Web2Class - a progress diary.

Slideshow made in Animoto, uploaded to YouTUbe.

Coding from YouTube to allow embedding into this blog.

Dear all,
hopefully our application will be accepted. I think we will get to know it within next month.
Today I´m going to recommend you two videos.
One video made by myself about Mobile Learing within my lessons using Web 2.0 apps: Mobile Learning

The other video made by one of my student about Web 2.0 in the classroom (in German language)

Hopefully you like them.

 No! I have not gone mad…you can now make a slideshow from your digital pictures and Animoto will create an audio video of your images in creative styles.

Here are some pictures I took in Sri Lanka during the Easter holidays, uploaded them to Animoto, added some relaxing music an hey presto look and listen.

If you go to ………

http://enjoyingcultures.edublogs.org

if you want to view my blog re my trip to Sri Lanka.

Welcome to the S2 Rota Climate Change Blog.

Computing Departments element.

Each department will teach a group of pupils for approximately 10 weeks, then the pupils rota onto the next department. The departments involved are: Art, Business Education, Computing, Technical Education. By the end of the academic year all pupils will have spent time in each of the 4 departments.

Each class will be divided into 4 groups. Each group selects a main topic area.

The 4 topics are:

Energy.
Transportation.
Plants and Animals.
Home.
As pupils rotate around the 4 departments, pupils will study a different topic in each of the departments. Each department will deliver the same 4 topics but with a emphasis reflecting the skills and expertise of the staff found in each department.

Once pupils have selected a topic you will tackle the problem from 4 specific angles.

1. What is Climate Change and what are the possible causes of it, especially relating to your own group topic?

2. Headlines:- Using all available news media sources, gather up headline topics and give a brief summary of the headline. These will be related to your topic.

3. Solutions and preventions:- What can be done to prevent Climate Change occurring? again this should be related to your particular topic.

4. A presentation of your findings e.g. a PowerPoint or Photostory or Voicethread etc.

The completed presentations will be uploaded onto this blog at the end of the course.

In order to help pupils, the computing department has decided to focus your enquiries on a specific aspects of each topic.

thus….

For the Energy Topic:
The environment issues surrounding the building of Windfarms versus building 2 or 3 more Nuclear Power Stations

For the Transportation Topic:
What will be the best way to transport people around in the future In order to reduce the effect of climate change? e.g. Compulsory car sharing, car free city centres, more and cheap public transport, bigger but fewer airplanes

For Plants and Animals (including crops and birds) Topic:
The impact climate change is having upon plants, animals across the world e.g. melting polar caps, reduction in rainforest’s, and the lack of natural drinking water ( e.g. Australia )

For Home Topic: How can we improve on our lifestyles int he home so as to become more eco-friendly? ( recycling, smarter household appliances, fewer trips to shops)

We hope all pupils will have fun and learn, but it is important that pupils do their own research and bring into school resources and ideas that can help them produce their own ideas that interest them. We don’t want to tell pupils what to do, but help pupil’s develop skills that will allow them to become more effect learners.

Hi all…….

I was sitting here thinking about how our Comenius application was progressing in all our relative national agencies.  I wonder how long it will take to cross check all our applications.

Anyway while we are waiting, have a look at this link from Wayns videos referring to Global Warming.  After you play the video a series of other climate change videos appear at the bottom of the player screen. 

cheers for now…

Brian from Orkney

Here is a list of usefull sites aimed at children concerning Climate Change.

http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/
Global warming, photography, pictures, photos, climate change, science, weather, arctic, antarctica, climate zones, glacier, arctic warming, antarctic warming, documentation, impacts, effects of climate change, paleoclimate, mountain glaciers, coral reefs, tide pools, phenology, sea level

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/quiz/index.cfm
Weather and Climate Eco-Quiz

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/intro/index.cfm
An introduction to Climate Change from the Eco Kids site.

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/intro/climate-intro2.cfm

Pt 2 of An introduction to Climate Change from the Eco Kids site.

http://www.coolclimate.org/whatisit.htm
Cool Climate Kids Club.

http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/kids/
Welcome to the Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme’s website for kids. Here you will find a series of information sheets for ages 5 to 11, to help learn about our planet’s air and mankind’s impact upon it. There are also a series of games and puzzles to help you learn and have some fun…

http://ecoagents.eea.europa.eu/
Join the undercover team of Eco Agents and help save the planet.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/climate_change/default.stm
Climate change information from the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/climate-shorts.shtml
REPORTS FROM THE FRONT LINE OF GLOBAL WARMING
As part of our Climate Chaos season we are showing eight short films dealing with climate change around the world. The films will be available here the day after they are broadcast.

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/climatechange/index.asp
LT Scotland site for Climate Change.

http://managenergy.net/kidscorner/en/o11/o11.html
Save Energy! The future of the planet is in your hands.

http://kids-vs-global-warming.com/
Welcome to Kids vs. Global Warming!
We are a group of kids that educate other kids about the science of global warming, train them on what they can do, and empower them with specific ways of taking action.

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
A Canadian site for kids on Climate Change.

http://www.coolkidsforacoolclimate.com/
A nice site for kids to do something about Climate change.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change
A Greenpeace site aimed at all.

http://www.climatehotmap.org/index.html
an intersting map of the world detailing effects of climate change.

http://tiki.oneworld.net/global_warming/climate_home.html
Have you heard about how the world’s getting hotter? Some people say it is. Some say it isn’t. Who’s right? And does it matter? How will it affect you and your friends? How will it affect penguins? What can we do about it? These are some of the things I wanted to find out about.

  Hi to all web2class members. 

I just thought I would jump the gun and assume our Comenius project application will be submitted on time and that we will be accepted to take forward our exciting plans.

To be able to add posts to this blog all you need to do is register with http://edublogs.org and let me know. I will then enroll you are an editor. This will allow you not only to write your own blogs, but add to other members blogs. Click on ‘Edublogs’ link under ‘BLOGROLL’, then select ‘My Dashboard’ to access the editor.

I hope you are all as excited about this project as I am and look forward to ‘virtually’ talking to all soon.