Penpals?

It seems quite sad that my Nice ICT Blogspot will be defunct in a matter of minutes. Though I haven't made the best use of this tool, it has been useful to read back over the things I have blogged about. I could easily have blogged more frequently with ICT/Education related stories in the news, because it really is all around us. In my experience of SBT1, I have seen ICT used to a certain extent, but perhaps not as an integral part of the school day. This may or may not be a badt thing at KS1, I'm still undecided.

I've found this blog easy to update because I had blogs before - which you can see in my profile page - and have recommended people to the Blogger service because it is easy to understand and use. In all of the things we have studied in our ICT sessions at uni, I have learned more and more how ICT can be used for communication and writing. Blogs are a perfect way to maintain a regular dialogue with your readers on a specific subject, and it is good writing practise for the blogger, too! We can see this progression from simple web-based ramblings, to respected writing in things like the Weblog Awards, and the ever-increasing list of blogs being published as books. So, the blogging process has been a good one.

I have also become a Wiki campaigner. I think they are a fantastic tool! They have a few problems (i'm still a little wary of making things completely public) but are largely very useful. Ideal for coordinating a project or event with people who are across the country, I could see schools connecting with one another by way of a wiki. I have set up another wiki recently, for a slightly silly project that my family decided to embark on, but feel free to take a look - Jacket on a Journey.

More than anything, I have high hopes to get children connecting with one another on school projects, extra curricular stuff, and just generally being able to see what other children their age are doing at school. Because I believe that would make school less of a monotonous daily routine (not that my lessons will ever be monotonous!) and more of an exciting learning process that goes on all over the world! So here's a cartoon by NatalieDee that you have to click on to see all of, but it's kinda fun!