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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.

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…

Digital Photography in York

October 14, 2009 - Tips and Techniques, Web Tools - By: Chris

Pic: York MinsterI was invited last week to support a creative session at the Sheffield Primary Headteachers’ Conference in York on digital imaging. It was run by Rob Walker from Playing for Success with me tagging along and throwing in my tuppence-worth.

I thought I’d share the results with you.

Myna – Easy audio creation on the web

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

Pic: Myna from AviaryAviary 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…

AudioBoo – Audio microblogging

May 26, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources, software - By: Chris

Pic: Image - Eddie Lawrance on FlickrNo  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…

Cool headphone splitter for the classroom

October 31, 2008 - Equipment - By: Chris

Pic: 5-way headphone splitter 
We discovered these a few weeks back looking for headphone splitters for a classroom set of laptops. We needed them for group work on media editing avoiding drowning out the whole room with tinny laptop sounds. Most splitters cater…

How NOT to Podcast!

August 5, 2008 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Here’s a wasted opportunity.
Amazing Grades have a series of podcasts done on a range of topics and you can preview them here.
Is it too much to expect that if you get Harry Hill to…

Free and Legal

July 17, 2008 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Ever struggled to find video, pics or audio on the web to use in your teaching resources that won’t incur the wrath of the god of intellectual property?
Creative Commons is an alternative legal structure from normal copyright rules. Anyone…