Category Archives: e-tools
Social media – Is it time to bring it into the classroom??
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Developing confidence with a variety of systems
I was on LinkedIn today and saw this comment by Kerry Boyle “I don’t think we’re doing our young people justice by making them proficient users of only one brand. The future of the internet and the success of it depends on peoples ability to use a variety of different programmes, operating systems, applications and [...]
Also posted in digital literacy, leadership, teaching, Theory - something to think about
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Qwiki – is this for real?
I just signed up for the alpha testing for Qwiki. It looks interesting but is it real?? Qwiki at TechCrunch Disrupt from Qwiki on Vimeo. I then found this article on Qwiki: The Startup That Won TechCrunch Disrupt–Qwiki–Was Just Cloned With Only 321 Lines Of Code Read more… See fqwiki in action
Motivation in Learning
This RSA animation of Dan Pink’s talk, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. www.theRSA.org Can we take this motivation of Self Direction, Mastery and Making a Contribution and use it in the classroom? I am not a fan of the old class lecture. There are people [...]
How to Tame Educators; How to Tame IT
I am known both as an Educator and as IT support staff. I hop from one side of the fence to the other always looking for and trying to build a path/bridge between the 2 worlds. I found this article about building relationships in the work place which I have adapted for my role. Adapted [...]
Use Twitter to build a PLN
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Web3.0 – Answer to overwhelming info?
Here’s a great video about Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, featuring brief interviews with Tim Berners-Lee, Clay Shirky, David Weinberger, and others. Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo.
love these quotes
You can give a student a fish and feed him for a day or you can teach her how to fish and feed her for a lifetime – an adaption from the bible “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change” – [...]
illiterate of the future
“the illiterate of the future will not be those who cannot read and write but those who can not learn, unlearn and relearn” Alvin Toffler