A collegue asked me the other day “what is next?” We were discussing email and how this very simple and now relatively old system has changed the face of communications. The first APRANET email was sent in 1971, and use of email has grown exponentially. In many instances, email has replaced the letter as our [...]
I love seeing so many school starting to adopt technology and recognising that the use of technology can be motivating and engaging, especially in light of the “More ladders,fewer snakes” report from the independent think tank the New Zealand institute - http://www.nzinstitute.org/ What is critical is that the presence of technology by itself is not a [...]
Next week my students and I are presenting at a conference in Sydney via video conference. They are presenting to teachers about how they use technology to enhance their learning. The presentation will invove me introducing and concluding the presentation, but the really important stuff is coming from the students. They are explaining how they [...]
This on the wire upadte looks at cartoons, there is something here for pretty much everyone – even physics 1. Physics.org Marvin and Mills cartoons – http://www.physics.org/marvinandmilo.asp As well as being a useful resource site for Physics, Physics.org also has a great set of Marvin and Milo cartoons that explain in a fun way Physics [...]
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing a podcast with Chris Betcher, Deon Scanlon, Allanah King and Amanda Marrinan. The topic of conversation was iOs applications and Education. It was a great deal of fun and I got some great applications to try out. Chris has done a great write up [...]
This on the wire post has a single theme and is examining the Language translation technologies. These resources will suit IT students and particularly ITGS students, but of course the Language students will also find this useful to. Google Translate This is a great place to start. As the video suggests this is a free [...]
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 [...]
A handful of the best is one of the presentations I ran at uLearn09. The basis of this presentation is a collection of open source, free or great proprietory tools that I use in my classroom. While the “software for schools” deal does provide a basic productivity suite for computers in schools and an OS [...]
With the recent discussions about the Software for schools deal, its worth considering some of the other tools we could use in our teaching. One of the best tools for the visual learner is a mind map. This learning tool is not covered by the software for schools package but fortunately for us there are [...]
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 [...]
