Resources
From NSW LearnScope Wiki
LearnScope Overview
Click on this link for an introductory overview of LearnScope - structure, purpose, principles, 2007 project types, NSW tools/spaces. IT might be useful for your induction meetings.
Community Guidelines
NSW LearnScope is comprised of many differing teams and individuals locally and internationally distributed who all access information and contribute to Community_Guidelines.
This is a growing and dynamic resource, which endeavors to keep abreast of ways to act with positive accord to contributions to the NSW LearnScope environment. It also acts as a base point to refer others to from associated NSW LearnScope online locations. Feel free to adapt and add your links of good online practice to this article.
'How to' guides
Getting started in FlickR
Getting started in Del.icio.us
Setting up a Blogger_account and profile
Setting up & customising your Blogger_blog
Creating a Start_Page
Setting up RSS Feed Readers/Aggregators
Using PhotoStory3 for digital storytelling
Editing sound files using audacity
Web office: Web2.0 Resources
A growing list containing online web 2.0 and open source tools used by NSW LearnScope educators, learners and peers in the field. Please contribute to this resource mindful of access, security and equity issues for those who access your recommendation.
Web 2.0 meets information fluency
Courtesy of Mashable we have 120 new tools for those beginning to build a blogging_toolbox
Adobe Connect Guide
A beginners guide to Adobe Connect kindly started by Stephan Ridgway and Steven Parker. NSW LearnScope uses Adobe Connect to communicate with team Managers and Facilitators across the state and indeed across the nation.
Discover-E Virtual Guide
A beginners guide to the use of the Discover-E Virtual Room kindly composed by Vivian Evans for NSW LearnScope teams to communicate with other team Managers, Facilitators and members across across the state and indeed across the nation.
M-Learning
Mobile learning is a hot ticket with educators who are keen to engage learners using new and emergent communication modality. The Mlearning_Kit is a developing resource which captures some of the findings of the NSW LearnScope Leadership Team in 2007.
Digital storytelling
Digitales A wiki developed by teachers who have a passion for Digital Storytelling (DST) and who use the methodology in adult education and VET (or VTE), for teachers who are new to the concept.
There is now a PhotoStory3 guide on this wiki in the 'How to' section above.
FlickR Tools
To get started with FlickR see our 'how to' guide.
As well as the FlickR Badge creator, and the Uploader available on the official FlickR tools page there are loads of 3rd party tools out there for use to jazz up your image work.
This is the FlickR sign generator by Andrea Micheloni
http://www.tankmiche.com/s/learnscopesb3d0a.jpg
The following are from FD's FlickR Toys....
Generate stats for your FlickR account using FlickR DNA - includes code
Put a frame around your pictures with the framer.
Build a mosaic of various dimensions and using tags or selected pics with mosaic maker ...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1209/730915979_eaf5519975.jpg
Add a caption with the caption generator...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/731042887_8e7f329d4c.jpg
Link to (but not embed) a really nice slide show http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/img/viewslideshow1.png
Generate a profile widget for your FlickR account - this is Robyn's.....
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/profilewidget/random/ffffff/2c0025/65749227@N00.jpg
It can be embedded on your profile page of your FlickR account.
More tools ....
flickrSLiDR embeds a slide show
FlickrStorm is a very cool tool that allows you to search for FlickR pics with a particular Creative Commons licence - much better than the search in CC
and there are loads more ..... here.
Web Filtering news
Apparently all the hard work completed on recommendations for web filtering categories has now been shelved. A new committee will be formed (no doubt that does what it is told).
For what we hoped to achieve see the DET Web Filtering system and roll out page.
So I am now starting a page documenting filtering frustrations in the hope it can have some effect.
NSW LearnScope articles (stats)
The NSW LearnScope MediWiki is run on the creation of "articles" which are essentially collections of information assembled either as discrete stand alone learning objects or as link-list to other pertinent information.
You can access Special:Allpages created by the NSW LearnScope community or see the feed list below to see what's recently been created.
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Professional Development
Event Recordings
NSW LearnScope conducts synchronous meetings online using a range of platforms. Here is a growing list of recordings of EVENTS that have occurred as part of NSW LearnScope which may be of interest;
Using WikiEducator : Alex Hayes & Wendy Zammit
Virtual Worlds Adobe Connect Meeting
Wiki Formatting
This is a general guide to MediaWiki Formatting brought to the attention of NSW LearnScope by Chris Harvey as part of the OWPFOSS event that NSW LearnScope hosted in early 2007.
Embedding Media
Check these out -Embedded Media which are examples of what you can do in a MediaWiki....you will need to look at the code more closely ( edit >> copy code) to use it in your respective pages.
MediaWiki Communities
WikiEducator We have an interest in what WikiEducator is up to and we know likewise.
Leigh Blackall, a long time NSW LearnScope team facilitator and mentor is growing some great resources over at the Otago Polytechnic's entry as part of WikiEducator.
SIT My Leadership Wiki - One day it will have a "face" to the net.....for now it looks great on the inside.
Wiki Builds
This is where we confer with our consultants about ongoing wiki_builds If you have some urgent issue that is affecting your status as an NSW LearnScope MediaWiki user please add your issues plus a timestamp to this list.
