Social Networking- http://www.safesocialnetworking.org/ (designed for primary schools)

Theme 4- Learning Platforms and on-line tools.

Google Docs- docs.google.com - most Norfolk schools use an NSIX address (google powered) or their own google accounts (e..g @woodlands-primary.co.uk)- however features are the same on the public version.

Google sites- sites.google.com 

You will need a google account for all google services. It is advisable not interact or share with children from any personal google account you may hold/use.

Web Tools:-

Linoit- http://en.linoit.com/ ,
some examples of use by 4H:-
http://linoit.com/users/mrhandley/canvases/Descriptive%20words-%20Island
http://linoit.com/users/mrhandley/canvases/Working%20with%20images
http://linoit.com/users/mrhandley/canvases/Dreams%20ideas
http://linoit.com/users/mrhandley/canvases/Family%20words
http://linoit.com/users/mrhandley/canvases/Is%20the%20rainforest%20still%20there%3F%20
Storybird- http://storybird.com/
Sumopaint- http://www.sumopaint.com/home/  – lots of examples hidden around mrhandley.co.uk – try searching for art or sumopaint.
Photpeach- http://photopeach.com/  – a great example of one  of the used of photopeach is here on Miss Barnards blog- http://missbarnard.edublogs.org/2011/09/22/challenge-2-our-wetlands/
Audioboo-     http://audioboo.fm   an example from 4H here- http://www.mrhandley.co.uk/2011/09/4hs-super-descriptions/
Sumdog-  http://www.sumdog.com
For today only, you can log in with:-
UP36 – lemon29
Up37 – train67
UP39- Stone48
UP40- Green 36
UP41- Heart 86
Popplet-  http://www.popplet.com
Isle of tune:- http://isleoftune.com/
Aviary- http://www.aviary.com/
Toondoo:- http://www.toondoo.com/  search toondoo on mrhandley.co.uk for some examples.
Voicethread.com- http://voicethread.com/  
Examples by 4H
https://voicethread.com/#u1559014.b1632459.i8632148
https://voicethread.com/#u1559014.b1640830.i8673260
A great example by Miss Barnard’s calss
http://missbarnard.edublogs.org/2011/09/29/tuck-everlasting-predictions/
Another super example:-
http://voicethread.com/#q.b1747897.i9193997

    Voki.com -   http://www.voki.com     lots of examples around the web- or why not create your own? (hint, voki’s can speak many languages!)
    There’s even more…

    and, of course, blogs!

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    Phew- quite a few links there!  Hope some of them are useful to you in your PGCE year and beyond!

    Remember, you can always get in touch if I can help in anyway!

    Tim