Jul 20, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 12 – The how and why of Twitter

It will be obvious for anyone who reads my blogs that I use Twitter and find it invaluable for my personal professional development. In fact I can honestly claim that I would not be the teacher I am today, without the power of the tweet. Today though, I am not here to persuade but to help. I know that many teachers find the idea of Twitter too hard, too difficult and they think it will be something that... read more

Jul 9, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 11 – Prezi

Moving beyond Powerpoint, was the title of this techie brekkie. Although Powerpoint has its place in some presentations, it is certainly true that everyone I know has welcomed the Prezi as a new way of presenting. Prezi is one of the latest presentation tools available on the web. It claims one can ‘Create astonishing presentations live and on the web‘. My experience with Prezi is that it takes... read more

Jul 4, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 10 – Delicious and diigo

So what are Delicious and Diigo? This was the title of today’s Techie Brekkie. I put this together to help my colleagues become more organised with their internet bookmarking. To get these novice bookmarkers started I took this from the Delicious homepage: Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralised source. With emphasis... read more

Jun 30, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 09 – How to videos

There are many places teachers can go for assistance with professional development. Just typing ‘How to…’ into your search engine will yield many results. As a visual learner I particularly like to watch videos. So when I do a ‘how to…’ search I will look for video help.  I recently came across this Learn it in 5 website, which is specifically aimed at assisting... read more