Quizlet

Quizlet is a website that allows you to create learning tools for you students. You can create your own or search for the subject you would like. But creating your own is very straight forward. All you have to do is add your own topics and the explanations. The website then creates different ways for your students to learn these. 
At the top are the different ways the information can be presented. Each one is different, the study subjects are more formal but there are game versions. 

I have created two 'sets' and have embedded two games into my VLE. With the nature of the course I am on they don't need to learn facts and they don't have exams. I feel this website is more aimed at subjects where revision is needed. 

But it is definitely a more interactive way of learning facts if they need to or refreshing their memories. 

Microsoft & me

 

I have always had PCs since I was small. So I have had a lot of experience with Microsoft through the years. From the classic Windows 98' to Windows 8 today. I only started using Mac's when I started college, and Microsoft apps like Word or PowerPoint are not Mac's best friend in my opinion. But I use Word all the time, apart from Photoshop it is probably the most used software on my laptop. Sometimes it can be the most unfriendly piece of software, because sometimes the act of moving an image slightly can throw the whole document into chaos. But I must say I find using a PC a lot easier than a Mac, not just because I have used them more, but because you can do everything on a PC; I can edit images, design logos, type an essay and browse online with no problem. With a Mac, I can use Adobe programs a bit easier as it does feel like it was designed for a Mac, but they aren't the most friendly machines for doing anything else. 

 

British Journal of Photography Blog (Tumblr)

The British Journal of photography is a print magazine that showcases photographers, new projects and any news in the wonderful world of photography. In my degree, I loved looking through the printed journals in uni and the website for inspiration and research. It was a huge part of my degree because I wouldn’t have found half the photographers I love if it wasn’t for this journal.

Surprisingly, I didn’t know they had a blog! Now I’ve discovered it, I love it too. It’s a blog, so they have to keep everything really simple and mainly post links to new up and coming photographers, exhibitions and there are some video blogs too. I think this a great blog for teaching cause it will keep you up to date with the world of photography, but not only that it will give you fresh ideas for lessons, it will give info about exhibitions you might want to take students too and it will also keep giving you inspiration for new work.

Tumblr is another great blogging site anyway. It allows you to re-post things from another Tumblr to your own. So you can build up a collection of great resources. I would definitely recommend this to other photographers, students and teachers!

http://bjphoto.tumblr.com/