Posts made in March 11th, 2010

Creative Commons in the Classroom

Posted on Mar 11, 2010 in Tutorials and Guides | 0 comments

I’ve written about good sources of creative commons images and sounds before. It’s very important to be aware of the conditions behind using any resource found on the web. Students should be getting out of the habit of just finding images on a Google Image search and dumping them into their work.

Here’s a very good presentation from Jessica Coates on Slideshare which explains more.

I’ve written a guide to Creative Commons, which you can download here. I’ve also collated some links on Delicious which might be useful.

Update – Another great guide to CC can be found via this blog post by The Clever Sheep.

Educational Blogging Platforms Compared

Posted on Mar 11, 2010 in Tutorials and Guides, Useful Links | 0 comments

When I run my Blogging training days, we usually focus on getting an account with WordPress or Edublogs. Both run off the same backend, but Edublogs is tailored more for educators.

If you are interested in finding out about all the different platforms that are available, then Dodie Ainslie has put together a great overview of the various options.

You can find it here: http://djainslietech.wikispaces.com/Blogging+Platforms

Take a look at the Smartboard resource pages too – some good links there.

If you do go with WordPress or Edublogs – then there’s a guide I have written here that should help you get started, and a presentation about blogging in schools.