A quick look at the new Dragon Dictation app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with some thoughts on why its a useful development.
Education Blog:
Enter the Dragon
July 29, 2010 - Mobile, Site of the Week -Open Conference 2010: Video Interviews
June 16, 2010 - Site of the Week, learning -
Martin Weller’s blog, The Ed Techie, was the first technology blog that I followed and he’s a constant stream of intrestingness. His latest post is really valuable for anyone interested in ed-tech generally, but also open educational models specifically. He has done interviews with a number of OU luminaries (Martin Bean, Grainne Conole, Andrew Law and Simon Buckinham-Shum) on the questions of the benefits of technology for learning and interesting issues around openness.
AudioBoo – It must be love!
May 28, 2010 - Equipment, Mobile, Site of the Week, Web Tools -
I’m going all gooey about AudioBoo at the moment. It’s sat around in the perpiphery of my vision for a while now but in the last month or so I’ve started to see it as a really useful addition to my network of tools, especially now I’m a JesusPhone user.
Here’s why I’m gushing…
The Great Education Debate
March 19, 2010 - Site of the Week, Whole School Issues -
I’ve been asked by Edge, a charity “dedicated to raising the stature of practical and vocational learning”, if I would host a stream for this debate taking place on the 22nd March at 16:30.
You can find links to the Facebook pages here.
Wallwisher – Review for my MSc
November 24, 2009 - MSc, Site of the Week, Web Tools -
One 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 -
Film 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…
Myna – Easy audio creation on the web
September 24, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools -
Aviary has recently released a web based audio editor called Myna and it’s well wrth a look regardless of what area of the curriculum you’re from.
Aviary already has an established web…
Is the world getting better or worse?
September 10, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources -VuVox – Multimedia collage creator
August 13, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools -Making stop-motion animation
August 11, 2009 - Site of the Week, Tips and Techniques -M’learned colleague at Sheffield South CLC, Catherine Moore has been using her summer profitably. She’s made a short how-to about making stop motion animation. I particularly like the paper clip fish.
