After introducing what you are embedding follow the following steps.
- switch to HTML version - there is a button just to the left of the 'Posting' window
- then paste the embed code
- Hey presto it is embedded
Thursday 22 October 2015
Embedding Prezii
In the past I have found that it is good enough to use the link system within blogger to access my external resources. however, today I was asked a question about how to 'embed' resources so I have taken the embed code from a Prezi of mine about presentations and I will discuss the best way of embedding in BlogSpot.
After introducing what you are embedding follow the following steps.
After introducing what you are embedding follow the following steps.
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Socrative
Socrative is an online assessment software.
As a teacher you join and log in to http://www.socrative.com/.
As a teacher you join and log in to http://www.socrative.com/.
Friday 3 February 2012
Edmodo and so much more
One of my Business students put me onto this site, as far as I can make out it is a free Wiki, but designed especially with students and virtual learning environments in mind.
You can create a site, haven't done that as yet a I was only having a cursory look, but will let you know when I do. invite students upload to a library and link to other teachers and students. This may be something I can investigate for next year with my e-learning course. It appears to be very easy to use, and if it were used in a school environment it would allow autonomy of course design for the teacher and yet the ability to link to other teachers or courses through a networking aspect. Most VLE's allow courses to be linked under one banner, but less so the teacher network.
Are there uses here for the sharing of best practise perhaps.
You can create a site, haven't done that as yet a I was only having a cursory look, but will let you know when I do. invite students upload to a library and link to other teachers and students. This may be something I can investigate for next year with my e-learning course. It appears to be very easy to use, and if it were used in a school environment it would allow autonomy of course design for the teacher and yet the ability to link to other teachers or courses through a networking aspect. Most VLE's allow courses to be linked under one banner, but less so the teacher network.
Are there uses here for the sharing of best practise perhaps.
Friday 28 October 2011
WallWisher
Wallwisher, my colleague, Mandy has been using WallWisher in her teaching for a while, and whilst I was interested I must admit as to not being as interested that I made time to investigate it - what a fool!! Briliant piece of kit!
I have been thinking about using Twitter in my teaching for some time, but have been unable to really figure out how to make it really effective. My problem is that I wouldn't want it open to all users, not even all followers but to groups of followers, and I haven't been able to figure that one out. I can see how Twitter can be invaluable with a lecture hall and hundreds of almost anonymous students all wishing to put a particular point across, but in an ICT suite with 15 - surely the personal approach must prevail.
What worried me was those members of any ICT group that may think they know more than they actually did, because their mate showed them a particular application once over a beer! So I got to thinking is there a way I can get the students to reflect on their own learning - whilst they are learning. Reflect on the tasks they are being given, ask questions almost privately if they don't want to admit that they have missed the answer.
Wall wisher is an electronic notice board that is held n the web, can be set up in seconds and the students can interact with. Once the wall was set up, I gave the students the URL and the instructions that they should double click and leave comments periodically throughout the session. These notes can be about anything they want related to the session, learning something new, a question anything.
With wallwisher anyone who knows the site / wall is active can click and leave a comment, though the likelihood of someone external to the group finding the wall is remote. If you are a member (i.e. if you have registered) then your nickname is attached to your post-it, if not it is posted as anonymous.
Wallwisher
OK the students enjoyed it, but educationally, what does it mean, well for me I was able to give instant feedback on any questions that arose, and use the student participation to steer the session.
Next plan is to build on the wall session by session which can then be used to trigger evaluation at the end. - WATCH THIS SPACE
I have been thinking about using Twitter in my teaching for some time, but have been unable to really figure out how to make it really effective. My problem is that I wouldn't want it open to all users, not even all followers but to groups of followers, and I haven't been able to figure that one out. I can see how Twitter can be invaluable with a lecture hall and hundreds of almost anonymous students all wishing to put a particular point across, but in an ICT suite with 15 - surely the personal approach must prevail.
What worried me was those members of any ICT group that may think they know more than they actually did, because their mate showed them a particular application once over a beer! So I got to thinking is there a way I can get the students to reflect on their own learning - whilst they are learning. Reflect on the tasks they are being given, ask questions almost privately if they don't want to admit that they have missed the answer.
Wall wisher is an electronic notice board that is held n the web, can be set up in seconds and the students can interact with. Once the wall was set up, I gave the students the URL and the instructions that they should double click and leave comments periodically throughout the session. These notes can be about anything they want related to the session, learning something new, a question anything.
