Learning management system we use for university

The two learning management systems I have use whilst studying at CQU are Blackboard and now of course Moodle. Both these systems are where all our study information is stored. By navigating your way through MyCQU Student portal, into the course you are studying, will enable you to access these systems. You will be automatically rerouted to the learning management system that has been developed for your particular subject. I use these LMS each day. The most useful element of them for me is that all the information is in one place and that I don't have to look for it in other areas thus wasting precious time that us as students don't have enough of.

Google Earth

With Google Earth you can travel the globe without leaving the comforts of your home. I believe that this tool could be utilized with google maps to encourage research and complience within the classroom. Both these tools would be effective in History, Geography, SOSE, English, Tourism, or Hospitality classes, these applications could be merged into the essential learnings with little or no conflict. As tech savvy individuals or students would love to be able to access and utilize these tools. Levels of participation would be high.

flickr

http://www.flickr.com/ go to this site and check it out. I have not been able to get into this site so good luck.

Edheads what can you think to use it for?

Go to the following link and you can watch sergiens opperate on a live person, emagine the learning possiblities when students acess this site. Not just for health subjects but many other subjects, like home economics. A core subject component of home ecomomics is healthy eating, can you think of any ways that this site could help you to explain the importance of maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle. Here is the link enjoy.
http://www.edheads.org/activities/brain_stimulation/teacher.htm

google maps

View University in a larger map

Another great and exciting component of Google is Google maps. I could find myself fall for this site, the possibilities are endless. Imagine taking the class on a virtual tour of the world, they could see into someones backyard on the other side of the world, view the location of tourist designations or even restaurants. This tool would be a god sent in both my hospitality or tourism classes of the future. We could plan a round the world tour, stopping over at all the exciting places, go shopping in exotic places, stay at the most exclusive places and eat in the worlds finest restaurants all of this and it didn't cost us one cent. What a way to ensure student participation, the topics studied would be so exciting, I bet there wouldn't be one incident of non compliance.

I tunes not only for music

I tunes is easy to access just download it by following this link http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/?cid=OAS-US-DOMAINS-itunes.com. ITunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s a store where you can find more to entertain you, any time of the day.

Easy acess to pod or vodcasts, the iTunes Store has over 100,000 audio and video podcasts. Each of these can be acessed through the above link, then follow the prompts. These podcasts are free video or audio series, they can be in the visual format of a TV show or in an auditory composition of a radio show. You just download the shows that interest you and play them on your computer, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV. We have even used iTunes for reseaching scholary items.

I think this could be an effective tool that I could use in my future classes. In this evolving era, most of the students that I will interact with will have resonable knowledge of the current technology,and this I feel will be helpful. With the probility that most if not all the students now have a personal computer, an iPod and some of which will have an iphone, engaging in classroom activities will be more effective. The class could have one topic that they all need to research and then share their information with the other students, I bet that most of them would be interested if they could use iTunes for this.

What are your thoughts, do you think that you would use this tool in classrooms if and when mobile technology is allowed into schools?

Skype

Skype can be used to keep in contact with other skype users. This is a free, yes free, contact system. All you have to do is go to to http://www.skype.com and register, then just ask your friends for their online number and talk to your hearts content. Your calls are not limited to skype participants but also pay a small fee, you can pay as you go or have a monthly plan. Packaged in a neat and user friendly aspect with many features, you get great value calls, people can contact you on your online number, leave a message in voice mail, you can send SMS messages or have your calls forwarded to you phone when you are off line. An efficient way to do your netwoorking having all of your contacts in one spot.
Ref:http://www.skype.com/intl/en/features/