Educational Origami

One of the topics I am covering with my ITGS students is GPS or global positioning system. We are looking at how these tools link into business and employment and some of the issues that may be associated with these. Particularly:

privacy
accuracy
reliability
accessability

Some of the resources we are using are:

wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS
howstuffworks - http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm - includes a [...]

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53243 
This is an interesting article. The research is commissioned by Cisco systems and says (not that its surprising) that multimodal teaching - teaching that includes visuals and auditory input have better learning outcomes.
“An analysis of existing research supports a notion that already has begun to transform instruction in schools from coast to coast: that multimodal [...]

http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46436 
This is the latest in the excellent series from Educause. This latest installment looks at google applications.
Here is there blurb
“Google Apps is a collection of web-based programs and file storage that run in a web browser. The applications include communication tools (Gmail, Google Talk, and Google Calendar), productivity tools (Google Docs: text files, spreadsheets, and [...]

http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
This is a UK website which looks at cyber-safety. The site is run by Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. The web site has targetted resources for different age groups making it a useful site from junior to senior schools and for parents and teachers.
One of the site videos is hosted on [...]

Bloom’s digital Taxonomy has been added as a link to TKI’s ICT community front page.
TKI or Te Kete Ipurangi is the online learning center from the Ministry of Education.
I feel very privileged. Thanks Penny

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Cyber-safety is again a news item. The BBC has published this morning an article on the British government pledging to protect teachers from phone and internet based cyber bullying. The article is quite a good one, but I am concerned that they are now considering cyber-bullying to be a “serious disciplinary offence”. There is definitely [...]

I would like to share two video clips that have recently appeared in twitterverse.
The first…..

The catch line for this interesting project is
“three billion people under twenty-five. Now thats a lot of consumers”
The project is about the 3 billion people under 25. Its full of facts, ideas etc. Well worth grazing through. Watch the video at [...]

Chris Betcher twitter an interesting comment that has had me thinking for a while.
” How many teachers do you reckon spend their day teaching kids to write, but don’t actually ever write themselves? Interesting“
 How many of us do practice what we preach. How many people in your school are active writers? In mine I know [...]

I read Wesley Fryers Blog entry this morning and took the time to watch the video to. Other than the storyboard reading like an advertisement for Apples iPhone, its fascinating. I must echo Wesley’s comments on it being exciting and impressive.

Essentially ACU  - Abilene Christian University - has issues students with iPhones as a standard [...]

This is a neat little find. this is a directory of learning object repositories. It covers a variety of learning areas and ages. Well worth having a look and a forage… Its hosted by The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Here are the links:

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_collections.html  - Collections
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_global.html - Global Studies
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_other.html - Other Learning Objects

Some very useful links [...]