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He’s been taken up!

July 4, 2011 - Personal Development - By: Chris

I’m going to be blogging on Posterous over the summer. Change is as good as a rest etc etc.

Using Social Bookmarking

February 9, 2011 - Technology - By: Chris

Pic: Red bookmarkI thought it was time I jotted down some thoughts about using social bookmarking. I’ve been using it for a while and bigging it up in Netskills workshops so a personal audit is in order.

Chalknote #9

January 27, 2011 - Chalknote - By: Chris

Pic: Double bass headstockThis week I have mostly been trying to fix the blog, trying to sound like I know what I’m talking about in an essay, writing stuff on blogging and learning the bull fiddle (the musical instrument, not the agricultural practice).

What the hell am I scared of?

November 24, 2010 - Personal Development - By: Chris

Pic: Scared?
I’m finding it really difficult to blog about stuff at the moment.
It’s not that I haven’t been doing or thinking about things. Some pretty significant stuff has happened recently (from my perspective, at least).
And yet I seem to

Really, why am I not using Posterous?

September 7, 2010 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

Pic: posterous logoIn preparation for a workshop I’m running shortly I’ve been looking at blogging platform Posterous. It’s remarkably simple and fun, especially when used with a mobile device.

It throws up 2 tricky questions for me, though…

Enter the Dragon

July 29, 2010 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

Pic: Dragon logoA quick look at the new Dragon Dictation app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with some thoughts on why its a useful development.

Chalknote #1

July 23, 2010 - Chalknote - By: Chris

Pic: Millenium Bridge, Newcastle-GateseheadIn order to regain a bit of impetus behind my blogging I’m shamelessly nicking the idea of a few other bloggers and producing a weekly digest of some of the things I’ve been working on, discovered or reflected on over the course of the week.

This is the first one.

Myna – Easy audio creation on the web

September 24, 2009 - Site of the Week - 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 presence with its fantastic suite of image and

Taking Stock – is this blog worth it?

August 6, 2009 - Comment - By: Chris

Pic: Eye See YouElectric Chalk is nearly a year old (at least in its current incarnation) and I feel the need to evaluate.
I’m quite pleased with the way the blog looks and the visitor numbers are good but I’m a bit demoralised that visits are short and virtually nobody is leaving comments. Also, I suspect I’ve lost sight of what this blog is actually for.

Off to BETT 2009

December 2, 2008 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

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The boss has sort of given the nod to me and my line manager going to BETT… this year.
If you are involved in ICT in education in any sort of planning or strategic sense in the UK then BETT is