Hi all, Jen from freezing Alice Springs in Central Australia here. I work with low level learners in remote locations, and believe that the use of online technologies for my student cohort is the way to go to provide engaging and accessible learning…
With your interest in Online Technologies, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording conducted by Nellie Deutsch on Technology Integration.
Hi, I was in CASEL, part of Education. I trained as a teacher at CDU though in those days it was NTU. I am familiar with your teaching context. Hmmm. Do you have access to Rose, D., Gray, B. Cowey, W. "Scaffolding Reading and Writing for Indigenous Children in School. In Wignell, P. (ed). 1999, Double Poere: Englihs literacy and indigenous education, anguage Australia, Melbourne.
Welcome to the community for those using Ning to power their educational social network. Also be sure to check out Classroom 2.0 for general discussions of Web 2.0 in the classroom.
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