TeachMeet is an informal gathering of those curious about teaching and technology. Anyone can share great ideas they’ve trialled in their classrooms, ask important questions or simply sign up to take part in learning conversations. Both Primary and Secondary teachers are welcome to take part in an informal and fun meeting. You can come along …
Monthly archives: March 2010
Passing notes on the IWB back channel
As an Interactive White Board (IWB) newbie and the mercenary Ed Tech man, I thought it a good idea to master the newly installed giant touch screens to prove my learning tech credentials. It’s quite common to call IWB’s Smartboards, but that’s like calling a vacuum cleaner a Hoover or a spreadsheet program Excel. You …
Recipe for a connected educator
Give your teacher a computer, preferably a cheap one, install software and other learning technologies and then when they complete your introductory course (with gold embossed certificate), reward their efforts with a voucher for a months free Internet connection. Simple – we’ve got a connected educator. Or maybe not. I’ve set up a straw man proposal, and I’m …
mLearning
Frustrated students are starting to doubt the future of progress. For the past two weeks I’ve inflicted a Mobile code hunt on their them, in attempt to demonstrate that mobile phones have potential outside the walls of the classroom. They’ve sat, squinted and swore for an hour trying to figure out how to download a QR …