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About timthelibrarian

Tim Harwood is a Teacher Librarian and eLearning enthusiast.

Creating and sharing video presentations

Posted on 16/11/2011 by timthelibrarian

As part of the ICT PLT Wendy has been working with videos and, in particular, attempting to use them as a collaborative alternative to in-class oral presentation. Why video? Wendy wanted an alternative to putting her students through 30 oral presentations. She … Continue reading →

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Video purge

Posted on 14/11/2011 by timthelibrarian

In line with fitting out all the classrooms at the school with data projectors and getting rid of VCRs, the library is redistributing our video collection. Representatives from many of the departments have already come and worked out which vids … Continue reading →

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Using OneNote as a lesson organiser

Posted on 14/11/2011 by timthelibrarian

As part of the ICT PLT, Kim has been experimenting with OneNote as an organiser and lesson delivery tool. Why OneNote? OneNote is so effective that many schools have integrated it into their classes at an institution level. A well put together OneNote document can … Continue reading →

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Using PowerPoint as a lesson delivery tool

Posted on 14/11/2011 by timthelibrarian

As part of the ICT PLT, Peter has been experimenting with PowerPoint as a lesson delivery tool. Why PowerPoint? PowerPoint is an excellent tool to use in the delivery of presentations to students as PPs can be created quickly and … Continue reading →

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Creating a copyright compliant atmosphere

Posted on 10/11/2011 by timthelibrarian

I have just been to a few sessions run by the Australian Copyright Council on copyright. The presentations covered sections under the Copyright Act that specifically deal with schools. As an educational institution we have some special abilities when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Teaching PowerPoint skills to students

Posted on 04/11/2011 by timthelibrarian

As part of the ICT PLT Sheridyn has been working with PowerPoint and trying to improve the quality of her students’ presentations when using this tool. Her approach was to spend some time before the assignment where the students would be creating a … Continue reading →

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Clickview Update

Posted on 24/10/2011 by timthelibrarian

I have been peddling some false information about ClickView and wanted to take this chance to clear the air. I wrongly told you that we need access to the ClickView Digital Video Library in order to get any of ClickViews services. Actually, by … Continue reading →

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Inappropriate self-serving post about summer camp…

Posted on 24/10/2011 by timthelibrarian

Forgive me for misusing the voice that I have been given (especially since the staff day when everyone on staff had to sign up for emails – thanks Kerri!) but I am volunteering as a leader at a summer camp … Continue reading →

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Sharing websites with Diigo

Posted on 21/10/2011 by timthelibrarian

As part of the ICT PLT this year, John has been using a site called Diigo. Diigo (if you’re wondering, according to edutopia it’s pronounced dee’go and stands for Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff) is a site where you … Continue reading →

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Aitken College on YouTube

Posted on 17/10/2011 by timthelibrarian

Aitken College has made its official YouTube debut! Thanks to Joyce and Michael and their students for sending through these video. Joyce’s kids take us on a tour of the Melbourne Zoo in Indonesian. The students did everything here from … Continue reading →

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