Here’s another entry to the D-Ed Pool, technology that has fallen by the wayside, and it’s an interesting one as it’s a service I quite liked but also is a good example of one of the main pitfalls of using web2.0 tools for education.
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Farewell Fliggo
January 18, 2010 - D-Ed Pool, Web Tools, Whole School Issues -Wallwisher – Review for my MSc
November 24, 2009 - MSc, Site of the Week, Web Tools -
One of the activities this semester for the Technology Enhanced Learning Innovation and Change MSc has been to examine a free Web2.0 tool and to post our reflections on it. I chose to do Wallwisher after a…
CP3 Conference – resources available
November 17, 2009 - Professional Development, Site of the Week -
Film Education’s CP3 conference is a routinely excellent occasion and well worth your attention if you are involved in using digital media in education. I’ve blogged about it before.
The last event was in Liverpool (way…
Digital Photography in York
October 14, 2009 - Tips and Techniques, Web Tools -
I 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 -
Aviary 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…
Is the world getting better or worse?
September 10, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources -
Not 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.
VuVox – Multimedia collage creator
August 13, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools -
Have been having a bit of fun with VuVox today. It’s a nifty wee tool for making a collage of images, videos and music presented in a scolling format.
OE-Cake makes me wish…
July 6, 2009 - Site of the Week, resources, software -
…I was a physicist!
Basically, OE-Cake is a physics simulator for demonstrating the properties of different materials.
Cute wee jigsaw puzzle site
June 15, 2009 - Site of the Week, Web Tools, resources -
Here’s a nice wee jigsaw puzzle creator which would be nice for whiteboard activities. Jigsaws are saved as a URL so can be put on blogs, VLE’s etc.
Have a go at my nice but pointless…
Web 2.0 in schools – Practical considerations
November 4, 2009 - Comment, Professional Development, Web Tools - By: ChrisOne thing that has come out even in the first few weeks is that actually, all is not as rosey as it could be. I’m becoming a bit more pragmatic when it comes to a vision of a web2.0 future.