The staff delivering the Tallis Lab have been experimenting over the summer holidays with tumblr blogs and weebly websites. The first term of the coming year will focus on how students can build a creative, safe and effective web platform and identity, which they can then use for a variety of purposes. The teachers have been experimenting with some of the tools available, and some have also been commenting on the process of building a web presence - take a look at some of the fruits of this holiday grafting
Sue's ePortfolio is a fantastic starting point to catch up on films, bees, animation, blogging, travelogues, twitter ... I also love the timeline which works brilliantly to show the process as well as the end product. A great example of how different elements of a web platform can be pulled together and linked.
Doug's ePortfolio is a great example of the pages can be used to refer to different elements and draw them together. I also really like the feeds to different sites and places. One of the joy's of the personalised site is that they can contain feeds to blogs about summer fruit pies and discussions as to the precise age of the planet!
This portfolio shows the astonishing range of things that can be brought together in a website: film, podcasts, books, music ... The documents page is a treasure trove of fabulous sites, and as well as the work produced on those sites, you also get a feel for the process as well.
This is my holiday website (see facing column for the holiday blog). I just wanted to experiment with how easy it eas to put different media onto a Weebly site, and I was happy to discover that it was all very straightforward. If you take a look you might come across some audio of a very loud snoring mountain dog.
Simon has done a great job of creating a portfolio that can pull together a range of things- holiday snaps, free running films, learning resources projects ... It looks great! The 'Odd Blog' is also shaping up to be a great way of tracking different web 2.0 and free addons that Simon is checking out.
Danuta has been having a great time experimenting with Weebly and other web tools. Lots of great films and pictures and more on the way with experiments in progress on Scrapblog and others. Lots of interesting pages under construction.
Steve has put together a great Eportfolio packed with his interests and influences. It would work as a really good example for students because it shows how the Eportfolio can give students an opportunity to share and give shape and coherence to the things that matter to them.
Kate has put together a fantastic Weebly that she uses to pull together her varied teaching roles across the school. I supported a student in her Year 10 Media lesson and he really liked the idea of being able to access resources examples and inspiration on the website
