Oct 19, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

All things Google – lesson 40

This techie brekkie is a follow up to a session I took at the recent ASLA11 conference I went to. On that day I took an excellent course called ‘The Googlification of Everything’ with Chris Betcher. Since we will be using Google extensively within our school next year, including Google apps for education. This session was designed to refresh our teachers’ knowledge on all things Google.... read more

Nov 16, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 22 – Google Sketch up and Picassa

Google Sketch Up Thank you to Libby for preparing and running this techie brekkie. Google SketchUp is a 3D modeling program designed for architectural, civil, and mechanical engineers as well as filmmakers, game developers, and related professions. It also includes features to facilitate the placement of models in Google Earth. The basic program is free to use. SketchUp was first released in August 2000... read more

Oct 23, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 19 – Googlefest

This techie brekkie was inspired by a session I took at Ulearn10, called ‘Googlefest’. At Ulearn10 it was presented by Dorothy Burt an eLearning Team Leader at Pt England School in New Zealand. Dorothy has kindly given me permission to share her session here. The first video we watched was a tongue in cheek look at a society trying to live without google. You can watch that here. Having a... read more

Jun 2, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 05 – Teaching critical thinking skills

I gave this presentation to my fellow teachers following my trip to ACEC2010. I have written more extensively about this digital diversity conference on my other blog, classroom chronicles. This particular topic though seemed vitally important to me, so I devoted a whole Techie Brekkie to it. I called it ‘Why we must teach students critical thinking skills when searching the internet. The how and... read more