Posts filed under ‘Computing Studies’
Comic Life
A great example of Comic Life from the PlasQ site – Robert Fripp and Tony Levin sharing the day-to-day stories of touring within one of the most influential prog rock bands – on King Crimson’s 40th Anniversary Tour – http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?entry=11389
A reminder of how to use Comic Life in the Classroom – http://www.macinstruct.com/node/69
TeacherTube has a great video on Comic Life – http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=cc5b9f5a2aaa74da584e
Some examples of Student work from the Comic Life Community Forum – http://homepage.mac.com/adam_bezark/comiclife/
Blogs
There is a group for bloggers both new and old at Edna. You can join various interest groups free of charge by registering on-line, but this one has examples of blogs, blogs in the classroom, how blogs can be used etc – http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1862
Web 2.0 Tools
This site has been set up for school library media specialists to learn about new web tools – http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/
Another site for Web 2.0 tools – http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
Marvin
A great programme (supported by Microsoft) that allows students and Teachers to create scenarios using given characters – http://www.marvin.com.au. Check the examples http://www.marvin.com.au/marvin/examples.asp such as NT Health Department Baby Operation Project where indigenous language is spoken with an English translation in the speech bubbles.
Comic Life Resources
Thanks to Judith and Marilee for this list of resources and examples for those who have found Comic Life – http://www.countrymeadows.district96.k12.il.us/Comic_Life_site/CLindex.html
Web 2.0
A great resource for Web 2.0 – what, where and how!!! – http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/
Interactive Whiteboard Activities
From Promethean a site with activities for teaching and learning – http://www.prometheanworld.com/uk/server/show/nav.5394
To download free resources go to Promethean Planet – http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server.php?show=nav.008007&20080501222836
Education and Games
A great site for Educational Games – http://www.quia.com/shared/
More games – note that the games is reusing content in a variety of ways – http://www.games2train.com/
Students can complete this game as a course for University credit – http://web.uncg.edu/dcl/econ201/
Games created by students for a competition – http://www.hiddenagenda.com/
iWeb
A geat site with tips and tricks for iWeb – http://web.mac.com/will.englefield/iWeb/WillG4PB/Home.html
iWeb Manual – http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iWeb_Getting_Started.pdf
http://web.mac.com/curlytool/iWeb/iWebTryout/ViewPoints/DAC264A4-B3DE-4D29-8385-F29A9AB73A38.html
Web 2.0 for the Classroom
This site has been collated by Sue Summerford and includes Web 2.0 Tools for use K – 12