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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:black'>Thank
you Ken,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Have a great weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Bellavance<br>
</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Head of ICT <br>
Beaconhills College - Village Campus <br>
92 Kangan Drive, <br>
Berwick Vic 3806 <br>
<i>Ph: (03) 8768 1177</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ken price<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 5 September 2008 9:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Help - kid friendly "my space"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It's probably not the one you saw, but Stephen Downes today
mentioned Edmodo which sounds close and is specifically aimed at teachers and
students. I've not had time to check it out but here is the info. Hopefully
this is not OT - if nothing else it has some social/ethical
potential.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ken <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ines Pinto writes </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.twine.com/item/11fkgk3tw-2n4/edmodo"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.twine.com/item/11fkgk3tw-2n4/edmodo#alerted</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Edmodo is a "microblogging platform just launched, especially
designed for teachers and students, dailly life school management,
creation of students or teachers groups in the same school or between
teachers or students from different schools in different countries." It
makes you log on before you get a glimpse (bleah). And I don't like the choice
between 'guys' and 'ladies'. The tool itself is a bit like a structured instant
messaging tool. Interesting, possibly worthwhile. Nicely coded. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Comment: <a href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=45907"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=45907</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Direct Link: <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.edmodo.com/</span></a><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote>On 9/5/08, <b>John Bellavance</b>
<<a href="mailto:jbe@beaconhills.vic.edu.au">jbe@beaconhills.vic.eduau</a>>
wrote:</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Good Morning folks,<br>
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Here is another off topic!<br>
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During last year's VITTA conference there was a presenter that promoted a kid
friendly "my space" for schools. Does anyone know what the name of
the site is.<br>
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Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
John<br>
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John Bellavance<br>
Head of ICT<br>
Beaconhills College - Village Campus<br>
92 Kangan Drive,<br>
Berwick Vic 3806<br>
Ph: (03) 8768 1177<br>
Fax: (03) 8768 1190<o:p></o:p></p>
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