Educational Origami

This is the latest release in the Seven things you should know series from educause.
This one tackles the Wii. This is a captivating and enjoyable tool, with interesting applications for entertainment and education. Ewan McIntosh has been doing some interesting work and research abiout the use of these tools in the classroom
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/47105?time=1217282926
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7039.pdf

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This is a new site in the NASA stable of websites. Nasa Images is a portal through to the vast array of media that NASA has.
http://www.nasaimages.org/

The site has a search feature and then links to 4 categories of resources:

The universe
Solar system
Earth
Astronauts

Good resources and a useful site for science, technology etc

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Recently there have been a couple of articles about google resources for education. There are some powerful tools available and interesting opportunities coming from Google.

1. Google for educators - http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
This is a neat portal to a wide range of google applications, opportunites and resources. Well worth a visit
2. Google document templates - http://docs.google.com/templates?category=7&sort=hottest&pli=1
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…and what a week it has been too.
The school is on the cusp of making several key decisions regarding ICT in our senior school, and rather than just leaping in and making a executive decision, a process that does limit staff buy in. The school sent 2 principals, 1 Deputy principal, 6 Heads of Faculty, [...]

This is a very neat little video trick

You need to try this http://www.news3online.com/spread.php
This is a very interesting concept. Imagine the conversations and discussions that are possible from this. The whole area of viral marketing is filled with questions, ethical issues etc.

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I have been thinking about assessment and where we need to head with this for a while. This is the second draft and I would appreciate comments, suggestions etc. Many thanks to Nick and Brett for their comments.

Assessment, in the form of examinations, has be a constant feature of education since the 18th Century. Some [...]

This is a really neat find.
http://www.dnalc.org/ddnalc/resources/animations.html
The site contains resources and animations for Both Mac and PC using flash and links through to other useful sites.

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In my last blog on assessment I looked at some of the key words we use in assessment and the fact that these are often Lower Order Thinking skills (LOTS) rather than the Higher Order skills (HOTS).
So I went on to the NZQA (New Zealand Qualifications Authority) web site and downloaded a paper [...]

And the award for prefect timing goes too…. drum roll plasq for there brilliantly timed release of comictouch
A single image comic creation tool for the iPhone and touch. Great work and very nice timing. This great bit of marketing is only let down by the pricing of the plans for the iPhone here in New [...]

I have never been a huge fan of examinations. In fact, many current forms of assessment leave me cold. We are required to assess our students; to measure their progress, to track their learning, to identify weakness and perhaps to measure our own performance as educators.
But do they do our students justice?
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