Task 1- Blog 3 key ideas or activities from each reading on your blog that teachers would find useful:
1) From the Pericles reading, a good idea was an activity where students were recording scripts for characters in a game they were playing, which would be combined with animated avatar from another program to be put on the class blog(Pericles, 2008). This is an activity which utilises many multimedia elements, such as sound and video, that wouldn't be possible in other formats such as conventional books.

2)Recording results and achievements from various students (or student groups) in various activities such as is a good way to demonstrate student learning or growth- this idea was from the Pericles article (Pericles, 2008).

3)Having a good commenting guide is something that I personally wouldn't have thought of, and at first glance seems, but developing the skill to comment positively beyond a short post that praises another post for no reason, is one that would help in actual KLAs such as English- this idea was from the Pericles article (Pericles, 2008)

Pericles, K. (2008). Happily blogging @ Belmore South. SCAN, 27(2), 4-6 http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/
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Task 2- Copyright at university and schools

Can I copy material from the internet for research?Yes, because university and schools are covered by remuneration notices and various licenses to use these. However, there are restrictions to the use of the material, which will be covered in the next question (Australian Copyright council, 2008).
What constitutes research and fair use?If materials used for research is not exploited for illegimate use and not for commercial advantage or profit(Australian Copyright Council, 2008).

Can students ( university or school ) use music in videos that they make?
Under the AMCOS/ARIA Schools Recording licence, Primary and Secondary schools are allowed to use music. A music licence with APRA, AMCOS, ARIA and PPCA covers that licence to use music for University. The article implies an additional cost involved to acquire right to specifically use music in videos (Australian Copyright Council, 2008)

Australian Copyright Council, 2008, - http://www.copyright.org.au/find-an-answer/browse-by-keywords/keyword/educator/
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Task 3- Collect and create

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Task 4- Happily Blogging 
  http://baileyrdteam17.blogspot.com/
This blog is used by a year 6 class from a school in New Zealand, with the stated purpose of sharing what they do in class with other learners and family, which could be their literal families or in a metaphorical sense or both.

The blog uses a variety of media formats for each post- pictures, videos occupy almost every post- links and graphic images are on posts that don't have photographs or videos, different color fonts for texts, opinions from different students- it is an example of an interesting blog that represents the class well- as well as something that be used as a resource.

 http://inside.isb.ac.th/rm230/
  This blog is used by a class in an international school in Bangkok- with a purpose to utilise technology to further their learning. Clear subpage links line the top of the page, with links for who writes the blog- a blog contract which has within the explicit purpose for the blog.

On almost every page is an animation of a face which talks when a button is clicked- the voice welcomes people to the blog as well as introducing who wrote the blog- which is the class. This is an example of their purpose in utilising technology. As in the previously described blog, this blog also utilizes a rich variety of media content, and also has the additional feature of google maps embedding. This blog is even more resource heavy than the previous blog.

Tute 1- New literacies

Brief definition for term 'new literacies'-

The new literacies has to do with using the new technological mediums and software as a way to understand and orient information in the traditional sense of literacy.

Callow, J. (2008). New literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4), 13-16


Knobel, M., & Lankshear, C. (2006). Discussing New Literacies. Language Arts, 84(1), 78


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How to use it in a classroom, cirriculum, how to fit it in


www.podomatic.com, a website pulled from Jon Callow's article (Callow, 2008), is a website that allows podcasting as the site name suggests. The tool of podcasting is an extremely helpful tool, as it is not a one off tool for use in projects, but can be used as a way for students to continually comment and discuss what they learned.


One application of this can be from an activity where they could take turns every week in groups to discuss a book they read. In a less formal setting, with clear set rulings about what they can, or cannot talk about, students may be more comfortable in giving good discussion with each other about a book, which can then be posted and listened to by the rest of the class. Instead of repeating the formulae every week for the podcast, another group may not discuss a book, in sync with the KLA of English, but perhaps comment on a particular maths topic they found difficulty in, and discussion on particular ways to make it easier. 


Finding time to do this is more difficult, concessions in allowing students to separate from their peers during class time may be required. Whilst this may seem inconvenient, considering that the time for each would take no more than 2 to 3 minutes, added to which would be at most 10 minutes of setting up, leaving and going back to the main class, it may be a worthwhile sacrifice of time.

Callow, J. (2008). New literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4), 13-16


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The video presents the view that new literacies weren't taken seriously as much as they should have been. Its points were quite valid- with the large amount of content so readily and quickly accesible on the internet- resources are not as reliable as the traditional form of literacies. The need for students to question the materials on the website, who wrote it etc is a point that the video presenter says is contradicted by the solution of the US to provide more technology- but less teacher training in how to deal with this technology.The potential to teach critical evaluation skills to students from these resources is something I agree with- shown by how I tihnk podcasting can be used in classrooms.


http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid6415358001?bclid=6310839001&bctid=1457684597