My name is Jarrod Robinson and I am a Physical Education Teacher from country Victoria, Australia. As i am also Information Technology trained I delight in aiming to engage students in my classes using web 2.0 tools. The purpose of my blog is to detail the different ways I am trialling these technologies in my classes.
You can find me in a variety of places on the web
Twitter – mrrobbo
Blog – http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com
Website – http://www.mrrobbo.com
Skype – robbo6486
Delicious – Robbo64
Podcast appearances
- Game systems in the classroom – http://media.libsyn.com/media/thecleversheep/teacher141.mp3 (Thanks to the www.thecleversheep.com)
- Bluetooth in the Classroom – http://media.libsyn.com/media/thecleversheep/teacher165.mp3 (Thanks to the www.thecleversheep.com)
- Going Mobile – http://media.libsyn.com/media/thecleversheep/teacher132.mp3(Thanks to the www.thecleversheep.com)
- Edtechcrew – ICT in Phys Ed with Mrrobbo http://www.edtechcrew.net/wp-content/podcasts/EDTECHCREW077.mp3 (Thanks to the www.edtechcrew.net
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Mrrobbo
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I have been following your posts on Mobile Learning and wanted to introduce you to Koollage in that context (www.koollage.com).
Koollage just launched public beta at DEMO and is a web 2.0 solution that can revolutionize the way that your students and staff author, communicate, and present their ideas. Using Koollage’s extremely simple and easy-to-use interface and integrated internet search tools, students and teachers can aggregate multimedia content – including video, images, audio, feeds and webpages – within small packages-on-demand (or Pods). These Pods can be shared by email, embedded in webpages, posted to social networks and can easily be authored from and viewed on mobile devices. There are numerous applications in the school environment that I would like to share with you and your readers. Please let me know the best way.
In addition to authoring content on the platform you can convert existing blogs in seconds – e.g. here is your blog in pod format http://www.koollage.com/pod/plog/Pod:%20Mr%20Robbo%27s%20Weblog. You can now put a button on your blog that would allow anyone on their iPhones to get a mobile version of your blog instantly. This pod will also update as you post to your blog. Would love to share more on this front as well.
Hi Jarrod,
I received your question on my blog. Are you on Twitter? If so, we can connect there and can chat about adding tabs to a wordpress blog. My Twitter name is rdelorenzo.
Rob
Hi Jarrod,
Saw your blog as the random post generator on the ‘Free Cameras’ post had linked to mine: http://sciencevideos.wordpress.com.
It’s great stuff, keep it coming!
In my school we’re fortunate to have a very open-minded IT Coordinator and administration whose only rule with ICT is ‘make good decisions’. This gives us the freedom to (if we wish) try out all sorts of things without worrying about access issues or anti-phone rules.
Experimenting with these things is so time consuming, yet can be really rewarding.
Steve.
I completely agree with you Stephen. Although it takes up alot of my time finding, experimenting and thinking of ways to integrate ICT into my classes I have no doubt the students have benefited this year. Im really into mobile learning and im starting to get the support I need to change the rules at our school with projects like my mobile blogging on an outdoor education trip @ http://vceoes.wordpress.com
Mobile phones are the future of learning
Anyway I’m going to follow your blog, thanks for the introduction.
Congratulations Jarrod.Thanks for showing us how the “Specialist” teacher can be involved with ICT. I am a Visual Arts teacher at Taylors Lakes Primary School in Melbourne.A most neglected breed of teachers (for ICT PD), Specialists need to stick together. Inspirational people such as you will be a great asset. I’ll follow you for sure..
Have a great Christmas and holiday.
Cheers,
Yvonne
BTW Which part of the country are you in? I was born and educated in and near Bendigo.
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HI Jarrod
Thank you for the comment. I have been wanting to get in touch with you to see if you would be willing to do an interview for my radio show on Cell Phones in Learning. Here is the link to the show http://blogtalkradio.com/elizkeren My Skype: elizkeren
Thanks for such great examples of using cell phones in learning!
Liz
Hi Jarrod!
Wow, it’s really amazing what you’re doing here. I’m from Barcelona and right now we are working in a huge project to implement QR Codes to do the signalling of a small town’s cultural heritage. Instead of filling a castle with signposts, posters and so, there’s enough with a QR Code and some Wikipedia entries…
Your ideas on tech and education will inspire us to deliver this new experience to scholars.
Thank you and keep on the good work!
Hey DJ,
Mate stumbled across this today and am extremely impressed with your work!!! Always said you’d be the STAR and this site proves I was right. Well done bud. Hey i’ve got a new mobile with same number but lost all my numbers so flick us a text some time so we can keep in touch.
Impressive! Might have to work on implementing some of this at my school. cheers. PArso
Wow. You are my new hero. I teach year 7 in Queensland and I am inspired by the stuff that you do. It is awesome. I found your website via the web 2.0 podcast.
Thanks for the comment. Its great to see people reading and finding the posts useful. Do you use twitter? If so im @mrrobbo
Hi Mr Robbo,
Myself and a HPE colleague have been provided funding for PD tour to see quality use of ICTs in classroom settings. Have already been to see Shane.Tech.Teach. He told us to step it up a notch, hence would like to investigate possibilityof a trip down to Victoria to watch your classes in action and to speak to you and your your students . Adam.