I’ve been having my first foray into the world of augmented reality via the iPhone. Although the current generation of apps looks promising I feel we’re still a away from making AR really exciting, accessible and cool.
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AR – Reality, but better?
July 28, 2010 - Uncategorized -AudioBoo – It must be love!
May 28, 2010 - Site of the Week -
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…
What’s the point of ePortfolios?
May 5, 2010 - Uncategorized -
Some personal reflections from the Centre for Recording Achievement’s international seminar on Personal Development Planning and ePortfolios in Nottingham on the 26th-28th May, 2010.
So is gaming good for education or not?
March 3, 2009 - Uncategorized -
An interesting juxtaposition of consecutive articles from BECTA recently. The first questions the effectiveness of those “Brain Training ” games and the second trumpets the value of gaming in enhancing certain skills.
Gaming in Education
October 28, 2008 - Comment -This was an interesting news story… this week. Compared to the 1970′s the nature of learning has changed. Kids are now better at regurgitating facts but less good at problem-solving. You could argue this is down to a culture of “teaching to
Tags: Gaming, informal learning
Novelty Junkies
April 9, 2010 - Comment - By: ChrisThe thing that gets the Tweeps I follow particularly excited is novelty. When a…