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media type="custom" key="4594486" I am the coordinator for your progress and you are PGCE, GTP or NQT (hereafter known as 'initials') within the school. As you know, ours is a school with a Maths and Computing specialism so it seems appropriate to use this Web 2.0 environment to prepare our programme. I am posting a calendar of activities - click on the link to the left to keep up to date. To get you started, I have listed some of the Web 2.0 sites which may help you either in your training, or in your classwork. [] This is a useful and fairly easy way of setting up a discussion group and also of posting pages that you might want others to see or share. [] This site describes itself as an online store - particularly useful if you are working from a netbook. [] Never lose that web reference again! The very useful point of delicious is that bookmarks vcam be tagged by you so that any keywords are used. Yes, you might have saved a site to your favourites (in IE) but when you look at its name in the menu you can't quite remember what it was about.....​ [] Staff do have access to You Tube - students don't (though of course they can access the videos through other sites - they will always find ways). Two reasons you should keep an eye on things This wiki is an example of a Web 2.0 app and you might like to make your own page at wikispaces. [] is a link to a series of blogs for and about teaching. you may like to use blogs as part of the programme you are developing for your students - or read other teachers blogs to remind yourself that you are not alone in being exhausted! Quite a few teachers blog about behavioural issues, and though this may not be a key issue in our school you may be going on a placement in a school where it is a major issue. [] Another source of materials - PowerPoints can be downloaded and saved offline if you are a member (an advantage if internet is unreliable or slow)and like most Web 2.0, its free. The widget above is from slideshare. [] is great if you want to learn to type and you don't have access to Mavis Beacon.... [] This is a private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files and assignments. [] is a useful site to use as a starting point if you are going to base a lesson on internet searches. [] will take you to a site where you can find sites for yourself.
 * Who are we? **
 * First steps**
 * whatever you teach, there are some good resources on you tube
 * its worth checking to make sure that you haven't ended up there