School 2.0 in South Africa

Academic Use of a Group on Facebook: Initial Findings and Perceptions Social networking sites, especially Facebook, are an integral part of the lifestyle of contemporary youth. The facilities are increasingly being used by older persons as well. Usage is mainly for social purposes, but the group- and discussion facilities of Facebook hold potential for focused [...]

Learn to touch Type Free web service for these who want to learn touch typing. The site provides a variety of interactive tutorials to learn quick typing for all levels (beginner, advanced, special). To begin, simply select the tutorial you want and start typing tags: keyboarding, typing, touchtyping, tutorials, school2.0 free online typing tutor – [...]

Schools Science Clips – Changing circuits Some cool interactive science resources for ages 5 to 11 tags: science, physicalscience, school2.0 VocabGrabber : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus Creates visual pictures of selected text with explanations tags: school2.0, web2tools, languages, vocabulary Thirty-One Interesting Ways* to use Wordle in the Classroom A collaborative project tags: classroom, wordle, tagclouds, school2.0 [...]

I am always inspired by Tom Barrett and what he gets up to in his class and within his e-learning community. This morning he lets us know (via twitter) about his latest collaborative little project (conducted in Google presentation) called “# (and growing) Interesting Ways* to use your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom” This [...]