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= 1. Blog entries: = Please edit and upload your blog entry - the reading reflection- onto your edublogs site.

= 2. Blog entry comments. = Please comment on blog of the person to your right. please respond to what they wrote and how it made you think or feel about the topic.

= 3. The rationale for using ICT. =

Your task: one person in your group is to create a TitanPad and circulate the web address to each person your group (please include me so we can share it with the class). You are to create a collaborative document explaining 'Why Should we Use ICT in Education?'.

PowerPoint all about why and how to use ICT. I will upload the powerpoint onto blackboard on conclusion of the lesson in Jen's folder - Week 2.


 * Your task:** Create a simple mind map to explain some of the main points from the explanation. Use the tool Text2Mindmap to create your visual summary.

= 4. Interactive Whiteboards and Education =

Google 'Chris Betcher' have a read about what he says about IWBs in classrooms

As a large group view the powerpoint 'Why IWB's' Please download this from Blackboard. Also look on Slideshare for more details about different presentations.

Good points about IWB's Negative Points of IWB's Resources list to use with IWB's Definition of an IWB Brands of IWB's and some costings
 * Your task:** Create a short summary of IWB's.

= 5. Learning Federation Digital Objects. =

Download the sign up sheet from blackboard. Follow the directions to sign up, verify your email and then login to the site.

Find a learning object. have a look at how to use it in a classroom, either by linking or by downloading the object.
 * Your task:**

= 6. ICT integration Project =

The link to the youtube click about a wiki.

See in Jean's folder on blacboard a number of links to details about web quests.

Write a set of individual notes defining a wiki and a web quest.

= 7. Setting up a wiki. =

Form your partners that you will be working in for the 3 part assessment item. Set up a wiki on Wikispaces. Make sure you get a k-12 one with no advertising.