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Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:06 AM

Will schools jump on the bandwagon or be left behind?

The title of this post is the opening of a web 2.0 in education report based on research responses from school administrators in the US. Some of the report's statements and findings raise interesting questions. "... digital media - and particularly...
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:17 PM

Cramster - a viable concept for 'out of school' teaching and learning?

I'm always on the look out for interesting ideas in the Web 2.0 world, and am intrigued by the concept behind Cramster , a free online study community (portal) that claims to bring together those who want to learn and those who want to teach. It appears...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008 7:15 PM

Becta Web 2.0 Research Report

Web 2.0 technologies for learning at KS3 and KS4 Becta commissioned the University of Nottingham in conjunction with London Knowledge Lab and Manchester Metropolitan University to research Web 2.0 technologies for learning at Key Stages 3 and 4. The purpose...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007 11:24 AM

Podcasting - quick wins for quality

I've been really getting into podcasting and also into adding audio to slidehare and voicethread shows. The latter are two excellent online presentation tools that allow the user to quickly narrate and publish PowerPoints and create stories based around...
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Monday, November 19, 2007 5:39 PM

Global Village? ... meet your neighbours!

Sometimes an online experience can be so poignant that I am lost for words. One of these was when the US Holocaust Museum used Google Earth to show the destruction of villages in Darfur.The latest is by French Photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand who aims...
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Friday, November 16, 2007 7:12 PM

You're 'virtually' nicked!

This story cracked me up. Police arrested one 17 year old Dutch teenager and questioned five others for stealing virtual furniture from a room in Habbo Hotel . For those who don't know, Habbo Hotel is a 3D social networking site aimed at children. The...
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Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:19 PM

Google Earth - Mapping the Genocide of Darfur

Poignant educational use of technology! ... 'Crisis in Darfur' is the first of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 's ' Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative ' that is aimed at providing information on potential genocides early on in the hope...
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Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:52 PM

We're back in the blogosphere!

After the technical hitches, we are back!! I will leave the technical explanations to others, but there are a number of pent up posts!
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