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In this episode Lois interviews Adam Brice and Jenny Ashby who are both at Victorian Government schools and are in the DEECD(Department of Education and Early Childhood Development)  iPad trial.  There are 10 institutions in the government intiated trial. Evaluations of the trial are happening as we speak so the results will be available later this year.  Hear what Jenny and Adam have to say.

Jenny and Lois chat about the iOS5 update and the current happenings in their schools, plus a few app recommendations. PLP Photoblogs - Our stories - grade 5 & Our stories grade 4 New Apps to Share Knowtes for ipad 500scorer VoiceThread Yahtzee notepad Upcoming Dates FtoF or online SLAV conf Oct 17th S2L Dec 3rd Hobart, Melbourne July 2012

Jenny and Lois have a chat with Brette Lockyer and discuss her use of technology and the daily5 in her literacy program. You can listen in the player or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes Links The Daily Cafe http://www.thedailycafe.com/ http://daily5cafechat.wikispaces.com/ Brette's blog http://ecoradio.wordpress.com/ Twitter hash tag #daily5 Sat morning 10-11am Melb time iPad tip - Saving files using webdav, oh there’s an app for that. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/webdav-navigator/id382551345?mt=8 Brette's Apps to Share ( and ours) Book creator - expensive but nice ($7.50) ebook magic $3.99 lots of features and more page layouts indicommons app free photo pad free strip designer $2.99 an old but goodie although some now use comic life ($7.99) on the iPad vimeo free for iphone sonic pics $2.99 - navigate a slide show and add audio. Others that also allow writing or drawing include showme (free) and explain everything $2.99 (allows you to crop photos in the app also and sharing has endless po

RUConnected #37 The Asian Connection or "The Mystery Snorer" Whats News 1. Jenny's Jakarta trip to the Australian International School http://www.ais-indonesia.com/kemangwelcome.html 2. Lois' Singapore Trip 12 students, 4 teachers visit to our sister school and celebrated National Day - The National Day of Singapore is celebrated every year on 9 August, in commemoration of Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965- The incredible proud of their country and obvious in the National Pride - songs, & celebrations. Holiday for National Day and rest day afterwards. Students went to school for celebrations and then a normal work day and then home with some families. (v.short Homestay) http://berwicklodge2singapore.global2.vic.edu.au SKYPE 3. Mystery Skype with Mitch Hughes and Watsonia PS - Structured- animals, next numbers and skype with New York school - Nancy Sharoff WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING 4.Jenny Ultranet school - weekly lessons with just one or to skills Adding bling to the ultranet and vokis us

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY wow it is too. Time flies. You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes QRcodes for links to text, self and world. Playing4Real ...in the making. Collections, tasks, missions working with Brette Lockyer, Jenny Luca, Donna Benjamin and others #P4R Film making, Experimenting with blue screen techniques, - 60 Second Science Competition Looking at: similarities and differences between PBL- Just What Does It Stand For? Project based learning, Problem based learning Passion Learning Challenge based learning Inquiry learning Why use one approach over another? Apps to Share Plain text...no frills but shares nicely from the app to dropbox 21stC handing in work. IA Writer -no frills also - purposely designed so that writers concentrate on writing 4.99 also available on Mac but at 17.99 (http://www.iawriter.com/ ) Evernote Peak WhiteNote - another writing app Makes notebooks, for different projects Up and Coming Events Vitta - Leading and Learning From the Edg

What does the Winter Solstice bring? Jenny and Lois discuss their latest conference experience and the new format that the team at IWBNet were trialling. They talk about the latest apps they have found and about their most recent successes in their schools. You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes ITL Masterclass National Conference 2011 Cohorts x4 sessions Cohort 1: The Shift to Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning - Jonathan Nalder Cohort 2: Reflecting on Teaching and Learning to Improve - Jenny Ashby Different role as a facilitator......changes of program Use of web 2.0 tools for eportfolios - twitter Cohort 3: 21st Century Teaching and Learning - Bruce Fuda Cohort 4: What is Peak Performance in Terms of Curriculum and Pedagogy - Peter Kent Cohort 5: ITL with Digital Technology: the dynamic classroom/a vision of best practice - Jodie Riek Cohort 7: Lessons from Leonardo: dealing with little da Vincis - Chris Betcher Mind Mapping by Jason Zagami - Educational Theora Keynote by

Jenny and Lois discuss the recent ICTEV2011 Conference where Jenny was awarded "Educator of the Year". They talk about the ICT related activities in their schools including Elluminate and Edmodo and Jenny has a list of iPad Apps that you might like to try as well.

Do you have a class set of iPads that you need to set up? Jenny helps Lois with her new iPads and explains the tips and tricks that she has developed over the last two years of being part of the DEECD's iPad trial.

