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About timthelibrarian

Tim Harwood is a Teacher Librarian and eLearning enthusiast.

Gold Star PowerPoint

Posted on 09/06/2011 by timthelibrarian

Teaching PowerPoint is not just about showing kids how to add a new slide and change the font size (although it is that too). We should be teaching some stylistic points so that our students don’t go out into the … Continue reading →

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Podcasting

Posted on 07/06/2011 by timthelibrarian

Some organisations have gone into podcasting in a big way. Podcasts allow you to create audio content which is then accessible to your audience wherever and whenever. This has obvious advantages for revision and also presents an interesting alternative to … Continue reading →

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Adding links to the Online Learning pages

Posted on 07/06/2011 by timthelibrarian

The ‘Adding Learning Objects from…‘ post isn’t clear enough about how to edit your online learning pages, so here are some more comprehensive steps. At the bottom of this document is the location of the How To stuff on the … Continue reading →

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Staff ICT Check-ups

Posted on 06/06/2011 by timthelibrarian

At the last staff meeting I introduced the ICT check-ups. I am pleased by how many of you have gotten these back to me already – thanks very much! If you want to recall what they are all about, I … Continue reading →

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How to back-up your W:

Posted on 02/06/2011 by timthelibrarian

Everyone on staff (and students too for that matter) should have a back-up of their W: somewhere – it’s just good computing. Doing so is really easy, just follow the steps below: 1. Select everything in your W: and Copy … Continue reading →

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Why, where, how to blog

Posted on 26/05/2011 by timthelibrarian

Blogs are a great communication tool. If you are still confused about what a blog is exactly, watch this video. Blogs can be used to provide instructional information to your students that they can access anywhere and can be used … Continue reading →

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Wiki privacy

Posted on 16/05/2011 by timthelibrarian

I just got the following email from Laura H: Hi All, One of my kids Googled her name last week and found a link to one of my Wiki pages where she had posted the draft of her debating speech. … Continue reading →

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What is the difference between a blog and a wiki?

Posted on 16/05/2011 by timthelibrarian

The people at the internet have created these videos to tell us in plain English (albeit with a fairly strong American accent) what a wiki is and what a blog is. Blogs: Wikis: The differences Even though the two are both ways to … Continue reading →

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Black belt Google

Posted on 16/05/2011 by timthelibrarian

I just found out about this one from Judy O’Connell’s blog Hey Jude. In her most recent post she talks about Google Images’ new sorting function (and our responsibility as educators to inform our students of their responsibilities as users of … Continue reading →

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Online Student Profiles

Posted on 12/05/2011 by timthelibrarian

The Guidelines We have created some guidelines to make it easier to get students working online. These are published in full at the bottom of this post and also available in the publications area of eWorkspace. Use eWorkspace By far … Continue reading →

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