Web 2.0 and Prezi

I've just managed to upgrade my Prezi account to the new, free educational version. It was a bit tricky because the form of my email address had to match a school website (e.g. .com) and our system doesn't work like this. I eventually realised that I could use my Tallis LAB account which is another tick in the box for Google Mail as far as I'm concerned.

Anyway, I was browsing through some really great Prezis when I found this one. It gathers together a lot of the ideas about and a rationale for using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom. It's American ( I still don't really know what K12 means) but applies easily to our experiments.

Just thought I'd share it with you and encourage you to get on board with Prezi. I still like Keynote, but Prezi is a whole new ball game.

P S Thanks to those of you who have joined the OK LDN Ning. More about this soon.

Collaborative Learning

I've been playing around with a couple of new collaborative Web 2.0 online tools today. Stixy is a bit like Wallwisher but maybe even more useful. Revizr is a great way to collaborate with other folks on editing a document. It's different to Etherpad since you, the author, retain control of the work but you can allow numerous others to help you mark it up. I'm attempting to use both these tools with colleagues at the moment so can report back later about how effective they are.