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Innovative Strategies for Home Economics Education in the Digital Age

This presentation by Anne Mirtschin at the Victorian Home Economics Teachers Association in December 2008 explores innovative digital tools and strategies for teaching home economics. It highlights the importance of creativity, communication, and cybersafety in education. Key technologies discussed include blogging, social bookmarking (Delicious), digital storytelling (VoiceThread), online photo management (Flickr), and videoconferencing (Skype). The session emphasizes the collaborative nature of modern education and provides tips for keeping students safe online while fostering engaging learning environments.

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Innovative Strategies for Home Economics Education in the Digital Age

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  1. A presentation for the Victorian Home Economics Teachers Association, Dec, 2008 Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 College

  2. Conceptual Age • Communicate • Connect • Creativity

  3. Cybersafety • Usernames eg rose, meatballs • Avatars • No last names/addresses/phone numbers/other identifying details • Joint administration rights • Other staff(including principal) regularly comment • RSS feeds to student blogs Tips for Keeping them cybersafe

  4. Delicious http://delicious.com • Social bookmarking site • Develops networks • Great comments on use of delicious

  5. What a deliciousidea!

  6. Toondoo for cartoon making

  7. Skype (www.skype.com) • VOiP • Live chat • Audio • conferencing • Videoconferencing • Bookmark and save chats Why I love skype - Why I love skype by Jeremy Wright

  8. (www.voicethread.com) User friendly Digital storytelling

  9. Voice Video Text Images Uses for Voicethread • Storytelling • Reflections • Reporting on extracurricula activities • Global projects

  10. Slideshare - www.slideshare.net • Uploads powerpoint presentations • Groups and networks • Resources

  11. Slideshare for home economics • http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/food-20-part-1-presentation with lots of great sites and recommendations, games, recipe sites etc videos

  12. .....Blogging..... http:://murch.globalteacher.org.au http://murcha.wordpress.com

  13. Most popular blogging platforms • http://globalstudent.org.au and http://globalteacher.org.au a campus set up especially for Victorian teachers with edublogs • http://edublogs.org • Blogger • Blogmeister

  14. Sections to a blog • Posts • Pages • Categories • Tags • Widgets – clustr maps, delicious links • Blogroll • comments

  15. Leecie – year 10 http://leecie.globalstudent.org.au

  16. Comments on post

  17. Interactivity - polls • Natalie • POLL DADDY See site

  18. why should students blog • A tool for reading and writing • Authentic audience • Highly motivational • Powerful learning • Students want to share etc 20 reasons

  19. What do I use a blog for? • Online journal • Digital portfolios • Lesson plans • bulletin board • Reflections

  20. Global student/teacher • Register for a globalteacher blog • Adding in students = easy now • Give some thought to username or url (cannot be changed) • blog title can be changed

  21. hints • Start blogging – it will find a direction over time • Blog until you feel comfortable before starting with students • Blog regularly • Establish a social network (links, comments, trackbacks, teacher lists, nings etc) • Do not worry about initial appearance – just start.

  22. Flickr • Online photo storage and management • Search for and use creative commons license photos • Networks (global) • Crop, share, edit • Slideshows • Videos (pro account) • networking

  23. Wikis Uses of..... • Group projects • Assignments • Resource collections • Peer review • Parent involvement www.ejourneys.wikispaces.com

  24. Global projects http://corbettsm.wikispaces.com/

  25. Some food blogs • Is My blog burning • Food and cookery blogs http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodblogs/Food_and_Cooking_Blogs.htm • Cooking with Amy http://cookingwithamy.blogspot.com/ • Simply Recipes http://www.elise.com/recipes/

  26. Videoconferencing

  27. discoverE virtual classroom Hear Lorraine Leo teach my grade 4 and 5s about the Vendee Globe

  28. Podcasting and podcasts • Audacity+ lame codec to convert to mp3 files • Podomatic for storage online

  29. Google apps • igoogle

  30. Google Sheet

  31. Forms • Collaboratively setup • Students filled in after being given the shared url • Dumped into sheet automatically

  32. google docs – processor, sheet, presentation Calendar Reader Alert Notes Igoogle Google maps and earth

  33. Online videos • Teacher Tube • Teachers TV • Youtube • Google video

  34. Contact Me mirtschin.anne.a@edumail.vic.gov.au mirtschin@gmail.com Twitter id = murcha Skype = anne.mirtschin

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