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Around the Blogs
What’s the buzz in the blogsphere? Here we pick out some of the latest news and views from blogs by teachers.

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Wiki page from Room 18, Chisnallwood Intermediate, Christchurch  
This blog is an example of a Wiki website created by the students from Room 18, Chisnallwood Intermediate, Christchurch.
Posted: 10/03/2010
 
Virtual coaching  
AlannahK's blog describes various technologies that she uses as a teacher. She was also nominated as a finalist for the NZ Microsoft Innovative Teachers award 2008.
Posted: 3/03/2010
 
Manaia Kalani  
This blog is maintained by Dorothy Burt, eLearning Team Leader at Pt England School , Auckland. She talks about various aspects of eLearning and recently blogged about word clouds using 'Word It Out'.
Posted: 23/02/2010
 
The Learning Cafe  
Mr Cranston's blog looks at aspects of teaching Geography, Social Studies and Tourism using various forms of multimedia at Katikati College.
Posted: 18/02/2010
 
Educational Origami  
This blog is maintained by Andrew Churces from Kristin School. He looks at many types of online resources for teachers including Google for educators and Amazing Space for science and astronomy.
Posted: 15/02/2010
 
ICT Enhanced Learning and Teaching  
This blog is organised by Hazel Owen who is an academic advisor on ICT used to enhance learning and education in New Zealand.
Posted: 11/02/2010
 
e-Learning facilitator Jeanette M's blog  
Jeanette's blog focuses on e-Learning and ICT support for five schools in the Kawerau district of New Zealand.
Posted: 10/02/2010
 
e-safety and e-folio  
A blog that investigates e-folio use in the teaching medium with a particular focus on how using e-Portfolios can affect learning outcomes.
Posted: 5/02/2010
 
Simulating and supporting innovation in e-learning  
This blog looks at innovation in e-learning and has a particularly interesting view on a hot topic for teachers - e-safety.
Posted: 3/02/2010
 
Diary of a Teacher  
A candid blog about the general ups and downs of teaching in a primary school in Auckland, New Zealand.
Posted: 26/01/2010
 
100 great google doc tips for educators and students  
100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs.
Posted: 7/12/2009
 
Art collaboration from Room 13  
This slideshow from Room 13 at Balmacewen Intermediate School shows images of all the artwork the students did during an art gallery visit.
Posted: 4/12/2009
 
Inquiry presentation on engagement  
This blog uses a slideshare presentation to present all the main points collected during an inquiry into engagement with students in the classroom. Check it out!
Posted: 27/11/2009
 
365 photos Fickr group  
A group dedicated to taking a photo every day for a year and posting it on Flickr!
Posted: 24/11/2009
 
Podomatic podcast via Senior VAS' blog  
The Senior VAS' class blog uses 'Podomatic' podcasting software to present this topic on the digestive system.
Posted: 18/11/2009
 
Google wave used in education  
This blog explains what Google wave is in plain terms and discusses the uses of Google Wave in the classroom.
Posted: 10/11/2009
 
The link between LMS activity and grades  
This blog features a project created by the blog owner called the 'Indicators project'. The core of the project is "Enabling comparisons of LMS usage across institutions, platforms and time".
Posted: 5/11/2009
 
Why Social Networks are important  
This blog entry discusses the importance of Social Networking and uses a CommonCraft video clip to present the discussion.
Posted: 4/11/2009
 
DOS games in the classroom  
Maths Rescue and Word Rescue DOS games for the classroom explored on this blog.
Posted: 28/10/2009
 
Learning Management Systems  
This particular blog post looks at the specifics of using a Learning Managment System in schools and offers a thorough and comprehensive review.
Posted: 21/10/2009