Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
Reading Writing and Web 2.0 make a great team
1. Reading, Writing and Web
2.0 make a great team!
Presented by Fiona Beal
Fish Hoek Primary School
fionabeal@gmail.com
http://fionabeal.edublogs.org
2.
3. Introducing myself
• Web 2.0 ‘fanatic’ and passionate about
integrating the curriculum with
technology.
• Have taught Grades 1 - 7 and am now
Computer teacher at Fishhoek Primary
• Life was revolutionised in 2009 by
blogging and discovering a whole
educational community ‘out there’.
• Winner of Innovative Teacher 2009 in SA.
Winning place in Pan African Finals in
Mauritius and participated in World
Finals in Brazil.
• Textbook writer
4. Web 2.0: Amazing free, easy to
use interactive programmes
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
5. Outcomes for this session
• Useful creative writing programmes and Web 2.0
resources
• Writing methods used in class - the ‘just write’
method, circle writing etc.
• Reading on the web
41. Now it is time to put your thoughts on to the computer.
Don’t worry about spelling and grammar – just write!
42. The words are done, the story is in
paragraphs mand Ihave checked the
spelling. My friend helped me. The pages
are in order. Now it’s time to illustrate my
story.
43. How do you
do this
‘print
screen’
thing
again?
We use ‘print screen’ to get the pictures and
words into PowerPoint.
53. Our two and three-
nation collaborative
writing project
1. These can be read from http://Slideboom.com itself following
a link.
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/94941/The-Secret
2. They can be embedded in a blog.
http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-two-nation-collaborative-stories/
http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-three-nation-story-writing-project/
http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-stories-with-sound-project/
3. They can be uploaded to a website
http://www.sanandres.esc.edu.ar/olivosp/extranet2009/6to/globalwriting/in
dex.htm
94. More book report ideas
This whole blog called ‘Watch, Connect, Read” is devoted to
different types of book reports:
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/
Ths blog post gives ten alternatives to the traditional book
reports:
http://theapple.monster.com/benefits/articles/8529-10-
technology-enhanced-alternatives-to-book-reports