http://paulharvey.edublogs.org Exploring e-Learning Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:31:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I found WizIQon the Internet just now and have had a brief play.  Essentially it's Adobe Connect, but free - which is always an endearing feature.   I registered and within minutes had created my online classroom.  I was able to add documents from my desktop and annotate these.  Web-cams and microphones ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2008/04/01/wiziq-a-free-virtual-classroom/ I spotted an article on TechCrunch about Edmodo.  I'm relishing the idea of a Twitter for teachers.  Previous posts have highlighted the possible uses of Twitter, but I have been put of using it with teachers in schools because of the possible eSafety implications.  Whilst these implications are slight and there ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2008/03/12/twitter-for-teachers-edmodo/ I like the new feature to allow teachers to easily create blogs for students now available in Edublogs. I would have liked it even more if it were possible to put together a csv file and author a series of blogs in this way - it would make it that much ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2008/03/11/new-edublogs-tool-to-create-blogs-for-students/ I'm not generally one for New Year resolutions but I did set one this year - to get back to using my blog. This resolution hasn't started so well as it's now February and this is my first post of the New Year.  There was a reason behind the resolution. For me ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2008/02/03/new-years-resolutions/ Read a great entry on Doug Belshaw's blog on using Twitter with students.  I'd mentioned using this with Studywiz and the RSS Reader in Studywiz, but Doug's post goes in to a lot more detail and suggest some learning applications for using Twitter. http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2007/09/28/using-twitter-with-students/ I have discovered three websites that allow students to add subtitles to video. www.dotsub.com www.mojiti.com www.bubbleply.com These sites take video from other sites and allow students to add subtitles.  A teacher could upload a video clip to a site like YouTube or TeacherTube, and provide students with the link to this video in one ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2007/09/28/subtitling-video-using-the-web/ I discovered Gabcast last week accidently whilst trying to find AudioBlogger for Blogger, which apparently no longer exists. Gabcast allows you to post a voice recording to your blog or the Gabcast site using a phone.  There is an RSS feed for your account, so others can subscribe to your recordings. Examples ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2007/09/09/gabcast/ Found this great timeline maker, xtimeline, on the web. I picked up the link from a podcast about Smartboards and followed the link up. It allows you to create dynamic timelines easily, adding details, images,video and flash for each event you add. The example below sums up what a great ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2007/08/30/xtimeline-create-timelines/ It has been a while since I last posted - I've been busy.  Hopefully I'll get chance to post some of the product of this busiest shortly. Having posted last using Microsoft Word 2007, I discover that Microsoft has a free blogging tool, Microsoft Live Writer.  I'm using Live Writer for this post. I ... http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2007/07/03/windows-live-writer/ Just a test to see how easy it is to post from Word. I've entered my page details and log-in details. Let's try to add a picture – Add I'll review how this looks. If this works the main benefits would be to input Smart Art and Shapes to blog posts. http://paulharvey.edublogs.org/2007/05/22/posting-from-word-2007/