Milan IATEFL / British Council Conference ’09 (Part 1)
This year’s British Council / IATEFL Conference in Milan was on the theme of CLIL and Learning Technologies. I was really pleased and privileged to give a workshop there, especially seeing as so many...
View ArticleBest of The BETT – Part 4
For the third in my series of Best of the BETT interviews I spoke to Anne Gilleran, from eTwinning.net. I’m happy to say that amongst the hundreds stalls at BETT, eTwinning’s area was a real breath of...
View ArticleExperiments with Adobe Captivate
Recently I’ve been playing around with Adobe Captivate, a content authoring package for creating interactive e-learning course material. The software allows you to turn your PowerPoint presentations...
View ArticleReview: Samson Go Portable Microphone
I’ve been playing around with some e-learning software recently. One of the things I noticed that I really didn’t like was the awful quality of the sound from my cheap headphone/microphone combination....
View ArticleErickson Congress Rimini 2013
Last Friday I was really delighted to speak at the “Qualità dell’integrazione scolastica e sociale” conference in Rimini. The bi-annual conference is a huge event in the Italian education calendar....
View ArticleiDidattica- iPads in Schools
Just before Easter 2013 I gave a talk at the Erickson “Scuola Nell’Era Digitale” conference in Trento, Italy. It was a huge pleasure, and I met some really fabulous teachers. They were a really...
View ArticleIs Edublogging Back In Fashion?
…”normal” blogging is, at least it is according to one of the net’s longest running blogs written by Jason Kottke. He links to a great post idea by Michael Sippey. Michael wants to get rid of: the...
View ArticleA Charge Towards the Finish Line
I’ve had a mad dash of a week, working to get my final project for the excellent UCI E-Learning Certificate Program. I’ve been working my way through the course for about 18 months now. I must say,...
View ArticleWhere There’s MOOC There’s Brass? #edcmooc
Even though I only just finished an intense 18 months of E-Learning Instructional Design study with the University of California, Irvine , I’ve just gone back to college. I’ve decided to try out my...
View ArticleChatting to Teacherbot. Why Posthuman Teachers Can Never Happen In My...
I talked to a machine this morning. I actually had quite a nice chat. The machine was a robotic teacher. And I learned some interesting stuff. That is scary. But it won’t catch on. here’s why: The...
View ArticleLooking Back, Looking Forwards. Fashion and Fads in #edtech #EDCMOOC
The film Bendito Machine III, that we watched last week on the E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC, tells the story of technological development in terms of ritual and worship. The tribe treats each...
View ArticleMilan IATEFL / British Council Conference ’09 (Part 1)
This year’s British Council / IATEFL Conference in Milan was on the theme of CLIL and Learning Technologies. I was really pleased and privileged to give a workshop there, especially seeing as so many...
View ArticleBest of The BETT – Part 4
For the third in my series of Best of the BETT interviews I spoke to Anne Gilleran, from eTwinning.net. I’m happy to say that amongst the hundreds stalls at BETT, eTwinning’s area was a real breath of...
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