Tweetdeck... yeehah

Twitter is great for microblogging, but Tweetdeck is even better to keep your Tweets uptodate. What to do when you're at work and cannot have Tweetdeck though? Well, wait until you get home and work on the pc there :-) Not fair, you miss out on things!!!

Howdini, get yourself a guru... what about Videojug?

OK, I like Howdini but can't help to wonder about Videojug. They're basically the same, aren't they? You can get videos on pretty much the same categories and both give you ideas and explanations about things you want to know. So, which one is the best one? I'll leave that for you to decide. I like Videojugs colors and attractive layout. I like Howdini too but find it less appealing to the eye!

Teaching Young Learners / Writing

Hmmm.... Approaching this skill in the young learner classroom is not easy and certainly and a well informed approach is important in fostering/encouraging YLs to write.

I've found some valuable resources that I'd like to list here for future reference...

http://www.teachers.tv/
http://www.wordle.net
http://www.kidsdomain.com
http://startwrite.com

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/922

Some of these were contributed by Laura Beco on week 4 of our CertICT course and some come from the materials I created/put together. Others I found myself searching...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
http://www.planplanet.org/world/index.php
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
http://ishari.tv/flash.html
http://switchzoo.com/zoo.htm
http://www.cubeez.com/
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
http://www.puzzlemaker.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle/
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids.htm

Linkedin... professional network...

Linkedin... hmmm Mixed feelings here as I joined a few months ago and nothings happened really, so I'm giving it a try aagin here and this time I'm importing all my hotmail contacts so something may come up. I did noticed that one could earn money by teahcing through it. I've almost completed my profile and have been contacted by another teacher. We'll see... More to come!!

WordSift.... hmmm reminds me of Wordle

Right, this new resource pointed out by Vale, our tutor, is cool too. It reminded me of Wordle and in fact is similar but a little more academic list sort of tool. I still need to fiddle with it a little more before I can decided which one I like best.

http://www.wordsift.com/

E-portfolios

Well, lots to say here. I like the Cambridge ePortoflio for Ts a lot but still prefer to stick to my own blog as it gives me a sense of ownership, my baby sort of thing! I like the structure of the sample ones given to us for the task too, but I this can be mirrored in one's blog so no worries there.

I learnt that a blog can work as a wiki in the sense that an entry in my blog can have several postings under it in the form of comments which act a little like the links to new pages in the wikis. I alsmost started a wiki as my eportoflio, but realised that I've done quite a bit of work already in my blog and I really like it and enjoy coming back every now and then to add more and more resources.

Voxopop... hmmm similar to Yackpack, huh?

Ok, here we go again... it's hard trying to keep up with work and studies and this blog but here we go again... Voxopop ricks. I think it's very similar to Yackpack, but better in that the design is more appealing and I find it somehow easier to use.