Software, hardware, webware for education.
Microsoft Labs posted an interesting article / update on OfficeTalk testing today (testing for quite some time if you take into account the first official posts were in March 2010). ‘Microsoft’s Twitter for businesses‘ application. The most notable statistic highlighting that …
Its worth spending 10 minutes on the Microsoft Education Blog to check out the new add-ins and templates for Office 2007 and Office 2010. All the downloads can be found here with specific information Mouse Mischief here. I am most interested in …
A few more days into the project and we are faced with the ‘which platform’ decision. WordPress (which I use for my own blog) is IHMO excellent. It provides a wide range of themes, plugins, widgets and more. The initial …
We have been waiting for WordPress 3 with its integrated multi-user function for a short while. Recently released, we are keen to investigate the impact of publishing student work as a motivational incentive. In my short time teaching with Web …
Sharing pictures made easy. Kizoa is a simple, effective slideshow creation tool with collaborative options. It took no more than 5 minutes to create my slideshow. With the freemium model you can create and embed, but you will need a …
Google recently launched a new feature called the Search Stories Video Creator. This new feature prompts you to input up to seven search queries from acroos Google’s search features (including Images, Maps, and of cause web search), throw on a song …
A very simple, fun no-frills password checker. Think Yr 7 – think how to login and the importance of simple safe passwords. Just a thought, don’t test your actual password! Get your students to test fake passwords and ask them which changes had …
For as long as I have been a ICT tecaher, I have been looking experimenting with screencasting. It started with creating screencasts to support learning and this task left a lasting impression. Screencasts are very simple in practice, but actually …
