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!
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Hey there Andrew! I agree with you about the idea of introducing students to social networking sites, has the potential for trouble in many forms of the word! I think the addictiveness of some socail networking sites comes from the security of not having face to face contact- but like you said too much of this is way too unhealthy.
ReplyDeleteI would really like to hear more about your success with scootle in your classroom have you set tasks for other KLA's???
Alarna :)
Yeah the activities on Scootle are good Alarna, but can be hard to keep track of whether the kids have completed the tasks. I made up some worksheets to go with the activities so that they had to fill in a few things from what they completed online. That worked but did take a bit more time obviously.
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