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Welcome

This is the web site of John Larkin. I am a secondary school teacher who lives in New South Wales, Australia. I teach history at St Joseph's Catholic High School, Albion Park. In addition to teaching history I have also been involved in the development and application of educational technologies at primary, secondary, tertiary and corporate levels.

Singapore Workshops ~ October 2008

Read~write web workshops at Nanyang Technological University, October 2008

Five days of presentations and workshops with the Centre for Educational Development, Nanyang Technological University. Links and resources are available at this dedicated web page.

Singapore Workshops ~ February/April/July 2008

Photographs taken during the workshops conducted in Singapore during February, April and July can be viewd in the following galleries:

Good To Great 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference
Hougang Primary School Podcasting Workshops
Singapore Airlines Training Centre
Read ~ Write Web Workshops at NTU April 2008
Hwa Chong Institution
St Joseph's Institution
Read ~ Write Web Workshops at NTU July 2008

Technology Guides

All of the technology presentations and support documents are now available from this dedicated page. They cover such areas as blogging, podcasting, photoshop, video processing and comic life to name a few.


Blog publishing update

Due to a ftp publishing problem with Blogger that has been occurring since early August and has recently become a more significant issue I have decided to publish my blog directly via Wordpress. I will no longer publish via ftp from Blogger to my server. As a result my blog has a new address:

http://blog.larkin.net.au/index.php

If you wish to subscribe to the blog please use this feed address

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TeachTech


Web 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning


Web 2.0 has become a key focus of research in educational technologies of late. So, we have Web 2.0…. what is this “new” phenomenon? Web 2.0 encompasses Internet technologies such as blogging, wikis, swickis, rss feeds, tagging, folksonomy and podcasting. Web 2.0 is the second generation Internet that can facilitate collaboration and sharing between users such as teachers and learners.

The web itself has not changed. The way in which software developers design applications for the web has changed and the way people use the web as a platform has also changed. With Web 2.0 users own and control the data. There is a climate of participation. Users value add as their needs evolve. The interface is friendly. More information on Web 2.0 is located on the relevant workshop page.

Technology workshops for teachers


I am fortunate enough to conduct professional development workshops for teachers and university staff in Singapore and Australia on a regular basis. The focus of these workshops is the implementation of educational technologies both in the classroom and blended learning environments.

Workshop descriptions and resources are available via the Technology menu item or by simply clicking on one of the workshop titles above. Photographs taken at the workshops, including the 2007 Good To Great teaching conference in Singapore can be found in the workshops photographic gallery.


Teaching History


I teach history to secondary school students here in New South Wales. The classes range from Year 8 through to Year 12. Historical eras taught include that of the ancient Egyptians, the Aztecs, the Middle Ages, the Australian Aborigines and recent Australian history. Click on the links below to access resources for each of the relevant Year groups.


Digital photography galleries

A number of photographic galleries are also available for your exploration. The galleries are listed below and are updated on a regular basis. Please feel free to explore.


Web site revision

This web site has recently undergone a major revision. I borrowed the style of the iWeb "Gazette" template and built this using Macromedia Dreamweaver and simple html. Nested tables. I did not wish to play around with style sheets too much at this point. Maybe later. I used Adobe Photoshop Elements to create all of the photo gallery pages.

I have incorporated a number of Web 2.0 tools within the site including the sidebar inclusions at right. These include the Jaiku, Swicki and Flickr badges. They all require the Flash Player to be viewed within a browser.


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