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 [...]
In one of my last blogs I looked at alternative tools to those supplied to schools.
In The Mirosoft deal, which provides state and integrated schools with Microsoft software, is the sharepoint client. Schools have to buy the sharepoint server or connect to a provider using sharepoint to be able to use this.
I was not aware [...]
The Otago Daily Times reports on Saturday 21st June that “School opts for free Software”
The school has decided to stop using the ministry’s SMS (School Management Software) and it hope to be the first school “to exclusively use free ‘GNU/Linux’ software on school managment and classroom computers”
But the best thing about this statement is this. [...]
This is a interesting collection of readings about technology and education. The papers are written by vendor but make for interesting viewing
http://www.campustechnology.com/mcv/resources/whitepapers/
The papers are technically focused but this is a useful resource for support staff, technicians network admin etc.
Worth a visit. Here are some examples
Smart Campuses: Appealing to the Millennial Learner
by SMART Technologies
How two [...]
Educause has released there monthly briefing paper on a technology. This time the timely and informative paper is looking at SECOND LIFE.
The paper is a download in PDF format - Click here.
You need to see the others to they are brilliant resources for teaching and Learning. Click Here
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One of my favourite presentations is “A handful of the best” and I am presenting this workshop on Friday at the Waimarino Cluster conference.
The presentation is looking at a handful of cost efficient tools that you can easily integrate into the classroom to enhance learning.
Its my favourite because there are some many tools that you [...]
Multi touch interfaces are going to make a difference to how we teach and integrate technology.
Educause has released there latest installment in the “7 things you should know” series - Multi-touch interfaces - click here for the site and here for the PDF version.
If you want to watch a great video (Its a TED [...]
(with apologies for the tardiness)
Most of us have met them. If we teach in independent schools, higher decile schools or teach in more privilaged areas they are becoming increasingly common. Even the more short sighted of teachers can see them increasing as our future becomes increasingly electronic. Whether we call them Digital Natives (Marc [...]
Educational Technology Clearinghouse
http://etc.usf.edu/
This is a interesting site that is worth a visit. It has a variety of resources and materials for a wide range of subjects These are further broken down into year levels:
Arts: Dance
Arts: Music
Arts: Theatre
Arts: Visual Art
Career & Technology
Foreign Language
Health
Language Arts
Mathematics
Physical Education
Science
Social Studies
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This was twittered this recently by Helen Otway. Smart Board Resources in the classroom.
This is quite a neat site the page lists a series of smartboard resources for various subject areas. Its worth a visit and a forage through the selection. The resources range across the school spectrum from K to 13 and cover the [...]
