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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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is a climate of participation. Users value
add as their needs evolve. The interface is
friendly. More information on Web 2.0 is located
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
This
work is licenced under a Creative
Commons Licence.
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