With wallwisher anyone who knows the site / wall is active can click and leave a comment, though the likelihood of someone external to the group finding the wall is remote. If you are a member (i.e. if you have registered) then your nickname is attached to your post-it, if not it is posted as anonymous.
Wallwisher
OK the students enjoyed it, but educationally, what does it mean, well for me I was able to give instant feedback on any questions that arose, and use the student participation to steer the session.
Next plan is to build on the wall session by session which can then be used to trigger evaluation at the end. - WATCH THIS SPACE
Thursday 27 October 2011
Blogs - blogster Vs Edublog
Well it’s that time of year again, the early autumn has been crazy, but now the time has come that things are settling down, PGCE students are off to placement and I am able to start looking at and evaluating applications and software that could be used in teaching
I have blogged for a number of years, not as often as some I know, but more often than some I know, and I have always used Blogger. I like blogger; you can adjust it and modify it so that it suits your personality. It is reasonably instinctive, and before long you have a professional looking blog coming along. The only thing in my view that’s wrong is that it may not be wholly suitable if using them in education.
Yes you can make them private, so only those people that you have invited can read your blogs, in this day and age of Internet Web safety, this does tick some of the boxes - but not all. When viewing your blog, all you need do is click 'Next Blog' and a random blog is selected. Now whenever I have done this I have come screen to face with an innocent an interesting Blog, however, is this acceptable in education where you are answerable to Lea's, governors and parents for your internet habits.
There may be an answer - I have come across a service called "EduBlogs" - blogging specifically designed with education and children in mind. These Blogs are secure, EduBlog claims that their blogs are
• Safe and Reliable – Blogs can be completely private or open to the public. Since we only host education related content, Edublogs are allowed by most school filters where other blogging platforms are not
• Student Friendly – It is as simple to add to and update a blog as it is to send an email. Teachers can easily create and manage as many student blogs as needed.
Rich With Features – A few of the most popular features include discussion tools, video embedding, Facebook and Twitter integration, and calendars.
• Customizable – With over 100 different themes which allow for control of colours, images, and layout.
• Research-Based – Engage students in their learning and enhance instruction through collaboration, student portfolios, and endless classroom uses.
There are three types of EduBlog, the free version, the Pro Version ($3.33/ Month), and Campus, designed to platform whole schools / colleges/universities for their blogging needs and the cost for this last one ranges from $750 - $5500 / year.
I have looked at the blogs and must admit there are certain features that are appealing, for example those students registered against a teacher are immediately linked to the teachers blogs, there is a control via the school / teachers site and thus control over the web addressing system. It is entirely private, I viewed a number from the Edublog site, and cannot tell which version they use, but they are professional looking and interesting.
Perhaps it’s time to change
I have blogged for a number of years, not as often as some I know, but more often than some I know, and I have always used Blogger. I like blogger; you can adjust it and modify it so that it suits your personality. It is reasonably instinctive, and before long you have a professional looking blog coming along. The only thing in my view that’s wrong is that it may not be wholly suitable if using them in education.
Yes you can make them private, so only those people that you have invited can read your blogs, in this day and age of Internet Web safety, this does tick some of the boxes - but not all. When viewing your blog, all you need do is click 'Next Blog' and a random blog is selected. Now whenever I have done this I have come screen to face with an innocent an interesting Blog, however, is this acceptable in education where you are answerable to Lea's, governors and parents for your internet habits.
There may be an answer - I have come across a service called "EduBlogs" - blogging specifically designed with education and children in mind. These Blogs are secure, EduBlog claims that their blogs are
• Safe and Reliable – Blogs can be completely private or open to the public. Since we only host education related content, Edublogs are allowed by most school filters where other blogging platforms are not
• Student Friendly – It is as simple to add to and update a blog as it is to send an email. Teachers can easily create and manage as many student blogs as needed.
Rich With Features – A few of the most popular features include discussion tools, video embedding, Facebook and Twitter integration, and calendars.
• Customizable – With over 100 different themes which allow for control of colours, images, and layout.
• Research-Based – Engage students in their learning and enhance instruction through collaboration, student portfolios, and endless classroom uses.
There are three types of EduBlog, the free version, the Pro Version ($3.33/ Month), and Campus, designed to platform whole schools / colleges/universities for their blogging needs and the cost for this last one ranges from $750 - $5500 / year.
