Physical+Ed+ICT+Cluster+Day

=Cobham Connections ICT PD day at the Wintec Campus: Hamilton.=

Online convertors
=Resources= :Developing a Moodle Course using Moodle 1.9 Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers

Wallwisher
media type="custom" key="11340414" Click on the wall to post a sticky! Note this can be embedded easily into a moodle label or webpage: The same process that it has been embedded here :)

Embed a YouTube presentation

media type="youtube" key="Zv-_GCFdLdo" height="360" width="480" Youtube video on good practice for using a Learning Management System

Sync in: real time collaboration on a text document: this can be linked from Moodle;
Click here to collaborate on a text document on the use of Flip cameras in the classroom. []

Nota: a web page that you can create as a group: Click link below and add a comment to the page:
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=Peerwise Link to Peerwise= What is PeerWise? (Content below from website) Students use PeerWise to create and to explain their understanding of course related assessment questions, and to answer and discuss questions created by their peers.

Any Subject
PeerWise is used in a wide range of subjects, including Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Population Health, Pharmacology, Medicine, and many more...

Free to use
PeerWise is free and very easy to use. Students are presented with a simple, intuitive interface and instructors can easily view student content and monitor participation.

Why use PeerWise? ** PeerWise ** is simple to use. A new ** PeerWise ** repository, accessible by your students, can be created in less than a minute. ** PeerWise ** complements existing teaching materials and course organisation, and can help to establish a learning community in your class incorporating collaborative learning and peer tutoring,

=Voicethread= Voicethread is a website where you can upload a series of images on which students could comment either by text boxes or voice (need microphone). You can also use an electronic whiteboard to draw on the images.The series of images could tell a story or they could be centered around a theme. (eg fantasy/myths/legends). To get an idea of what Voicethread is about you need to register and logon. Your students would need to register also if they were to use the site.
 * [[image:http://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/bin/images/border_index_ask.png]] || Ask... Challenging students to author their own assessment questions requires them to focus on the important concepts and learning outcomes of a course. Developing effective alternatives encourages students to reflect on possible misconceptions, and explaining the answer to a question in their own words reinforces understanding. || [[image:http://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/bin/images/warp2.png]] ||
 * [[image:http://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/bin/images/border_index_share.png]] || Share... All student-authored questions, answers and explanations are shared with the class, and can be filtered in a number of ways including by course topic, by quality or difficulty ratings, and by popularity. Students can also discover good questions by following authors who have contributed questions they find useful. ||^  ||
 * [[image:http://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/bin/images/border_index_learn.png]] || Learn... Students receive immediate feedback when answering questions, including a summary of previously submitted answers. Answered questions can be evaluated for quality and difficulty, and associated discussion threads enable peer-dialogue around each question. Students can request help from their peers, and can improve question explanations. ||^  ||

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=Extra Information=

Web 2.0 Projects pdf: good reading for teachers: lots of resources for teaching.

Images
jpeg: common format for photographs, images gif: a line cartoon drawing: limited colours: used for animation Reducing image file size for use in Moodle: Link

Video
wmv: video format for Microsoft software mov: quicktime: video format for apple computers/tablets mpeg: video format that plays on DVDs and all computers

Audio
mp3: compressed audio suitable for mp3 players wma: microsoft sound format acc: Apple sound format

Software for converting file types:
Audacity: Open Source audio editor which is free Link Any Video Converter: Free convertor for video and audio files Link

Online format converters
Online convert Link Media converter Link ZamZar Link Free File Converter Link

=Eyejot: video from a webcam=

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