Module 9

Scootle is a great site. I used it quiet a bit, particularly for setting homework in mathematics, after a visit from Scott H in 2009. There are some fun activities for the kids and it was easy for the children to log on with the given code.
I haven't really used it much since Mathletics has been around (we just subscribed to it earlier this year) but will have to remember to log in more often when searching for resources. I recommend you try it out.

Social networking sites stimulated some good discussion with colleagues in the staffroom. I personally think there are some dangers associated with them. Besides the 'creep' factor, there is also the addiction and loss of reality. I would not feel comfortable introducing my students to a site such as Second Life- even for an educational purpose such as exploring different countries/eras. I have read too many stories of people spending too much of their real life in their virtual life which I think is way too unhealthy.

As for Twitter, what's the point? Not needed. Not wanted. Get a life!

Module 8

I watched all the videos in Module 8 and could see how easy the process of setting up a Reader would be. However, sorry but I just don't want one. There are no websites that I currently regularly check out apart from my hotmail and (reluctantly) my facebook. The example of a recipe website was pretty poor. Can anyone suggest what kind of sites I would need/want to regularly receive updates from? Feel free to persuade me :)

Module 7

Very cool! I really like Delicious. It is something that would have previously made life much easier for me in several ways.
Firstly, I have updated computers several times over the last 6 or 7 years. Each time, I have had to go into my favourites and copy and paste all of the URLs into a word document and re-bookmark them on the new computer (I had always suspected there was an easier way but never bothered to investigate- thankyou web 2.0). Also, I use several different computers at school so Delicious makes it easy to view your pages wherever you are.
Secondly, Delicious is so much better than Google for searching educational resources as you can eliminate so much cr*p. The results are much more relevant.
I will be setting up Delicious on my home computer as well.

I enjoyed looking through other people's blogs. It's always good to read similar postings to reassure myself that I'm doing the right thing. It's also good to look at different perspectives people have on different applications. So, Thanks!

Module 6

bubbl.us is an easy to use tool but I'm not sure I would use it regularly with any class. It definitely has some uses as far as professional loooking presentations are concerned. Perhaps it could be used in class as a tool for students to organise their thoughts. This could be in the form of planning writing or a generic organising activity such as the classifications of animals...

Glogster was a fun site to explore. It was also very easy to use. As you can see above I made a little collage of my bubbl and a few product logos relating to Web 2.0. I am sure kids would love using Glogster but as you need yet another account to use it properly, there would need to be a good reason for needing your/their poster on the web.