Tut 02 Educational Blogs

Educational Blogs

http://junior.melroseps.vic.edu.au/
This blog is a great example because it is clearly laid out with titles and brief description in each entry and the user can decide to click on the link to look at more details. It can used for all primary school aged students, it has various ideas and activities from the classroom that can be used by other teachers and students.


http://bsslibrarian.edublogs.org/
This blog is a great library resource as it gives a range of recommendation for books across all ages in primary. It is clearly laid out with links on the side to access the different age groups, also for each entry there's a picture of the recommended book and a brief blurb about the book, why it is great for children and some information on the author. A very well organised and comprehensive blog both useful for teachers and students.

Tut 02 Copyright

Copyright questions:

Can I copy material from the internet for research?
Yes, provided that it is 'fair' use.

What consitutes research and fair use?
Fair use should follow the guideline - 'a "reasonable" portion of text or notated music.
eg. Printed text - 10% of the number of pages or 1 chapter of the book can be copied.
Electronic text - 10% of the number of words or 1 chapter of the work.

Can students (university or school) use music in videos that they make?
Yes they can, provided they have permisson from the owner of the music. This applies to musical works, literary work including lyrics and sound recordings.

Tut 02 Blog

Ideas & activities that teachers would find useful:

• Make a photograhic montage from photos taken over the school year, could be an end of year activity for students to revise and consolidate their learning. (Pericles, K. (2008). Happily blogging @ Belmore South. SCAN, 27(2), 4-6)
• Students using Bubbleshare slideshow to present images.
• Uploading video clips of class performances and dramas.