Let me introduce myself. my name is James, and i am student. i am currently studying teaching (indonesian/history) at the university of melbourne. so i am also a teacher (or aiming to be one).
i am a big fan of technology, i have a desktop, laptop, ipod, ipad, android phone and ps3. i use all of this technology, but whether or not i use them properly is another question.
i am coming to the realization that the technology that i have can be used for so much more than facebook, word processing, watching movies and games. and that's really all i do on the technology i own.
i've never really looked at the possibilities and options that ICT can create in the classroom, during my own schooling ICT was never really used for more than word processing. now i am discovering that there are online worlds for language students where they can interact with people all over the world, places where they can not only participate in online activities but also create them for the benefit of other and these are only the tip of the iceberg. more things that i never thought of, or never bothered to think of are appearing every week for the benefit of teachers and students.
to finish up, after the last lesson on using imovie to create videos, i thought of an amazing mash up i saw a while ago. it is a fan made movie trailer (that sadly doesn't exist) and it combines the movies inception, the dark knight, the machinist and shutter island. the creator has taken footage and dialogue from all of the movies, and edited and overlayed them to create a new original trailer for a non-existent movie 'the batman complex'.
enjoy
J
