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Mar
11
I bought one of the new Asus eeepc's last week.
I needed a machine that was ultra-portable but not ultra-expensive. The eeepc fitted the bill exactly. It comes with all the applications I need: Openoffice, Skype, Firefox - plus a whole load of others… more »
Jan
23
Communication & collaboration in the 21st Century
Technology, Knowledge Management, Topic Maps, Change Management Send feedback » 2421 viewsIn preparation for a workshop I'm running on Friday, I've created a set of concept maps. They're are designed to be used in a facilitated manner, so they don't really standalone, except as a resource to be used after the workshop.
It's all about choic… more »
Jan
09
I've just updated my list of Top Ten Tools for Jane Hart's Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies.
It was an interesting exercise, just to see how my work has changed over the past 6 months. The list is now focussed on "learning" tools, ra… more »
Jan
08
I'm off to BETT on Friday afternoon. This is probably one of the biggest educational (K-12) technology shows in the world. The main reason I'm going is the TeachMeet ( http://teachmeet.pbwiki.com/TeachMeet08_London ) at 5pm, which adopts a model successf… more »
Jan
03
My children are starting, occasionally, to explore websites wider than CBBC and TVOKids... I've been wondering about some sort of filtering which would protect them from the worst excesses of the internet, would be easy to administer, and would allow us… more »
Jan
02
These notes support a workshop that I'm going to be running this month. It's designed to help participants understand how browsers, webservers, script interpreters and databases work together to produce webpages.
It is designed for people who have HTM… more »
Jan
01
This resource is designed to support a half day CPD session for primary teachers. The facilitator's notes are published in Electric Word's Primary ICT Coordinators' File (issue 21) - subscription required.
Teachers teaching teachers
Many teachers a… more »
Dec
14
For a long time I've been looking for my ideal Learner Support System. It may well exist in the guise of an "Enterprise" system - but I want one that I can understand.
Here's what it needs to do:
It needs to be as simple to install and upgrade as… more »
Dec
03
Blogs in Plain English
Learning, Technology, Connected Learning Environment, RSS 1 feedback » 775 viewsI've not been doing much thinking out loud on the blog recently - due to pressure of work. But I couldn't resist making a note of this video. It's another one from the CommonCraft Show. This time it's about blogs in general. Whereas I tend to focus on ho… more »
Nov
13
Thanks to Euan I've discovered that Google Reader now lets you publish a list of the blogs you read in a particular folder.
Brilliant - now I can show you my personal A-list of blogs & other sources. You'll have to come to the site and look down t… more »
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