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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.

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…

Web Quests – Internet research in the classroom

December 5, 2008 - Site of the Week, resources - By: Chris

Another good piece from Teachers’ TV. Part of their excellent ICT SOS series.
I’ve talked about using VLE’s to list suggested links for students rather than free-Googling. Here they suggest using…

Oxbridge podcasting on iTunes U

October 9, 2008 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

Oxford and Cambridge universities have started posting podcasts on the iTunes U store. They join the OU and University College London in making media from UK Uni’s available through this outlet. There is…