I have looked at the blogs and must admit there are certain features that are appealing, for example those students registered against a teacher are immediately linked to the teachers blogs, there is a control via the school / teachers site and thus control over the web addressing system. It is entirely private, I viewed a number from the Edublog site, and cannot tell which version they use, but they are professional looking and interesting.
Perhaps it’s time to change
Thursday 11 November 2010
Quandary
Quandary is a free software from the same stable as Hot Potatoes. Quandary is an application for creating Web-based Action Mazes, A form of model or scenario; the user is presented with a situation, and a number of choices as to a course of action to deal with it. On choosing one of the options, the resulting situation is then presented, again with a set of options. Working through this branching tree is like negotiating a maze, hence the name "Action Maze".
Like Hot Potatoes, it is simple to use and the resulting maze can be a simple modelling program like having a set number of pounds and a choice of items to buy.
It is based around Decision Points where a series of actions are possible and depending upon which action is taken depends upon which next decision point you are taken to. It is saved in XHTML format, again like Hot Potatoes which means that the only thing you need to utilise the finished Maze is a web browser. the Maze could be run interactively on a whiteboard using the class as participants and the nice thing about that format is that it could be used to generate discussion at each of the decision points. This would be advantageous in checking overall understanding, especially of a difficult concept.
The other thing that you can do is link events to the action taken. these events are called transactions. For example if you were creating a quest and e.g. on the hunt for the mystical database, then when they get to the point of Handling Data - they must have already created a table. If they haven't created a table then they can go no further until they have gone back and created a table. Or if shopping and modelling you can link the transaction so that they reduce money when they buy certain Objects.
Visually you have a certain power to alter the appearance - colours, fonts - insert pictures directly from the web, and also locally. Also there is the ability to embed or insert sound and video.
Finally there is also the ability to add multi-choice options to your actions.
All in all I like it and I think it has many uses within education, from a series of case studies linked to form a concept, to quick games to reinforce learning.
FAB!!
Like Hot Potatoes, it is simple to use and the resulting maze can be a simple modelling program like having a set number of pounds and a choice of items to buy.
It is based around Decision Points where a series of actions are possible and depending upon which action is taken depends upon which next decision point you are taken to. It is saved in XHTML format, again like Hot Potatoes which means that the only thing you need to utilise the finished Maze is a web browser. the Maze could be run interactively on a whiteboard using the class as participants and the nice thing about that format is that it could be used to generate discussion at each of the decision points. This would be advantageous in checking overall understanding, especially of a difficult concept.
The other thing that you can do is link events to the action taken. these events are called transactions. For example if you were creating a quest and e.g. on the hunt for the mystical database, then when they get to the point of Handling Data - they must have already created a table. If they haven't created a table then they can go no further until they have gone back and created a table. Or if shopping and modelling you can link the transaction so that they reduce money when they buy certain Objects.
Visually you have a certain power to alter the appearance - colours, fonts - insert pictures directly from the web, and also locally. Also there is the ability to embed or insert sound and video.
Finally there is also the ability to add multi-choice options to your actions.
All in all I like it and I think it has many uses within education, from a series of case studies linked to form a concept, to quick games to reinforce learning.
FAB!!
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Hot Potatoes
Hot Potatoes from 1/2 Baked Software is a neat little tool that can be used by teachers not matter what their ICT capability. The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is freeware, and you may use it for any purpose or project you like. It is not open-source.I was originally developed by the University of Victoria and its HOME page offers links to tutorials, easy downloads and also links to resources.
One of the advantages of Hot Potatoes is that whilst your quizes can be exported for printing, they can also be converted into a text page which meeans that to run the acivites interactively all you need is a web browser, which all PC's have. The activity can either be run off an interactivw whiteboard with individuals coming and anxwering the key points on the board. or set up on a shared network drive and the students can access the quizes individually.
I feel the application is ideal for starters or plenaries where you may want to test understanding - but the real advantage is that it is easy to set up and seems to motivate students especially at Key Stage 3 / 4 although I have also had some success occasionally at KS5.
One of the advantages of Hot Potatoes is that whilst your quizes can be exported for printing, they can also be converted into a text page which meeans that to run the acivites interactively all you need is a web browser, which all PC's have. The activity can either be run off an interactivw whiteboard with individuals coming and anxwering the key points on the board. or set up on a shared network drive and the students can access the quizes individually.
I feel the application is ideal for starters or plenaries where you may want to test understanding - but the real advantage is that it is easy to set up and seems to motivate students especially at Key Stage 3 / 4 although I have also had some success occasionally at KS5.
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