Science

Earth and space science resources http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Safety issues

This is a very good site to have a look at http://www.safekids.com/

upgrades

If your school does not regularly upgrade your software, here are the websites from which you can download upgrades http://www.microsoft.com/windows/

Self reflection on progress in this coarse

When I enroll myself for this course I thought it will only be a light refreshing coarse but I was shocked to see how much work went into it .Coming from a big school with a lot of social problems ,a lot of fundraising very active and involve in community activities , being part of senior management really took a lot out of me . Many times I sit in the class trying to grasp what ever came my way, I battled tremendously with this course .I had no time to sit at school on a computer always in meetings and as a foundation phase educator you can not leave your learners unattended.The only time I really had was a Sunday mornings . My family time really suffered but enough about that .For some reason I hated to work on a computer and did not like to do research on the Internet because I could not find the information that I was looking for .This somehow has change and I believe and know that I have grown with this course . The knowledge that I can in the ICT application I share at our school and they seems to be amazed at the techniques and skills that I have learn .I even empower my own kids with these ICT skills.Blogging became my favourite although I wanted to run away at first. I will never ever take it for granted that a site is authentic .I learned a good lesson to think critically about web information.Now knowing what to do I feel a bit sad to think it is all coming to the end.I am now self motivated to learn and to explore new avenues.All though I battled with this course and had sleepless nights." No more scare for the computer"To everyone in the class we came along way .We battle it out, We support one another we laughed and shad some tears lost a friend and friends but Sandy taught us how to blog so we can keep contact. Thank you Sandy for empowering us.
Love Shahida

Reflextion on the course

This course help me tremendously about Web literacy and developed my critical thinking skills.
It was practical full off exercise ,tips handout and stories drawn from my class friends and lecture in class. I explore new concepts as they were introduced by Sandy.Many times I was frustrated because I was to slow and time was against me.
Web evaluation and test
When content was presented in class it made you think more deeply .I have learn a good lesson to think critically about web information as it is a an essential skill for teachers and students.I realise helping students developed research and critical thinking skill on the web can be a daunting task . So much information is available and so many help full tools ,that sometimes knowing how to begin can be overwhelming for both student and teacher as it was for me
Essay-Writing
The honest truth about this is -Time wasting -We could have spend more time on Web evaluating skills .The topics was fantastic and we could have used the research topics and evaluate it
Blogging
When I was exposed to blogging for the first time ,I stood up and walked out of the room thinking,no way . I am not doing it.Getting home that night and sharing it with my children and four month later I am convinced that blogging is an educational tool. I am in the process of creating a blogger for our school library.
wiki
I need a lot of practising in wiki Still