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Audioboo on Participation and Fear

February 23, 2010 - Comment, MSc, Whole School Issues - By: Chris

Pic: Picture of tarantulaAs part of our MSc we’ve had to read a paper by Guy Merchant (2009) on Web2.0, new literacies and the idea of learning though participation. We were asked to provide a response on it in a form of our choosing. I thought I’d have a go with Audioboo as I haven’t really had a chance to play with it.

“Cell Groups” and CPD

February 3, 2010 - Comment, MSc, Professional Development, Whole School Issues, cpd - By: Chris

Pic: Cell by skatejpgThis idea has been knocking around in my head for a few days. I’m not even sure it’s a practical suggestion but when you’ve got an itch you gotta scratch.
There’ve been quite a lot of new developments regarding CPD in the…

Poetry and Photostories – Evaluative Case Study

February 2, 2010 - MSc, Professional Development - By: Chris

Pic: Hallam Cascade by shanerounce CC on FlickrThe first semester of my MSc is now complete. The final assignment was an evaluative case study on a project using photostories as a way of helping Year 11 students develop their skills in analysing poetry. I’ve posted the document and comments are welcome.

Farewell Fliggo

January 18, 2010 - D-Ed Pool, Web Tools, Whole School Issues - By: Chris

Pic: bye!Here’s another entry to the D-Ed Pool, technology that has fallen by the wayside, and it’s an interesting one as it’s a service I quite liked but also is a good example of one of the main pitfalls of using web2.0 tools for education.

Twitter Tag @BETT2010

December 21, 2009 - Professional Development, Uncategorized - By: Chris

Pic: Image - Mr Ush on FlickrA suggestion for the rules of Twitter Tag at BETT2010 – comments welcome…

Thoughts on the iPod Touch for Edu

December 17, 2009 - Comment, Equipment, Whole School Issues - By: Chris

Pic: CC Image - /Joe on FlickrTo what extent does the iPod Touch contribute to pedagogical change? On it’s own I’m not sure it does. It’s designed with a different purpose in mind. Having tried one out for a few weeks these are some of my initial thoughts as an aide memoire (and they probably will change over time).

Wallwisher – Review for my MSc

November 24, 2009 - MSc, Site of the Week, Web Tools - By: Chris

Pic: create wallOne of the activities this semester for the Technology Enhanced Learning Innovation and Change MSc has been to examine a free Web2.0 tool and to post our reflections on it. I chose to do Wallwisher after a…

CP3 Conference – resources available

November 17, 2009 - Professional Development, Site of the Week - By: Chris

Pic: Image Credit - Tom BarranceFilm Education’s CP3 conference is a routinely excellent occasion and well worth your attention if you are involved in using digital media in education. I’ve blogged about it before.
The last event was in Liverpool (way…

The greatest idea I ever had…

November 12, 2009 - Equipment, Tips and Techniques - By: Chris

Pic: CC - Martin Charbonneau…apart from the Creme Egg toastie.

For simple impact to cost ratio this was a belter.
We have lots of headphones. I mean, hundreds! They get boxed up at the end of our sessions as they’re mostly attached to…

A New Online Clock

November 11, 2009 - Web Tools - By: Aaron

Pic: online-clockOnline-Stopwatch.com has hijacked Electric Chalk (Sorry Chris!) to tell you about the new Online Clock and Online Alarm Clock features.

Both clocks are really easy to use – and of course, free :-)

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