Educational Origami

Educause publishes a series of useful resources for administrators and teachers. Here are their latest offerings: http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-connected-learning – One of the critical skills universally identified for thriving in the 21st Century is the ability to communicate and collaborate. http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-infographic-creation-tools I love infographics and the research about our brains ability to process images and develop meaning [...]

Here are a couple of useful links that I have come across recently. 1. Educause  - 7 things you should know - http://www.educause.edu/ There are two recent updates in this useful series. The first is collaborative learning spaces and the second infographics tools. We are seeing across education a shift towards learning happening not just in [...]

Its been a while since I have had the time to pen an on the wire update, but here is one. 1. TinEye Labs – http://labs.tineye.com/ This is a search engine with a difference, this one is based on colour. The search feature allows you to select a colour and then search through Flickr for [...]

Here are a couple of educause updates. These are part of the excellent seven things you should know series, published monthly by Educause. The latest two are: 7 Things you should know about microlectures – http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-microlectures 7 Things you should know about group texting – http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-group-texting Educause has a number of interesting libraries that are [...]

  Badges? What are badges? I always thought badges were small circular discs that you pinned (carefully) to your shirt or jacket. But we now have digital badges as well. Educause has just released their latest update which discusses Digital badges – Seven things you should know about badges. This is the link to the [...]

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 [...]