I will be (virtually) attending and speaking at #TMRoehampton this coming Tuesday. I intend to give an update on my current thinking, re: AFL and Google Docs. In preparation I created a new series of slides to support my talk. They can be viewed below, along with some useful, related links. Blog Posts: Google Docs [...]
I recently shared on Google+ how I had been using iPads and Garageband to help my Year 8 class to improve the quality of their writing. This is a reworked version of that post. Thanks to John Johnston and Helen Morgan (amongst others) for sharing their thoughts. The learning… I’ve been using iPads with my [...]
To help clarify my thoughts while writing my School-based Enquiry, I decided it would be helpful to discuss the use of Google Docs in the classroom with a fellow teacher. Oliver Quinlan has been using Google Docs in much the same way as I have and he kindly agreed to be interviewed over Skype. The [...]
A brief audit of edtech tools (I may have missed a few!) in no particular order/preference. Used and embeded in my teaching practice: Lino (Wallwisher) Google docs YouTube Google Search tools: Wonder Wheel, Advanced Search, Timeline, Images, Books, Scholar Blogging (Blogger, Posterous, WordPress) Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel Prezi Slideshare Bubbl.us Wordle Moodle (Forum, Wiki, Quiz, [...]
This post is the second in a four part series, you can read part one here. Having set out a case for social networks in place of VLEs in part one, one of my other criticisms of learning platforms is that many of the tools they come pre-loaded with are simply not up to scratch [...]
