Ruconnected

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Synopsis

Technology in Education, ideas, links and more. Jenny Ashby and Lois Smethurst are Leading Teachers for ICT in Australian Primary Schools and teach from Prep to Grade 6 children. Jenny and Lois started the RUConnected podcast after attending NECC 09. They work in different parts of Victoria, Australia and have lots to share about integrating ICT into the curriculum.http://ruconnected.global2.vic.edu.au

Episodes

  • RUConnected #60 Mirror Mirror on the Wall

    04/03/2013 Duration: 22min

    Lois has been working with Tony Richards from iTMadeSimple to set up the Berwick Lodge WebTV. Jenny holding #saw24 (Skype around the world in 24 hours) and wikis using multi platforms  skills in using the wiki Cybersafety day - Tony Richards visit You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes Lois explains.... Setting up blogs for each class - process for " rolling over"  so past work is kept. Set the old users to subscribers so their work is not lost or disconnected Add new users as authors or editors x2 student admins Add new students as categories so that their teachers and parents can filter the blog for a certain student's work under the parent category 2013 Update the header If necessary make new blogs Mirroring ways discussed Dongle Doc camera......has added bonus of showing your hand selecting swiping etc. Apple TV.....needs HDMI networks etc but nice Airserver...software on Mac/PC Reflector....software on MAc/PC https://presentation.io/ nearpod ideaflight Ton

  • RUConnected #59 Ready Set Google!

    03/02/2013 Duration: 28min

    Jenny and Lois discuss the beginning of the year and their use of Apple's Configurator to set up the ipads for the new school year. How are you setting up this year? School managed or student managed. Jenny is switching over to school managed and Lois is also using school managed shared model for ipad use. Thanks to Chris Sacco for sending me through these links which you may find helpful http://www.apple.com/au/education/volume-purchase-program/faq.html http://help.apple.com/configurator/mac/1.0/#cadf1802aed http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5188?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US http://edtechstandish.wordpress.com/what-ive-learned-about-apple-configurator-so-far/ Jenny's links from Google School Google drive ­great app for on the mobile devices. Google scholar great for searching research papers etc. http://www.googleartproject.com/ Google books Google news Google + Google Hangouts Google Apps for Education ­ Google site for intranets Cyber tips ­Tues 5th Feb cyber safety day and events

  • RUConnected #58 Essential Creative Apps for 2013

    14/01/2013 Duration: 24min

    Essential Creative Apps for 2013 Jenny and Lois discuss their essential apps and give the results of RUC listeners responses. You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes Lois's must have apps Stip Designer, Explain Everything, TinyTap, Toontastic, AudioBoo, Edublogs, Educreations, Popplet Jenny's essential  apps Explain Everything, Evernote/Dropbox, Bookcreator, iMovie, Keynote, iTalk, Edublogs Survey -  5 most essential apps result If you could only add 5 apps to your iPad..........    1. Explain Everything                    2. Evernote                        3. iMovie                              &nb

  • RUConnected #57 Skype Around the World in 24 Hours

    26/11/2012 Duration: 21min

    Lois Smethurst and Jenny Ashby  discuss Jenny's latest project, the Skype around the world in 24 hours project (#SAW24 on twitter) Jenny has also writtten a blog post on the project that contains all the links to forms and documents. You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes World Clock - App Google Spreadsheets and Maps Map A List Handbrake, Voicethread Accounts Jarrod Robinson's PE app

  • RUConnected #56 Skype, Skoodle and TeachMeets Oh My!

    01/11/2012 Duration: 20min

    Jenny and Lois discuss what they are up to school, information from their networks and share some great apps and lesson ideas.

  • RUConnected #55 ACEC2012 & Term 4 Plans

    15/10/2012 Duration: 30min

    Lois and Jenny discuss plans for term 4.  Also Lois gives us a run down on ACEC2012. ACEC2012 PowToon Nearpod Student Incident Report Alice

  • RUConnected #54 1:1 or Not?

    09/09/2012 Duration: 16min

    Jenny and Lois discuss some of the complicated issues involved in implementing a school 1:1 program. 

  • RUConnected #53 Jenny at UnPlug'd

    19/08/2012 Duration: 26min

    Jenny tells us all about her trip to Canada and the Unplugged Conference she attended while there. Lois and Jenny discuss the introduction of a 1:1 iPad program and some of the management implications in this complex issue.   Unplug'd 60 sec science video competition  Esmart  

  • RUConnected #52 Andrew Douch - The Voice

    14/07/2012 Duration: 36min

    Jenny and Lois have a busy weekend attending the Personal Learning Environment Leaders (#plelead on twitter) at the State Library Victoria in Melbourne and then interview Andrew Douch the original Flipped classroom and Podcaster Master. Preparations for the new term about to begin are also discussed. You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes Douchy's Biology Podcast Free Math Apps including the Motion Math apps, the Education Services Australia apps and more.  

  • RUConnected #51 Before and After Slide2Learn

    09/07/2012 Duration: 36min

    The end of term was a busy one for both of us so we've put together two podcasts that we created and thought best to send out together. Before Slide2learn we had the IWB Master conference on in Adelaide.  We had a great time presenting our Voices workshop over 4 sessions with our cohort. Greg Gebhart's Keynote session was great as usual and full of up to date information such as The Horizon Report  which provided evidence that oral skills are becoming more important than ever....search via voice, siri etc voice commands Apps we investigate: Autodance, LegoMovie Game based learning to be in the classroom in the next three years and personal learning environments an expectation. The super computer will be your phone and will fit in your pocket. 1 to many will be the way we work with an estimted 1:7 devices for each person by 20something. Augmented reality to become widly used in the classroom Greg showed a 9 mth old using iPad and it was quite amazing to see the babay looking in folders and out

  • RUConnected #50 A BIG week

    03/06/2012 Duration: 36min

    In this episode Jenny interviews Wes Fryer about his wealth of experience in blogging and podcasting. Thanks to Wes for the interview. (@wfryer is Wes's twitter handle) You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes   Epsom App  Eracism Debate (Flatclassroom Project) Wes Fryer Jesse Schell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IbllMjkIIM  

  • RUConnected #48 Interview with the TechChef

    12/05/2012 Duration: 38min

    In this episode Jenny interviews Lisa Johnson from San Antonio Texas. Co-Author of  HOT apps 4 HOTS (free iBook) Appy Hour radio show along with Yolanda Barker and Techchef4U (freeapp). Hope you enjoy Lisa's excitement as she talks about the new app and iPad classroom uses.

