ETR+No.1

Hosts:
Sinclair Mackenzie David Noble

Introduction to program hosts (1-2 mins)
[Hillside audio intro] Sinclair (mini bio)
 * Teacher (2nd year) following career change from electronics industry
 * Physics and some Science in a secondary school in Scottish Highlands
 * Currently working to improve the quality and availability of ICT resources for Physics courses offered by department
 * [|Glow] [|Mentor] for school cluster
 * Interested in blogs and wikis as cooperative learning strategies

David
 * Teacher (11th year) in residential school for 'looked after and accommodated children
 * Teach across the curriculum
 * Use a range of new technologies in class
 * Writes to a professional blog and run The Access Network - online meetings for teachers in Scotland

Edtech Roundup (news and latest discussions from the ed tech community and blog watch) (2-3 mins)

 * Quick outline of the continuing debate on 'blocking
 * Media Literacy summit in Scotland next April

Presenters Choice Tools (10-14 mins)
- Blogging introduction from David. What is blogging? What is needed? Why is it used in class? - Top 5 reasons to use blogs in class/school - input from Joe Dale (Joe has confirmed) - Sinclair to introduce [|classtools.net]. What is it? How is it being used? How could it be used in ... History, Add Supp Needs? Link to example. Show how classtools.net can be used for formative assessment.

Conclusion / rating (1 min)
- [based on conversation]

Del.icio.us links / Twitter / EdTechRoundup Tip? eg (1-2 mins)
- del.icio.us/edtechroundup/etr1 - ClassTools example - see [|blog entry] - edtechroundup.wikispaces.com (call to contribute) (?) - edtechroundup blog (?)

Close. Again branded. (30s)
First Version [|ETR#1 11-01-08.mp3]