Not a hugely inspiring piece of ICT but this data poster has come from New Scientist via Digg. It’s worth a moment of your time.
Education Blog:
Is the world getting better or worse?
September 10, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources -Help needed – designing a tools directory
August 24, 2009 - Web Tools, resources -
Me and my tame web developer, Aaron have been thinking about putting together a directory for educators to search for web2.0 sites and applications to help with their teaching and learning. Aaron has come up with a genius database for behind-the-scenes but I wanted to get some views from my PLN before we commited stuff to the web.
OE-Cake makes me wish…
July 6, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources, software -
…I was a physicist!
Basically, OE-Cake is a physics simulator for demonstrating the properties of different materials.
Cute wee jigsaw puzzle site
June 15, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools, resources -
Here’s a nice wee jigsaw puzzle creator which would be nice for whiteboard activities. Jigsaws are saved as a URL so can be put on blogs, VLE’s etc.
Have a go at my nice but pointless…
Twitter – Resistance is futile
May 28, 2009 - Professional Development, resources -
I did a wee post a while ago getting all snotty about Twitter but I think the time has come to re-engage with it. I started following a few of my favourite bloggers (
BBC Poetry Season -
May 27, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources -
Have a look at the BBC’s poetry season mini-site. Loads of media and bits and pieces about making poetry accessible. If you’re an English teacher you’ve probably already seen it but I thought I’d…
AudioBoo – Audio microblogging
May 26, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources, software -
No matter where you go on the internet, whatever you discover it is a safe bet that Stephen Fry has got there before you!
So it is with AudioBoo. Basically, it’s Twitter for audio.
I’ll start…
Tracing swine flu on web2.0
April 27, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools, resources -
The Guardian’s Digital World blog has highlighted the outbreak of map mash-ups tracing the spread of the H1N1 virus currently centred on Mexico.
Fliggo – Make your own YouTube
March 2, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools, resources -
Fliggo allows you to set up your own video sharing site for free. You can then control who has access, who can upload and comment etc.
My Revision Plan – Update
February 9, 2009 - Web Tools, resources -As promised here is the response to my email to myrevsionplan about the security of students’ data that I mentioned in my previous post on this topic…
