Well, it’s been a lovely summer holiday so far here in New Zealand but the sun isn’t shining all that much today, so it’s a good day to get back into the swing of things. As I’m sure all teachers do, I have been relishing the long break we are lucky enough to get whilst … Continue reading »
“In too many cases, we bolt new technologies on top of current learning tools in the standard learning environment, which effectively means we give our kids a thousand-dollar pencil.” – Alan November. I just went on YouTube and searched 21st Century learning and was not overly surprised with what came up – plenty of examples of digital … Continue reading »
Let’s think more broadly about writing, presenting information and telling stories! Here are just a couple of ideas that you may or may not come across: Xtranormal - Animated cartoons Animoto - Professional looking presentations Storybird - Online books with artist’s illustrations Zooburst - Online pop-up books Voicethread - Multimedia slide show people can comment on Voki - Speaking avatars There … Continue reading »
This term we have decided to change the way we do ICT professional development a little and try out something new. The concept is this: “Coffee and Computers” (I’m sure you can come up with a better name than this but, under time constraints, boring old alliteration won when deciding on a title. This is … Continue reading »
This was recently posted on coolinfographics.com and is worth a look and a ponder: It’s also worth thinking about how infographics could be used in your classroom… How has internet changed education infographic from SEO.com explores what kind of impact the Internet has on education. Continue reading »
I came across this a little while ago and thought it would be useful to give teachers ideas on how online tools could be used in the classroom. The original site has the same diagram but each logo is a link. Continue reading »
