In this update there’s some excellent professional development and IT resources, stuff on QR codes and an interesting article or two from the BBC 1. Commoncraft video – Web Browsers – http://www.commoncraft.com/video/web-browsers This is another excellent product from the commoncraft show. This video looks at the basics and features of web browsers. A very useful [...]
I have long been a fan of the work of Sash and Lee Le Fever of the Commoncraft show – http://www.commoncraft.com/ The videos they ahve produced have provide excellent professional development resources and I frequently direct my students and staff to these resources on their website. Earlier in the week I visited the commoncraft site [...]
Its been a while since I had the time to do a on the wire update, but I have taken a moment and I want to share a couple of interesting articles and resources with you. Seven things you should know about….. This is a brilliant series of resources produced by educause that examine an [...]
Just a couple of quick updates in this On the Wire Post. 1. Commoncraft videos – http://www.commoncraft.com – There are two new videos that are going to be useful in the classroom. The first is called “Social Media in the Workplace“ The video has the following blurb which nicely summarises its use: This video takes [...]
In this update of on the wire we have a variety of resources including some brilliant digital citizenship videos. 1. Exposed – CEOP -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovR3FF_6us Exposed is the latest release from the CEOP, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. This video examines sexting from the perspective of a young person. This 10 minute videofor 14 to [...]
1. Educause – 7 things you should know about QR codes – http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutQRCod/163728 This is another excellent resource from the educause team. This looks at QR codes – what are QR codes, they are an information rich form of barcodes. The QR codes can be text, URLs, email etc. You use a genrator to create [...]
This update has a number of interesting resources and some brilliant professional development/student learning videos. Stuff here for technology, digital citizenship and more. Most of this update is video based. 1. The commoncraft show – http://www.commoncraft.com/ This is one of my all ourite website and Lee LeFevers’s work is stunning. Here are the latest video [...]
Educause has just released the latest of its Seven things you should know series. If you haven’t seen them you should take the time to investigate these monthly reports that examine the educational potential and impact of an emerging technology. The latest is looking at Next generation presentation tools. This is examining tools like Slideshare, [...]
Wow, four days off visiting family. Its so nice to have some downtime, but boy was my RSS reader full. Here are some interesting sites and resources I have found “on the wire”. 1. Storybird – http://storybird.com/ This is a collaborative digital story creation tool. worth a visit. 2. Multitasking research. This is some interesting [...]
This is the latest installment in the Seven things you should know series, this one covering the increasingly popular trend of “Microblogging” Microblogging, of course, includes that staple tool twitter. This paper looks at twitter and microblogging in general from an educational perspective. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7051.pdf If you need a how to sheet for twitter – use [...]