This is the Slide2Learn special. The 2 day, conference was held at the Sunshine University, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Jenny and Lois chat about some of the highlights and resources from the conference. The  experience of being at Slide2Learn - mobile immersion- workshops put  you in the position of being a student. The buzz of learning everywhere.   Imagine a class like that everyday. Collaboration and many :1 not always 1:1 For a great list of apps for education visit the Slide2Learn Ning http://slidetolearn.ning.com/page/s2l-2011-session-details Fantastic Films by Tony Vincent http://learninginhand.com/ff http://learninginhand.com/blog/ http://learninginhand.com/pbl/ Adam Brice, - AppleforKids

Holiday Apps SmackDown - Time to Play AudioBoo for ipods/iphones http://audioboo.fm/ HT Recorder Now Hear This NowHearThis on the iPad/iphone (great for sending a running tweet/facebook message likes in facebook come as cheers gr8 motivation Prizmo - OCR scanner & translator 10 languages Prezi app - looked great ABC Foodi Scvngr ToonPaint - free today- Make a photo into a cartoon. Pac-man Pearl diver Changes in google....just noticed action buttons what have you noticed? Is it just me or am I slow to see this....drag and drop pics.. Ultranet. Book Boxes are a great resource for DEECD teachers Jenny's Mobile2011 - presentation in Phoenix Arizona Lit and Numeracy using idevices. https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2011-04-06.1326.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350 Digital story books review (Our Favourite is Pop Up Peter Rabbit) http://ds-ti.me/ Text edit - Sticky notes / use for fast word processing and to paste content into blogs Slide2Learn

Jenny and Lois discuss iPad 2 release, some great apps, PLP, and the Ultranet Tony Vincent on Mirroring for iPad2 EdtechCrew #154 debate - Netbooks or iPads E-bookchat on Edmodo iPad Apps We've Used Keynote App - Presentation Tool Auryn Ink App - water colour painting PhotostudioH - photo editing app Dropbox- & SendtoDropBox http://www.sendtodropbox.com Garage Band PLP link Will Richardson TEDxNYED Presentation Angela Maier’s Book on Passion Learning Conference Links? IWB Masters Conference ICTEV Slide2Learn

Jenny and Lois discuss Elluminate Coaching (Jenny's new part-time job) and E-BookChats (Lois's new Edmodo book discussions project) as well as tips and tricks to updating your I-devices and the upcoming ICTEV conference. Elluminate coaching E-BookChats IOS 4.3 updating 600mb upload (ipads, iphones and ipods) ICTEV In Touch Conference - May 21st, Melb Grammar

A little bit about IPad 2, Jen's new job and an Interview with John Pearce about the Global2 the Victorian Education Departments (DEECD) supported blogging site for teachers and students. http://global2.vic.edu.au

Staying legal with mobile devices and iTunes isn't as easy as it used to be. Jenny talks about the issues with synchronizing a class of iPads according to the iTunes terms and conditions. Lois discusses OnDemand testing and how you might use it in your classroom. Being Legal on Itunes Global2 Twitter IWB Masters Conference LEEP Lodger's Elearning Extension Program On Demand Testing 365 Photo Challenge - Lois's Photos - Jenny's Photos IWeeks App

The first RUConnected for 2011 recorded in Jenny's kitchen. Jenny and Lois talk about being connected Globally in real life and virtually through blogging. Jenny explains where the iPad trial is up to and more.You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunesLearning Without Frontiers ConferenceLord Putman & Jimmy WhalesEdublogs Teacher Blogging ChallengeBlogging Challenge - Creative Commons

Its the end of term 4 and we are all snowed under with lots of end of year organising and finishing off. (not to mention reports) Jenny and Lois in their last podcast for 2010 talk about: The new google docs for the iPad New operating system for the iPad iOS4.2 Movies Movies Movies - Common Craft videos - easy to make - computer or by hand. Global educators conf- links Global Eduction Conference recordings Wiki - search for resources or add your own Mentor Program - become a mentor or find partners for collaborative projects Social Network - keep the conversations going Facebook - become a fan Map - add your location to this Google Map Networking Directory -find and quickly connect to other conference attendees - Skype Debates - iPad/iPhone/iPod Apps InaWorld -Drama Create movie trailers InaWorld Cmedy is also available MirrorPaint Create with Logo programming and use mirrors. Spoken Motion Draw and record audio then share via email or to a computer.  Needs an app on the computer that converts th

Lois Smethurst and Jenny Ashby discuss special visitors to Berwick Lodge's radio station Edmodo - microblogging in a secure environment Remote Team teaching with one purpose Using Voki - Australian bush ballads with Henrietta Miller in Sydney. Charlottes Web responses in Edmodo to prompts with a school in Hong Kong. iPad pilots website. a collection of world wide iPad pilots in many industries not just education. Google docs on the iPad. Can you edit? Is there an app for that? (Office2 HD $7.99) Common Craft Videos Mrs Kolbert’s Class Blog - Rockin Science Videos - the Water Cycle a la common craft video. Scripts made in google docs collaboratively. Jenny- Apps Water Storage (BOM free) and Virtual Water $1.99 Skype -Debating - very useful to support the persuasive text genre.

Jenny and Lois discuss their recent trip to ULearn10 in Christchurch New Zealand. INTERFACE Supporting the Use of ICT in Learning Games in Education Henrietta Miller's Blog about uLearn Questions from the keynotes uLearn notes on a wiki Coping with the quake - When my home shook.. Calgary Science School Leading teacher change within a technology rich school by Neil Stephenson. Rubrics for collaborative assessment and inquiry learning. Easi-Scope Microscope Slide to Learn 2011 news just released Venue Sunshine Coast 18th-19th April Ning

Holiday interview with Linda Pilko from Castaway Beach, Qld, Australia

IWB Leaders in Interactive Teaching and Learning Leading a Digital School Conference Ning SAM Radio Online Pukeko Echo TV Coburg Senior High School Presenting with an iPad Apples for Kids Podcast