Self Created Learning
We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided for us, and toward the idea that an education is something that we create for ourselves. It is time, in other words, that we change …
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Google Timeline
I have been wanting to find a really good reason to use Google Timelines in my lessons for quite some time now, but rarely do I get the opportunity to take a chronological review of a topic or query. English …
Language not Essential
YouTube offers our 2 year a wealth of content. Having shown him the Chipmunks he has gone on to explore and store a library of Simon’s Cat (useful for leftfield lesson starters) and various Disney clips, interestingly though the language …
Sifteo Coming to a Classroom Soon
Siftables aims to enable people to interact with information and media in physical, natural ways that approach interactions with physical objects in our everyday lives. I first saw a product idea called ‘Siftables’ on a tech blog post back in …
More Than What is Taught
Your teachers here work very hard trying to share important, meaningful and relevant knowledge and skills. And that’s important, but it’s not enough. Because to be successful in the 21st century you’re going to have to be a learner, you’re …
Mobile Technology in Schools Sooner than we Thought?
A day after Apple announced its new iTouch (the iPhone without the contract), Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab. Technology analysts CCS Insight said that Samsung had joined the tablet melee with an "attractive device and strong service offer", calling the …
Adding Struggle to Learning
I am very proud of myself this morning. After 6 days of perservence, forum reading and trial and error learning, I finally managed to get a new experimental Delicious (online bookmarking) feature to work – blog posting. Basically information stored in your Delicious …
The Long and Short of it.
The long and the short of it is if the teacher touches the technology more than the students, then it has little chance of transforming the learning environment. Jim Klein