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Tag: gadget
Interference from a gadget.. replaced!!
Well, all the enthusiasm around new gadgets for recording, documenting and sharing experiences at the recent ACE e-mentor day (plus a recent stimulus package from KRudd).. made me let down my guard and purchase the Medion graphics tablet from Aldi supermarket on my day off. (Apparently it’s a
e-mentors set to soar
Amazing work from the network of Victorian ACE e-mentors. Each (ACE) region across Victoria has one (or 2) mentors to support teachers and organisations learning to develop their plans for e-learning at strategy and classroom levels. On Friday there were demonstrations of “all things google” – how to chat with gmail, how to synch your google calendar, use the reader for following student blog feeds .. set up groups and sites, use the gmail app for your domain. (Coach Carole, Michael Gwyther, Sarah Phillips) .. and a session on gadgets Read More …
keyboard lights up .. video in class
Here’s a gadget that looks like fun .. and is completely useless. i just want to know if it comes in Dvorak flavour. Speaking of gadgets, today we had the adult literacy classroom on their laptops for the whole session. i wanted to get students used to searching for images and videos, so a couple of activities focussed on these skills. For example, find a video that interests you on how stuff works. Watch it, take some notes and then write a response (a description, an opinion or a set Read More …
tried to make me go to Wiihab
A very funny take-off of Amy Winehouse, here we have Amy Brickhouse singing about the Wii. Why did they call it a Wii? (Oh, of course, it’s wireless and the (ii) represents two people standing, waving their arms in 3D space.) i wonder how long before we’ll get wii-based games in the classroom? They could suit some people better, because of the different physicality – you’re really bodily involved in the game (from what i gather .. never touched one. What a dullard.) Must confess i’m waiting for the day Read More …
flexible screens
.. from multiple input screens, to this wafer-thin flexible mini-screen; it’s great to see this kind of technology developing so fast – launched in Japan, of course!