Have a look at this video and you will see the huge possibilites Moodle can offer us when teaching and learning.

MOODLE

If you don't have a hosting you can work with Moodle using a local server. You can use XAMPP for Linux. You can find it here. If you want to see how to install it, have a look at the following video.




There are some other options, such as Server2Go, Wampp Server, etc.

To download Moodle use this link.

Thanks to A. Cabrera for this information.

MOODLE BOOKS

Here you have two books about Moodle.
One is this and the other one is this, both by W. Rice.

Thanks to A. Cabrera for this information.

STEVE JOBS' SPEECH

Here you can see and listen to the speech Steve Jobs (1955-2011) made to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005.

QR CODE IN THE CLASSROOM

QR Codes in the Classroom

View more presentations from Jason Seliskar

WHY MOODLE?

If you are a teacher, you like both teaching and ITCs and like trying new tools, why don't you try MOODLE? Learn a bit more about it here.

WHY EDUCATORS SHOULD BE USING TWITTER - Justin Tarte

I've recently discovered the use of twitter for professional reasons and it is highly recommended because you can find out what other teachers from many different countries do in their lessons, the way they work with their students, how they use the ICTs in the classroom and so on. Come on, join TWITTER, what are you waiting for?

You can watch the following video, by Justin Tarte

BOOK VS E-BOOK

Have a look at the following video I saw yesterday in Jornadas iTIC2011. It's great and it will make you think about new technologies.

And here you have another interesting video. Amazing, isn't it?

ADDING A GADGET: ADDING A LIST OF LINKS

In order to put a list of links in your blog, do as follows:

1. Go to design.
2. Choose 'add a gadget' from the right side.
3. Choose the gadget called 'link list'.
4. Write down the title you want to, for example, 'my favourite links'.
5. Sort them up alphabetically.
6. Insert the URL site you have chosen from the internet (once you have looked for the page you want to).
7. Give it a name.
8. Add more links or save.
9. View blog.

Note: You can rearrange the page elements on your blog by going to 'design' and then clicking and dragging with the mouse the element you want to to the right place.

INSETING A VIDEO

If what you want to do is to insert a video, do as follows:
Choose a video from 'youtube'.
Below the video, you will see 'share' (=compartir).
Then, click on 'Show more' (=mostrar más).
Next, click on 'Blogger'.
In the top right corner you will see 'sign out': Choose the blog you want the video to be inserted to.
Then you can save it as draft or publish.
Once you have your video on your post, you can add text.

Another way of doing this is by clicking on the icon which is on the right of the 'image'.
You can upload the video from your folders or from You Tube.

INSERTING A LINK

In order to insert a link, do as follows:

1. Copy the web address of the page you want to link to.
2. Go to 'New Post'.
3. Press where it says 'Link'.
4. Insert the text to display, for example, 'click here'.
5. Paste into the web address.
6. Publish the post.

Don't forget to add the labels and the title to the new post!

INSERTING AN IMAGE

You can add an image from your computer, from the web, from your blog or from Picasa Album. In order to do so, proceed follows:

1. Go to 'New Post'.
2. Click on the icon which represents a picture.
3. Choose 'add an image from your computer', you will have to search where it is, open and upload it. If you choose an image 'from the web', you will have to insert the URL code. In the two other cases, choose the picture you want to from the ones you have in those spaces.
4. Then, choose the image layout and the size. 
5. Publish it to your blog. 

            Don't forget to label and add the title to the new post!

BLOG SETTINGS

There are some tabs you have to be familiar with. They are 'posting', 'comments', 'settings', 'design', 'monetise' and 'stats'.

To begin with, have a look at 'settings'. There you can, for example, delete or export your blog, choose the time zone, the language, the date header format, decide who you want to see your blog, and so on.
If you click on 'stats', you will be able to see how many people have visited your blog, where from, etc.
Some other tabs I would like to comment on are 'design' and 'posting'.
Posting allows you to start a new post, edit all your posts (edit, view and delete) and edit pages. In order to publish a new post you can go to this tab or click on 'new post' on the top right part of your blog.
Design is  where you can add and arrage page elements called gadgets (labels, slideshow, text, search box, link lists, text, etc) and choose the template designer.

CREATE A BLOG WITH "BLOGGER"

• First, open an email account on gmail (if you don't have one yet).
• Second, go to "blogger" and create the blog. Put the name you want to appear on it (it can be changed later on) and then type the name of your blog; if the name you have chosen is not available, you'll have to think of a new one. The name you choose cannot be changed later. You can name it, for example, tic-ict.blogspot.com
• Choose a template.
• Begin publishing posts.

BOOKMARKS. ORGANISING, IMPORTING AND EXPORTING BOOKMARKS.

Can you rermember all your favourite site addresses? I don't think so. Both Mozilla and Internet Explorer help you do that.

In order to have all your bookmarks well organised so that you don't waste your time looking for them, you should create folders and name them in the way you want to, so that you can find them easily. Have a look at the picture on the right.

Remember in Mozilla they are called bookmarks, "marcadores" (in Spanish) and in Internet Explorer favourites, "Favoritos" (in Spanish).

Once you have all your bookmarks ready at work, for example, you can take them home. How? You have to export them on your memory stick and then import them from your memory stick to your computer.
It is simple and very useful!
Use "File" --> "Export", or "File" --> "Import", depending on the case.