Posted on February 22, 2008 by jimhenderson
The YouGov study of 1,500 pupils aged 11 to 16 found that 7 out of 10 students think that being able to use technology is more important than money or reading to landing decent jobs, a survey has found.
[From ITPro: Applications: News: Students want school tech]
In addition to believing tech is [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2008 by jimhenderson
This is the most viewed video on TeacherTube
from www.teachertube.com posted with vodpod
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Posted on February 17, 2008 by jimhenderson
This article in the Sunday Times is very interesting. It might give the Asus EEE mini PC a run for its money. At this price it bring the concept of One Laptop per Child a whole lot closer in the UK
Elonex is launching the country’s first sub £100 computer later this month and hopes to [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2008 by jimhenderson
I have had discussions with various colleagues over the past few weeks about this little PC. It has had some good reviews and I know Tess and some of her colleagues in East Lothian are looking at it closely. Here is another review of the Asus. It is by Katrina an S3 pupil from Gairloch [...]
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Posted on February 13, 2008 by jimhenderson
We are about to try out some social software big time in Highland. I have created a wiki for the 126 probationer teachers who will have the option to share online their experiences of teaching in Highland by way of publishing their mini research projects that they undertake in their probationer year. It will be [...]
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