Educational Origami

Here are a set of resources from Microsoft for working with Windows and MS office in the classroom. This is useful set of materials. accessibility in the classroom - http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/Accessibility.aspx Mathematics 4.0 in the classroom _ http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/Mathematics-guide.aspx – this includes a step by step guide, plus links to the download of the product as well Bing (Microsofts [...]

Well no not really, but this is a great alternative and its free. Its called Growly Notes and is made by Growly Bird Software – http://growlybird.com/GrowlyBird/Notes.html Growly Notes is an organisational note taking tool that allows you to create and organise your notes, containing text, images, web links, and video clips. You have the ability [...]

In this update of on the wire we have resources available from MS Australia, the open library a cool school and much more. 1. Free Tools in the classroom – http://www.microsoft.com/australia/education/teachers/teachertools/free-tools.aspx- Applications and resources available through MS Australia. This is a good start and has links and resources for Autocollage Photosynth Moviemaker live Worth investigating [...]

One of the sessions I ran at the Flatclassroom conference was iPad, iPod, iPhone and iEducation. The session was short but very well attended and Apple China lent the conference 10 iPads and 40 iPod touches to use. The premise of the session was what would I put on a class set of iPads or [...]

This week at school has been frantic, but here are some of the sites I have stumbled across this week 1. Colour Theory – http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/ How we use colour in our publications, presentationand website can influence how readable, useful and attractive our work is. THis is a good resource that will assist. Smashing Magazine, mark [...]

This is the first Adobe Air tool that has really caught my attention. It is graphic design motion based painting program. It allows you to select a wide range of brushes and the decorate your canvas. Livebrush Available as a free download or as a low cost pro version this is a neat tool. As [...]

What are the software tools that we need to teach our students? I believe we can not be limited to just a productivity suite, we need a range of tools that we can use to enhance our students learning and engage them in a variety of activities. Here is my list of tool categories and [...]

In my last post about the Software for schools package I recieved a reply from Paul, who works at the Ministry. I have worked with Paul in the past and I believe the question he asked was worth more than just a threaded reply Here is Pauls original comment and below it my responce; “Good [...]

…. is not that its microsoft or apple, is not that its Office 2007 or 2010. No, my problem is choice and certainty. While the ministry has been quoted in interface magazine as saying  ”The agreement covers almost 200,000 computers and provides schools with certainty for the next three years,” said Howard Baldwin, Acting Manager, [...]

This is a free multi platfom tool that allows you to create mosaic images from your own pictures. The product is called Andrea Mosaic – http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/ The Download is available from this page – http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/download/ as is the link to the instruction manual – http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/AndreaMosaicManual.pdf Both the program and the manual are multilingual – the [...]