21st C. Learning

21 st Century learning Tools - 1 Margaret Vass ICT Curriculum Support Officer Falkirk Council Education Services

Social Bookmarking Falkirk Council Education Services
Social bookmarking is a means of saving, organising, and sharing your favourite websites.
http://delicious.com/ is one example of a social bookmarking site

Delicious.com
The Delicious ‘buttons’ can be downloaded to your computer’s toolbar
When you visit a site you would like to bookmark, simply click on the ‘tag’ icon
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Delicious.com – Practical Ideas
Rather than save things to ‘favourites’, save them in Delicious. That way, you can access them from any computer.
Create a Delicious account for staff in your school to share great websites
Create a class delicious account for topic work. Encourage parents to contribute, too

Digital Camcorder
The Flip video recorder was demonstrated at the Scottish Learning Festival
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What can it do?
It can record up to 60 minutes of video
it has its own built in FlipShare™ editing software
the flip-out USB arm plugs into any computer

Digital Camcorder – Practical Ideas
Use the camera to create a video yearbook
Have the children work in groups to write a playscript. Video the groups acting out their finished scripts
Give the class a maths problem to solve. Allow collaborative groups to video how they solved the problem. Compare the problem solving techniques applied by each group
Groups of children could produce a video of a short t.v. type advert on helping the environment
Lots more ideas here: http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2009/02/11/flippin-nora/

Mp3 Voice Recorders Falkirk Council Education Services Mp3 players with a good quality built in microphone can cost less than £10

Voice Recorders – Practical Ideas
They are affordable and also portable
A wide variety of homework tasks can be devised to involve parents, grandparents and other family members
They can be taken on school trips
Members of the local community can be interviewed
They can be used in conjunction with cameras to provide opportunities for digital storytelling

Wiki Collaboration Falkirk Council Education Services
Some examples are:
http://pbwiki.com/
http://www.wikispaces.com
http://www.wetpaint.com/
Features of a wiki:
Like a website or blog, you can add text, pictures, links, sounds & video files.
Unlike a website, a wiki can be collaborative .

Using Wikis – Practical Idea 1
http://cpsbethanyr.pbwiki.com
Read more of Bethany’s stories on her wiki

Using Wikis – Practical Idea 2
http://australiatopic.wikispaces.com/
Children in this Scottish Primary school invited some Australian ‘blog friends’ to add to their topic wiki

Using Wikis – Practical Idea 3 http://carronshore.wetpaint.com/?t=anon Wetpaint wikis contain ‘forum’ options

Blogging with Classes
Setting up a class blog

Blogging – Practical Ideas 1
Importance of ‘audience’

Blogging – Practical Ideas 2
http://www.voki.com/
Sync children’s voices with characters in this great free site

Blogging – Practical idea 3
http://voicethread.com/
Children can narrate their stories on this site. Visitors can leave messages

Using Freely Available Tools
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
A great wiki pulling together free online sites under appropriate headings

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http://mvass.net	15

21st C. Learning

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