Comments on: Building an ICT-Rich Environment http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/building-an-ict-rich-environment/ A blog designed to document new discoveries in ICT, share resources and reflect on the most important part of ICT - the people behind it! Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:47:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Lucy Barrow http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/building-an-ict-rich-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Lucy Barrow Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:12:54 +0000 http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/?p=93#comment-48 We had a fabulous follow-up visit with the City Cite staff last Friday. I worked with staff to set up an Edublog and Flickr account. As we believe it is important to take "baby steps", staff will focus on using the BlueMagnet software to send information to students via a bluetooth connection to their mobile phones. They will also focus on adding content to their new blog which is located at http://citycite.edublogs.org/ We had a fabulous follow-up visit with the City Cite staff last Friday. I worked with staff to set up an Edublog and Flickr account. As we believe it is important to take “baby steps”, staff will focus on using the BlueMagnet software to send information to students via a bluetooth connection to their mobile phones. They will also focus on adding content to their new blog which is located at http://citycite.edublogs.org/

]]> By: Lucy Barrow http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/building-an-ict-rich-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Lucy Barrow Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:56:39 +0000 http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/?p=93#comment-47 We learnt this week that, unfortunately, Utterli will not be continuing their international dial-in feature. There were many Australian teachers who were disappointed to hear this news. Utterli offered a simple and exciting way for students and teachers to quickly create audio files that were automatically posted to a given blog. At this stage, I don't know of any other web 2.0 tool that offers the same feature however, it is still possible to use Utterli's cross-posting feature directly from a computer. Therefore, you can still create an audio file from the Utterli site that will be automatically posted to a given blog. This week, I used Note2Self, an iPhone app, with some Year 6 students. They recorded an audio response to the Quest Atlantis novel. Note2Self will automatically send the audio file as an attachment to a designated email address. It works beautifully but, then you do need to upload the file yourself to the designated blog. Still, it transforms a phone into a great mobile recording device. We are hoping that an alternative to Utterli will present itself again in the future. We learnt this week that, unfortunately, Utterli will not be continuing their international dial-in feature. There were many Australian teachers who were disappointed to hear this news. Utterli offered a simple and exciting way for students and teachers to quickly create audio files that were automatically posted to a given blog. At this stage, I don’t know of any other web 2.0 tool that offers the same feature however, it is still possible to use Utterli’s cross-posting feature directly from a computer. Therefore, you can still create an audio file from the Utterli site that will be automatically posted to a given blog.
This week, I used Note2Self, an iPhone app, with some Year 6 students. They recorded an audio response to the Quest Atlantis novel. Note2Self will automatically send the audio file as an attachment to a designated email address. It works beautifully but, then you do need to upload the file yourself to the designated blog. Still, it transforms a phone into a great mobile recording device.
We are hoping that an alternative to Utterli will present itself again in the future.

]]> By: Ian Foster http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/building-an-ict-rich-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Ian Foster Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:36:59 +0000 http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/?p=93#comment-46 QR codes are on the uptake in Europe. Pepsi are printing QR codes on over 400 million cans and bottles in the UK. QR Code news http://www.qrme.co.uk/qr-code- news.html QR Code forum http://www.qrme.co.uk/qr-code-forum.html QR codes explained http://www.qrme.co.uk/qr-codes-explained.html Regards Ian. Founding creator QRMe QR codes are on the uptake in Europe. Pepsi are printing QR codes on over 400 million cans and bottles in the UK.

QR Code news
http://www.qrme.co.uk/qr-code-
news.html

QR Code forum
http://www.qrme.co.uk/qr-code-forum.html

QR codes explained
http://www.qrme.co.uk/qr-codes-explained.html

Regards
Ian. Founding creator QRMe

]]> By: lucybarrow http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/building-an-ict-rich-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-44 lucybarrow Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:37:54 +0000 http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/?p=93#comment-44 Hi Paul and many thanks for your comment. I am amazed at what is available for these types of devices. For me, it is now as essential as my computer. It is one of the devices that helps me explore mobile learning and, in turn, motivate our staff to try new and engaging activities with their students. You definitely need an iPhone! ;) Hi Paul and many thanks for your comment. I am amazed at what is available for these types of devices. For me, it is now as essential as my computer. It is one of the devices that helps me explore mobile learning and, in turn, motivate our staff to try new and engaging activities with their students. You definitely need an iPhone! ;)

]]> By: SBL image manipulation services http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/building-an-ict-rich-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-43 SBL image manipulation services Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:30:21 +0000 http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/?p=93#comment-43 Nice collections... Nice collections…

]]> By: Paul Stewart http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/building-an-ict-rich-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Paul Stewart Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:24:24 +0000 http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/?p=93#comment-42 Lucy, This brought up fond memories of Wesley College's city campus when I was there a lifetime ago. That was just before computers made things even more exciting (and manageable). With all your expertise with mobile technologies, this sounds like a magnificent opportunity for your students. (Hope they realise it!) Your recent posts about QR Codes have aroused my interest. Now if I can just talk my boss into buying a half-decent phone for me... Cheers, Paul Lucy,

This brought up fond memories of Wesley College’s city campus when I was there a lifetime ago. That was just before computers made things even more exciting (and manageable). With all your expertise with mobile technologies, this sounds like a magnificent opportunity for your students. (Hope they realise it!)

Your recent posts about QR Codes have aroused my interest. Now if I can just talk my boss into buying a half-decent phone for me…

Cheers, Paul

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