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June 18, 2008

I know this is sad……

Posted by jjakes under General interest, Tasks
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I promised myself that I would be in bed bfore midnight and with 5  mins to go I will rush this post.  I just checked the apple website to see the design award winners and was pleased to see that Screenflow one of our recommended pieces of software for the TTP has won awards in two categories – good to see that we have people who agree with us that this is an excellent piece of software.

Apple Design Awards 2008

Three mins to go and so here they are.  These are links to free whiteboard resources that you could include in your whiteboard outcomes that you have to produce for this course.

Yenka free Resources

Crocodile Clips have some other sample material for science

Ok it’s midnight and I must go to bed as I need to be very early tomorrow.  Whoops 1 min late but I’m gone……

 

May 3, 2008

Curious Blogs

Posted by jjakes under General interest, education
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This is a very simple but interesting blog: This freaking world

This blog is showing a piece of research entitled ‘Can Assistive Technology Make Learning More Accessible to Students with Learning Disabilities?’. Might be worth a read.

O’Neill Public Schools 24/7 Learning Initiative is a blog that will chronicle O’Neill Public School’s endeavors to improve student learning with technology integration.

Digital Transformation a collective blog on digital technology, design and innovation at Temple University

What do you think?

 

May 3, 2008

Statement of Educational Philosophy

Posted by jjakes under General interest, Teachers Blogs
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Here is an example of a blog by Dave Truss, a teacher in Canada

He describes himself as, “I am an educator (Vice Principal) in the Lower Mainland of beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada. Some of my areas of interest include Student Leadership, Numeracy, Social Responsibility, and Integrating Technology into the classroom (using technology for learning rather than just to teach).”

Statement of Educational Philosophy

I wrote this three years ago, but recently had to make a change… As little as one year ago the second paragraph did not exist for me, and now it is placed in a position of importance. I post my Statement of Educational Philosophy now, after reading and posting a comment on Kelly Christopherson’s post, which in turn was inspired by Harold Jarche’s post, which in turn was inspired by Albert Ip’s post, that Harold first read over two years ago… Has this kind of engagement in learning ever happened for you, coming from a text book?I wonder how much of what I have written is ‘universal’ and how much of it is a product of being stuck in the current bureaucratic-age based paradigm?

Feedback, as always, is appreciated. (Think Healthy Discord and feel free to be critical.)

Please click here to read the full post and then write a comment on this blog about what he says.

You can see from the introduction above how blogs can act as a way of collaborating with others and developing your own ideas.
 

May 1, 2008

What do you think?

Posted by jjakes under General interest
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This is a very interesting 8 min video. It can be used with pupils and teachers alike and is great for starting discussions about about todays info society.

What were the most interesting facts within the video? Please write a comment.