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Chalknote #3

August 6, 2010 - Chalknote - By: Chris

Pic: My Dad on the slopes of Ben Lawers, PerthshireThis week, Google Docs, AR, Affective Context learning, mountains, my Dad and a moan about Spotify.

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.

AudioBoo – It must be love!

May 28, 2010 - Equipment, Mobile, Site of the Week, Web Tools - By: Chris

Pic: Wall of soundI’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…

Is the world getting better or worse?

September 10, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources - By: Chris

Pic: Image - CC from FlickrNot 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.

igot-U – Easy-peasy GPS Tracking

September 1, 2009 - Equipment, software - By: Chris

Pic: igot-U TrackerIt’s not often I write about bits of kit but I’ve been having a bit of fun with this wee gem for a few days now. The i-gotU tracker has been around for a little while and has previously featured on MerlinJohn but we got our grubby mitts on one last week.

Immersive technologies and education

June 11, 2009 - Professional Development, software - By: Chris

Pic: Image - Adi Setiawan on FlickrHad an interesting day out on Monday at Nottingham Uni. Nick Mount and Gary Priestnall in the school of geography were hosting a workshop on the uses of immersive technologies in education.…

Tracing swine flu on web2.0

April 27, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools, resources - By: Chris

Pic: Image Credit - Forklift on FlickrThe Guardian’s Digital World blog has highlighted the outbreak of map mash-ups tracing the spread of the H1N1 virus currently centred on Mexico.