Digital Natives

This is an thought provoking video clip presented by Guy Kawasaki on how young people use technology. It is in the form of a panel discussion to a group of business people in San Francisco. There are some interesting trends here. However their use of technology is broadly similar to young people in Scotland. [...]

iTunes U

I knew various universities in the USA had their own spaces in iTunes using iTunes U so students could download various lectures via podcast to their iPods.

The University of Berkley has gone a stage further and has come come to a deal with Google Video so students can view some of their [...]

From little acorns?

Following on from my previous post about online Biology Resources. We have plans to extend this facility for our pupils with Intermediate 1 Maths and Intermediate 1 English courses online by August 2007.
Several local authorities in Scotland have expressed a desire to work together on this type of project to extend the range of courses [...]

Online Biology

We have now finished the work of putting a complete Biology course online. It supports the Intermediate 1 Biology course.
The web site comprises a set of video clips supported by worksheet and powerpoint presentations. The completed web site is here. There are also online activities and online end of topic tests.
The site [...]

SETT

SETT proved to be a busy and interesting time. Two days jammed with meetings, presentations and discussions.
I managed to catch Andy Hargreaves talk on educational change and leadership.
This was one session I was keen to get to. Good stuff with a lot of pertinent points backed up with evidence.
Here is one issue [...]

The Sociology of Web 2.0

Interesting sociological article about the possible impact of web 2.0 technologies on the way many young people now communicate and relate to each other. From the New Scientist by Sherry Turkle Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Living online: I’ll have to ask my friends [...]

And now we have Zebo!

Most of us will have heard of the social networking site Bebo. Now we have a new kid on the block - Zebo
There is an article on Mashable about the social networking site Zebo.com. It claims to have 4 million users. Zebo is similar to other social networking sites. You can [...]

Andy Hargreaves at SETT- A must for me.

One person I am interested in hearing at the SETT Conference next week is Andy Hargreaves.
Andy Hargreaves is the Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College.
I first came across his work while looking through the National Priorities web site.
There are a series of video clips on [...]

ITunes

Downloaded the new version of iTunes. iTunes 7. Has lots of good extra features. The best ones I have discovered so far are the new ways to organise and view podcasts. Nice enhancements to control podcast settings and video playback.
Another new feature is being able to browse your playlist by album covers [...]

One Web Day

OneWebDay
The idea behind OneWebDay is to tell the story of how the web changes lives around the world.
“OneWebDay is one day a year when we all - everyone around the physical globe - can celebrate the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities.”

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