1. Week 3 Housekeeping:
• Blog posts are going well- check comments for feedback.
• Still a couple having trouble opening- where do I find the
URL?
• Are you checking the comments on blogs?
• Name posts by week eg Week 3- Include your own name
• I am going to use my blog space as a storage area. Please
check
• Keep blog for your CV

2. Agenda
•Assignment 1: Week 2 blog feedback
•Assignment 2: Week 3 marking sheet
•Group 1 tools – blogs, wikis and weebly websites.
•eLearning – how do we integrate ICTs into learning design?

3. Week 3-5 marking criteria sheet

4.  Let‟s take a tour: http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?name=FAHE11001_2132

5. Blogs Wikis Websites
Generally static.
Cannot be added
to by students.
Usually only a
single author who
„posts‟
Students can add
comments and
ideas
Not chronological.
Can be added to
and changed in
any order.
Students can add
comments and
ideas
Can have multiple
authors
Can have multiple
authors
Suit a variety of
purposes and
uses
Can have multiple
authors

6. http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

7. Source: http://www.voki.com/

8. http://www.wordle.net/

9. Technical hint:
Using images from websites.
• press print screen on your keyboard
• open Paint.net software on your computer
• click on edit
• paste on page
• select the cut out tool and drag around the
image you want to copy
• copy and paste into your document or
webpage
• or save as a particular type of file eg jpeg
• work safely, legally and ethically by
identifying the source of your image.

10. You have already created your first blog, and are going to continue to use this Blog in your
construction of Assignment Task 2. This activity asks you to reflect on your learning about
blogs.
In your blog, create a new posting, and examine the potential of blogs in your teaching
context. Use an analytical tool/thinking routine such as a SWOT analysis or PMI to ensure
that your focus is analytical rather than merely descriptive. If you are unsure about these
thinking routines/scaffolds, please return to the Learning Materials to review them.
Explore the technical features - how is a blog constructed and presented? Can it be
customised? What types of files can be embedded and/or linked to? Can media be used in
your blog? How can you connect to others using your blog - ie interaction capacity? REflect
on these features. Then think about teaching and learning in your own context, and reflect
on the ways blogs can be used in your own classroom.
You are invited to use both the course readings, other research and sites, and your own
ideas, and to be as creative as possible when considering your teaching ideas. Be sure also
to consider the way your own students will be using Blogs. Learning with technology should
be learner-centred, and it is anticipated that by far your students will be most busy in the
online environments, with you in the role of facilitator. If you use any research or ideas from
other sites, please BE SURE to reference them.
Sample text to use in a wordle

11. Thinking strategies that
help scaffold learning:
• PMI- You are invited to work with a
partner to create a PMI for blogs.
• SWOT- Next construct a SWOT
analysis of digital pedagogy as you
know it now.

12. Positive Minus Interesting

13. Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

15. “The teacher can no longer be
regarded as the sole source of
learning, nor can students be assumed
to have the same core
knowledge.............. There has been a
power shift such that learners are now
able to be responsible for their own
learning. The role of the teacher has
become one of facilitator rather than
expert. And learning is able to be
individualised for each student.”

16. http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php

17.  How could these tools be used to improve the
„how‟ ie teacher pedagogy, for a history unit?
1. The lessons
2. The assessment of student learning
3. The guide to making judgements

18.  Due?
 What must it include?
 Technical support?
 How do I upload?
 Where do I upload?
 How many marks is it worth?
 How will it be assessed by Gary?