http://jrigby.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:37:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All images within the above video were collected adhering to Creative Commons Licensing. Attributions are listed here. References Davidson, S. (2009). A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words. Science & Children, 46(5), 36-39. Harel, I. (2003). Building software beats using it. MaMaMedia. Retrieved February 25, 2009, http://www.mamamedia.com/areas/grownups/new/21_learning/building_software.html. King, D. (2009). Video on the web: ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2009/03/03/digital-video-in-the-classroom/ ** Please NOTE: At the end of this blog is a VoiceThread. It would be great if you could contribute a comment to this thread after reading this blog. Thankyou. ** The use of using games in classrooms has been an issue of concern over the years. More recently the use ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/to-game-or-not-to-game-that-is-the-question/ Schools, governments and parents all around the world area currently talking about web filters. Why? They want to protect their children from exposure to inappropriate content that is all to easily popping up in internet browsers. Current discussion suggests that governments should introduce free automatic filtering of the internet to block ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/why-filters-which-filters/ PROBLEM... SOLUTION... An electronic book (e-book) is a paperback-sized gadget that lets users download books, newspapers and blogs onto a high-resolution screen (MX News, 10 February 2009, pg.9). The variety of ‘traditional’ paper books that are now being published and marketed in digital form, along with well known authors (such as Stephen ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2009/02/04/e-books-e-xciting-e-xcellent/ I could not believe it when I read Sue Water's blog recently about schools that are charging their students to use the internet. Apparently this has become the largest barrier for teachers who want to incorporate technology into their lessons - some students simply can not afford it. I am ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2008/11/14/put-your-where-your-mouth-is/ I recently read an interesting article discussing constructiVism and constructioNism which I believe is extremely relevant to my studies as a primary teacher. Here is a video that I created to communicate my thoughts on this. Images (in the video) made available under Creative Commons 2.0 Attribution Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Available below: Image ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2008/11/12/constructivism-vs-constructionism/ This semester I have been learning about ways that computer technologies can be used creatviely in the classroom. I have experimented with different programs and tools that I had never used previously. I now have some great ideas of how I could use these technologies in my future classroom. However ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2008/11/12/exam-internet-phone-ipod-cheating/ I have always dreaded class presentations. Not so much giving them but watching them. This is because people tend to rely on the powerpoint and do not give much thought to the presenting. Often they simply read word for word the text on the screen, and add some sound effects, ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/the-sleep-program/ Two teachers share their success with the learning program "Inspiration". I admit that I thought the idea behind this program was a bit pointless. I thought.. why would teachers use a computer program to make a mindmap when paper and pen works? The project ideas shared by these teachers has ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/mind-changing-inspiring/ Would you learn to make a cake better by: a) Reading a recipe b) Watching Huey’s Cooking Adventures c) Helping your mum make a cake Think about it. Check your answer, are you sure you want to lock it in? Did you pick (c)? I wonder how many people picked (c)? I did. We learn best when we are ... http://jrigby.edublogs.org/2008/11/08/short-quiz/