  • RUConnected #47 That's My App

    05/05/2012 Duration: 29min

    Jenny interviews Adam Phyall from Georgia, USA (@askAdam3 on twitter) about his presentation at Mobile2012 and his use of iBuildapp.com in schools. Links http://www.ibuildapp.com http://thatsmyapp.wikispaces.com/home http://mobile2012.org/wiki/materials/ http://app.gosoapbox.com/ Jenny's blog post after attending Adam Phyall's session at Mobile2012. (scroll down) http://mobile2012.posterous.com/archive/4/2012?page=6 Upcoming PD Links ICTEV in Melbourne May 26th IWB Masters' Conf Adelaide Jun 15-16th Slide2Learn 2012 at Albert Park College in Melb

  • RUConnected #46 Jenny goes to Phoenix

    29/04/2012 Duration: 25min

    Mobile2012 in Phoenix Arizona iBuild App BlogTalkRadio Apps Educreations Free Screen Casting Tool Mathtrain TechChef4U App that helps you find Free Apps Research for the "All Free Apps Ipad Image" http://www.iear.org/iear/category/app-of-the-week A community effort to review apps TechChef4U Lisa Johnson and Yolanda Barker 15 Favorite iPad Apps As Selected By Teachers Kelly Walsh TPACK iPad Project In Schools (TIPS) (Dr Jenny Lane – Edith Cowan University) UP AND COMING EVENTS ICTEV 2012 State Conference: Creative Connections

  • RUConnected #45 Holidays, Relax and Listen

    04/04/2012 Duration: 40min

    Lois and Jenny discuss the latest happenings at their schools. Some suggested topics from twitter and give their usual round up of newly tried apps. Hol jobs....clean up the desktop and ipad etc iTunes purchases for TAX Reindex Spotlight on a Mac Dropbox setup (dropbox.com )and sendtodropbox (sendtodropbox.com)  Gr8 for sharing ebooks ...book creator app shares directly to dropbox all files get a URL so gr8 for videos and audio to QR code Eracism Debate - Round 1 Finished Student Conference Series term 2 list available for those wanting to join in. Student series blog address - lots of sessions to watch recordings http://studentconferenceseries.global2.vic.edu.au/student-conference-series-agenda/ All recordings are on this page - some not on recordings link.  Great job from Romanian students. Teaching creative commons to kids Wikimedia Commons Gmail spam folder - auto decides whats junk so you may need to look in the spam folder and see what's there.  Jenny found some very important email

  • RUConnected #44 Take 4 & The New Ipad

    18/03/2012 Duration: 26min

    RU Connected Edmodo Eracsism Meeting of the minds #motm Quantum 3D Movie Making Slide2Learn

  • RUConnected #43 TeachMeetMelb & Student Virtual Conferences

    18/02/2012 Duration: 30min

    Jenny and Lois have a chat about the year so far including TMMelb#2, Students presenting Collaborate a virtual conference centre, Synching iPads the legal way, and Edtech conferences for the year. They also have a short list of Apps you might like to try with your class this year. Whats News at school with Jenny - Cows, (computers on wheels, laptop trolleys) Students Presenting Whats News at school with Lois BER BUILDING technology TMeetMelb #2 Great presentation idea (7 mins or 2) Hosted by Aimie Gales’ school - Holy Family Primary School (presented about the Daily Five ) Nathan Jones - AR DinoPark (free) inspiring reluctant writers. Evernote presentation by Bec Spink - on Prezi ScoopIt Heather Bailey IPad or LapTop tips syncing. Apps  Socrative - free Teachers version Socrative Paperport notes - free AR DinoPark - free  Prezi - viewer can now edit - free PD Calendar - Upcoming Dates F2F or online MOTM#12 Feb 25th-26th Mobile2012 April 9-12th Phoenix ICTEV Melb May 26th Adel

  • RUConnected #42 Getting Started in 2012

    05/02/2012 Duration: 21min

    Jenny and Lois have a chat about the setting up for the school year and recommend some conferences and apps. Introduction 1:1 technology in classrooms Network issues Blogging Permission Forms for students New teachers get networked Ipads - updating with Xcode XCode Instructions CONFERENCES MOMT2012 Slide to Learn 2012 APPS Chinese Language App Bugs and Buttons

  • RUConnected #41 The Virtual Affliate Teacher & The Brock Project

    14/11/2011 Duration: 46min

    In this episode Jenny interviews Zoe Brannigan-Pipe, Camille Rutherford and Kyle Tuck at Brock University Ontario Canada. Jenny has recently become a virtual associate teacher and so decided to see how the project with trainee teachers was developing via an interview. Apologies to our listeners - there was an error in the podcast when it was first posted.Thi.s version is now correct Here are some links that are referred to in the interview. http://www.youtube.com/user/edtechteachers2011 http://www.edtechteachers.ca/ EdTech Cohort Twitter & blog feeds http://www.edtechteachers.ca/community/cohort-tweets-blogs http://www.ed.brocku.ca/techshowcase

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