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Google Sites Back Up
Aug 21st
Backing up a google site is reasonably easy within a domain. When you would like to have it backed up you can then use the Google sites liberation tool which you can download from here. Then you run the Java app filll in the fields as I have below and then Export your site. Once this is done you have a backup and you can also then reverse the process to a new site.
Google Wonder Wheel and Time line
Aug 20th
Having been introduced to Google Wonder Wheel I am again shown that despite something being right under my nose I had not seen it before. Introduced in May of last year as well. I’ve been using this with my History classes to guide their research on NZ History. We have also enjoyed using the Timeline tool where we can search by posts from a specific date which further increases the accuracy of the information to first hand accounts.
How much work do we do versus how much time we have.
Jul 30th
So at present my class are working on Achievement Standard 1.1, History Research. For this they have two weeks, Four class periods for research in which I have booked the library and laptops and then a week by themselves. As always I feel that this graph accurately shows how busy they are given the fact that two weeks must seem like an eternity to a teenager. The graph was created with Crappy Graphs which I find very funny, especially given that I am known for drawing crappy maps in class.
So now I await my students finished projects and I’m again left wondering. If I gave them two days to complete this how different would the result be? Just how many hours make up a good task?
ClassTools.net: Games for Education
Aug 21st
This from the cool cat teacher blog Have a look at the selection
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Random Name / Word Picker |
Cut and Paste a class list into this template, then click a button and watch a name get selected at random to answer a question. Or, put in a list of keywords, which students have to then provide definitions for to earn points. [Samples] |
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Countdown Timer |
Type in a time, choose a theme tune, then press the button to start the countdown! |  |
Categorisation Tools |
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Post It |
Label different parts of your picture in different colours and with different explanations…you can also create one of these educational resources with just one hyperlink! [Samples] |
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Dustbin Game |
Create a key word list, then create your own “race against the clock” school game… [Samples] |
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Target |
Get students to explore an idea in increasing levels of detail… [Samples] |
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Essay Skills |
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Fishbone |
This Ishikawa Diagram template helps school students to break down a key question… [Samples] |
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Hamburger Diagram |
An essay planning online resource for the classroom… [Samples] |
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Chronological Awareness Tools |
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Time Line |
Students type two dates at either end of the screen, and classtools calculates all the dates inbetween. Key events can then by typed onto the screen and dragged into the appropriate place… [Samples] |
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Living Graph |
Compare and contrast events over time… [Samples] |
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Linkage Tools |
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Venn Diagram |
Investigate overlapping relationship between three central factors… [Samples] |
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Learning Puzzle |
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