Google and your memory
This chart is courtesy of Online Colleges who are linked below. Their blogs are worth taking a look at and they come up with cool graphics like these from time to time. Basically this...
Kerry Boyde-Preece
The Authentic Audience
In writing up my position paper (work in progress) ‘Blended Learning in Secondary Schools is a Start in the Right Direction’ I wanted to use the term ‘authentic audience’. My understanding of an...
Computer games help scientists unravel virus strains.
I came across an interesting piece by Ian Steward in The Sunday Star Times which focused on an online game called “Foldit”. “Foldit” is a prime example of digital technology working as an educational medium with...
Photo editing
One of the problems that can happen when we want to upload images off our camera onto the internet is that they are too large. With bigger and better digital camera’s the size of...
A different way to tell a story
For me there’s nothing like a day at home doing what I love best, playing about with a bunch of digital tools to create something. I have an assignment due in a few weeks,...
What adults can learn from kids
Watch this awe inspiring video 13 year old Adora Svitak, is an amazing speaker and tell us adults a thing or two about how to teach. Adora reminds us of the wealth of creativity...
Internet Safety in the Social Media
One of my pet things about integrating ICT into the curriculum is creating an awareness around internet safety and appropriate online behaviour. Last year I attended a workshop put on by DTG (Digital Technolgies...
RSA Animate Changing education paradigms
I’m a real fan of Sir Ken Robinson and RSA Animate and here they’ve joined forces to present a fabulous video which discusses the shifts that are occurring within our education systems, a must...
Don’t stifle their creativity
I was heartened when I came across a book during my son’s kindergarten years by Pennie Brownlee who encouraged parents and teachers of young children to ask children to tell them about their drawing...
Time to put the brakes on
As soon as there’s a new kid on the block someone wants to deconstruct it and show us all the pitfalls. “Young people of the digital native generation possess sophisticated knowledge of and skills...
