Susan+James

At last I am able to edit my page. I am embarrassed that it has taken so long. Here's what I've done so far: Lots of talking. Some action soon I hope.
 * Spoken to at least ten people about the TED talks,
 * but failed to find the 'future' video which I would love to show to my faculty
 * looked at wikispaces
 * talked to teachers and senior students about using wikis as a place to share notes.
 * talked up the year 9 empathy task in history and photostory/moviemaker
 * loaded our ICT course CD to our English/staffpublic page
 * loaded up the latest Notebook 10 Smartboard program for interactive whiteboard use and used it to create a year12 visual unit summary for Module B, Speeches.

//Susan, great to hear that you have been able to share so much with the teachers at your school. Here is the link to the video you are look for// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8&feature=fvst //All the best with the next step.//

Dear Richard and others, I haven't edited but I have logged on here a few times. What have I been doing? Apart from the usual, I have: Why Study History?
 * showed the vid. above to a whole staff meeting, shared it with a class of year 12 as a 'belonging' text in English
 * designed a year 11 English assessment task based on Richard's photo-essay ideas
 * included youtube and other links in a program of work and student work book
 * joined a ning (is that how you say it?) called The English Companion []
 * tried and failed, under pressure of time to create a photo-essay promo for Mod and Anc. history an then resorted to these videos on youtube to do the job. They were OK, but a bit US focussed.

[] Modern. [] Modern. [] Ancient-Rome [] Ancient - Rome [] Ancient - Greece

So, not a huge amount done - but step by step. Kind regards all, See you Friday, Sue James.

I'm here - Right Here, Right now editing my page on this space with a thousand new ideas to try out. I can't wait. My plan is:
 * Get out of the city without being killed in traffic and heading towards Temora.
 * Stay awake for 5 hours while I drive. The good news is I have a novel//, The Time Traveller's Wife// to listen to as I drive.
 * Mark my last 50 essays on History and Memory and Speeches, work at our local theatre projecting for the first time on Sunday and
 * Have a go at putting Page Flakes on my home computer and write up/organise my notes from this workshop.
 * Tell the librarian about the Google Educators classroom posters
 * Tell my faculty about GE flyovers and models, G.Books, how to add music in Audacity, how to download from youtube,....etc., etc, Don't talk about Secon Life.I need a third life. Kind regards,
 * Sue James.

To do list for the Third Life:
 * Join Twitter - done
 * Join the history group on diigo - done
 * Join The History Exchange.