John Larkin ~ Teacher and Instructional Technologist

~ www.larkin.net.au ~

Welcome

This is the web site of John Larkin. My focus is educational technology in education. I posses a rich experience in the development and application of educational technologies in primary, secondary, tertiary and corporate fields.

Education technology workshops in Singapore

I shall be conducting a set of presentations and workshops at Nanyang Technological University and also with Singapore Polytechnic.. The workshops will focus on themes such as mobile technologies in education, digital storytelling, pesonal learning networks and podcasting.

A selection of links relating to Digital Storytelling can be found on the Web 2.0 workshop page. Links and resources for Comic LIfe can be found on the Comic Life workshop page..

Voicethread
Comic Life
Posterous
Audacity software ~ MP3 plug-ins

Links and resources for the Digital Photography workshop can be found at this dedicated page. Links for the Digital Storytelling workshop are available on the Web 2.0 Workshop page.

Workshop examples and links for the Social Media workshops can be found on the Web 2.0 Workshop page. Electronic copies of the workshop resources can be downloaded from the Technology Guides page.

Resources and images utilised in the Digital Photography workshop can be found at this dedicated page.

Education technology workshops in Malaysia

I shall be conducting a number of workshops on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia and in conjunction with Nanyang Technological University. The workshops will focus on "Web 2.0" tools and their application in higher education.

Web 2.0 Workshops ~ Kuala Lumpur.

Wordpress
Wordpress.org ~ self hosted Wordpress blog
Wordpress MU ~ multi-user organisation wide solution
Posterous
PBWorks ~ Sign up for free academic edition here
Mediawiki ~ wiki creation tool

Wordpress: Workshop document
Posterous: Workshop document
PBWorks Wiki: Workshop document

Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About Blogs
Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About Wikis
Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About RSS

Commoncraft: Blogs in Plain English
Commoncraft: Wikis in Plain English
Commoncraft: RSS in Plain English

Web 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning

Web 2.0 has become a key focus of research in educational technologies of late. So, we have Web 2.0…. what is this phenomenon? Web 2.0 encompasses Internet technologies such as blogging, wikis, swickis, rss feeds, tagging, folksonomy and podcasting. Web 2.0 is the second generation Internet that can facilitate collaboration and sharing between users such as teachers and learners.

The web itself has not changed. The way in which software developers design applications for the web has changed and the way people use the web as a platform has also changed. With Web 2.0 users own and control the data. There is a climate of participation. Users value add as their needs evolve. The interface is friendly. More information on Web 2.0 is located on the relevant workshop page.

Technology workshops and resources for educators

I am fortunate enough to conduct professional development workshops for teachers and academic staff in Singapore and Australia on a regular basis. The focus of these workshops is the implementation of educational technologies both in the classroom and blended learning environments.

Workshop descriptions and resources are available via the Technology menu item or by simply clicking on one of the workshop titles above. Resources and guides for teachers can be found below.

Web 2.0
Read~Write Web Overview
Information sharing
Curriculum integration aid
Curriculum evaluation aid
Sample teaching unit
Web 2.0 mindmap

Core tools
Setting up a Wordpress blog
Setting up an Edublog blog
Setting up a Blogger blog
Setting up a Posterous blog
Setting up a wiki
Setting up Delicious bookmarks
Setting up a Diigo account
Setting up a Flickr account

Support tools
Setting up a Twitter account
Setting up a Jaiku account
Setting up a Swicki
Setting up a Feedburner account
Pageflakes
Creating a WebNode site

Working with RSS
Setting up a Google Reader
Setting up Bloglines
Working with Yahoo! Pipes
Creating feeds with Dapper
Filtering feeds with AideRSS