Useful+links

**There is much out there to support your learning**.
Just launched is the New Zealand teaching resource site. This site is a collaborative effort by the teachers of New Zealand to support their fellow teachers in Christchurch after the earthquake. Resources have been uploaded by teachers and reflect their beliefs, understandings etc. Browse what is here and add some of your own.

VLN - Virtual Learning Network. This is the main repository for cluster "stuff". A great way to check out what is happening in other clusters is to see their stories. (From milestone reports this year.) These are bookmarked here.

Need to communicate with others? Try [|elluminate.]


 * Wikis to follow:**

Getting tricky with wikis http:learn how to create a memorable wiki//gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com/ is a great place to find out how to get your wiki looking great. Suzi's wiki gives all sorts of information, generally sorted by age http://teacherportal.wikispaces.com/ Nick Rate has some very useful info on E-portfolios. [] Other clusters have been going longer. Check out some of their wikis Rotorua East Lakes - http://rellco.wikispaces.com/ Eastnet cluster http://eastnet.wikispaces.com/ Bucklands Beach cluster http://bucklandsbeach.wikispaces.com/


 * Into Blogging or just want to find out what others are thinking?**

Check out some of the following: http://nzedublogs.wikispaces.com/ edublogs lists nz blogs and wikis for educators. Derek Wenmouth [] has some well thoughtout ideas. Allanah King is a Nelson teacher that has done a lot of classroom blogging [] or []


 * Twitter in the classroom?**

Blog post on using twitter with your class: @http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/twitter-in-schools-getting-started.html Point England school use twitter very well already - if you have a twitter account try following clusternz or ptengland For those of you with blog feeds the clusternz tweets are just the feeds from individual blogs set up in the cluster in different schools. A neat approach to getting your blogging out to the community- one twitter feed collates all your blogs!

You were asking about a screen recording tool. I remembered it was called camstudio. you can get it www.camstudio.org. it's a free download and pretty good. Craig Virtual PD on e-portfolios found at [] Remember you can register your school and have all students and staff use the MOE's Mahara for free. This is found at: []