DMGC Week 2
Well we didnt expect that! We had 46 students arrived and two can after other clubs. Thats nearly a 80% increase from week 1. We started with a few annoucements and then gave a short demo of GIMP. We were …
Digital Learning
Technology, teaching and teachnology
From a 5 Minunte Meal to a Feast
Look, I have been reviewing a number of tools, as an introduction I picked some simple and very easy to access tools that I believe could have a real impact on teaching and learning. As these were not nouveaux but …
#5 5 Minute ICT Meals for ICT
Topic or Tool: Ancient Rome in Google. Wow. Google has released an “Ancient Rome 3D” layer for their popular Google Earth browser. The new layer shows many of the buildings and structures that made up the city during the rule …
#4 5 Minutes Meals for ICT
Topic or Tool: Social Bookmarking. Another term for website ‘favourites,’ only you can organise these bookmarks and share then with colleagues or with ‘your network.’ Still not clear? Then watch this Common Craft video. PS if you have not come …
Live Websites in your PPTs
LiveWeb allows you to insert web pages into a PowerPoint slide and refresh the pages real time during slide show. Bascially you can display web pages without ever leaving the confines of your PowerPoint slide show. I thought this might …
#3 5 Minute Meals for ICT
Topic or Tool: Smallworlds What does it cost? FREE. SmallWorlds is a 3D virtual world (similar to Second Life and Lively) but it runs inside your web browser – no software to install. Targeted at anyone aged 13 years and …
#2 5 Minutes Meals for ICT
I cant remember the format, just give me two seconds to copy and paste it from the last meal, to keep things orderly. Topic or Tool: Busbi Camera, small, portable and easy to use video cameras. What does it cost? …
#1 5 Minutes Meals for ICT
Topic or Tool: Screencasting, a digital recording of computer screen. What does it cost? Low end FREE, at the Professional end, it can be expensive. For use in your classroom, on your website or CPD, Jing, Wink, ScreenToaster, Screencast-o-matic and …