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AudioBoo – It must be love!

May 28, 2010 - Site of the Week - 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…

Audioboo on Participation and Fear

February 23, 2010 - Comment - 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.

Farewell Fliggo

January 18, 2010 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Pic: bye!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.

Wallwisher – Review for my MSc

November 24, 2009 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

Pic: create wallOne 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 recommendation by Guy …

Web 2.0 in schools – Practical considerations

November 4, 2009 - Comment - By: Chris

Pic: Image - Netbook by -eko-We’ve embarked on a project with some of our primaries recently to investigate using web2.0 applications for teaching and learning.

One 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.

Digital Photography in York

October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Pic: York MinsterI 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 - 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

Evangelising web2.0 for schools – Sacha Chua

September 3, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Picked this up via Free Technology for Teachers this morning. It’s nice to come across someone with a sunny disposition on the web especially when it’s blowing a force 4 Yorkshire gale outside so thank you Sacha. Check out her slideshow on Web2.0 for teachers…

Help needed – designing a tools directory

August 24, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Pic: ...such a big wordMe and my tame web developer, Aaron have been thinking about putting together a directory for educators to search for web2.0 sites and applications to help with their teaching and learning. Aaron has come up with a genius database for behind-the-scenes but I wanted to get some views from my PLN before we commited stuff to the web.

VuVox – Multimedia collage creator

August 13, 2009 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

Pic: vuvox logoHave 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.