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Hi team, I have synthesised a first draft of our assignment on our UTS online webpage where i think we are supposed to submit. I've tried to link wherever possible to the content on our wiki and incorporate refs to the core readers. Please edit and add to it as you see fit.

This is a page for us to share our ideas in draft form for the assignment. Then we'll pull it together for something to submit.

Here are my first thoughts about the first part of assignment one.
 * Being comfortable with technology is a skill students need to leave school with
 * Various technologies give us an opportunity to help students build real understanding by being more active learners, and by making the experiences more authentic
 * The tech needs to really work with the material to be learned, so that students are learning with tech, not from tech.
 * Don’t use a technology if you don’t really understand what it’s bringing to the learning. Just because you have mindmapping software doesn’t mean you should use it unless you understand how it will help students to build real meaning.

What are the main dot points you took away from these 2 units? techaing methods. By tapping into students interest and ability with technology, learning environment can be created which is both meaninful and interesting to students.
 * Learning should be meainingful and students should be able to relate it with their real life situations.
 * Technology use in lessons should be authentic and not merely fancy presnetation of information.
 * All the whiz bang technology in the world is not going to aid the students unless teacers have the confidence to its use.
 * Interactive technology allows for students to explore information in greater depth and variety thn is possible with tradiotional

//**Hi ladies - I have enjoyed looking around your site. You've done some great work sythesising the readings so far and their relationship to technology-enhanced learning opportunities for students. With respect to the Voicethread have you all managed to explore that space yet? (Love the commentary placed there so far.) Is it possible for you to find some specific examples of teachers using learning sites and incorporating these into learning for their students? I am thinking of examples which illustrate how teachers plan for engagement and construct/manage the intersection of technology and learning. You could for example look at what some of our Twitter teachers are doing in their classes eg @henriettami and @2sparkley (http://2sparkley.edublogs.org/)**// //**Terrific job so far :-))**// //**Mira**//

**Hi Mira,**

**We've all had a play with Voicethread - I find it pretty frustrating actually. I didn't mind building one, but trying to interact with one that someone else had built was annoying. I think we'll be having a go at an alternative for the 3rd unit.**