Technical+Design

=Materials Development  = = = Teams to model the development of materials and piloting process using Web 2.0 social networking technologies Support collaboration within and between teams and sites || TL&S staff upskill to support teachers Materials Development teams and piloting process inclusive of more people @ less cost ||
 * **Purpose of site** || Become a Web 2 guru
 * **Outcomes ** || Contemporary Web 2 content in materials developed

WHAT's NEW
This is a great video entitled "Learning to Change - Changing to Learn" which looks at learning for the 21st Century. It describes our present situation as //'the death of education, but the dawn of learning'// which could be a very exciting place to be - if we can get there!

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 * =IN THER E = || **What practices and projects are out there, on the periphery of our vision that could assist in creating contemporary, portable materials ?** ||
 * [[image:NYPoliceReda.jpg width="178" height="181" caption="NY Police use ipods for training "]]  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(22,51,192); FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">   || ==MLearning==

NY Police Use iPods
In 2007 The New York Police Department handed out iPods to new recruits to assist them in keeping upto date with police procedures (warrants, ethics, commumity policing) and coursework as they travelled The iPods were handed to the police "fully loaded" with subject matter.

mp3 players (video and audio) are being discussed as an option for piloting aspects of the NTCF with teachers in remote communities Ready to develop a 3D, multiliterate virtual world, create a version of yourself called an avatar and use a real unit of currency, the Linden dollar? Did you know that in 2007 Darwin "powerfunk" band Neo staged an online gig in Second Life - [|read more] Jenny B, can you let us know what key messages that came out of the eXpanding Choices Showcase workshop run by Flexible Learning NT - is Flexible Learning still around? ||
 * Discuss:** Click on the <span style="COLOR: rgb(59,140,80)">DISCUSSION tab above ||
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(22,51,192); FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">[[image:2ndLifeReda.jpg width="180" height="151" caption="Virtual Worlds - Learning Spaces"]]  || ==Virtual Worlds in Education==
 * Read** about the Education Uses of 2nd Life http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/
 * Watch** a **video** explaining how virtual worlds are set up and several underlying learning principles.
 * ==Acknowledge the input of the following collaborators== ||
 * = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(22,51,192); FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  [[image:green_eyea.gif width="63" height="38"]] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Emma Bliss** - a web 2.0er at heart. ||
 * = [[image:green_eyea.gif width="63" height="38"]] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Matt Skoss** - insightful and honest feedback <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">guaranteed ||
 * = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> [[image:green_eyea.gif width="63" height="38"]] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Mark Goonan** - creative and deep thinker ||
 * = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> [[image:green_eyea.gif width="63" height="38"]] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Louise Fogg** - sets the compass due North ||
 * = <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> [[image:green_eyea.gif width="63" height="38"]] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**Louise Fogg** - sets the compass due North ||

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Post Russell Share Point sites

Can be in word docs, ppts, excel format Stored on web for easy assess || From my limited experience - once I upload to the web text boxes and arrows run amok... || Has any one managed to get around this? ||
 * **Software** || **Pros** || **Cons** || **Fixes / Cheats** ||
 * SharePt ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Google Docs || Collaborative writing using one doc
 * Wikispace || Collaborative editing || Sometimes freezes when doing too many changes - particularly when changing the Heading sizes ||  ||