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This might be of interest to my passing visitors: In this free lunchtime webinar organised by ALT with the support of the eLearning Network, Steve Harris and Scott Hewitt will take you through some key game mechanics and suggest how these can be used to meet the aims of serious games. This will include mechanics...
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It’s good to highlight these small stories, showing the inroads that online learning is making into other areas. This is an example of how it is being used to keep practitioners up to dat ewith their skills.   ‘E-course’ to help hospital staff assist alcohol users . Tweet
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Yesterday I found out that Twitter has been blocked in Edinburgh schools. Here’s yet another article on how Twitter can be used constructively in education. How are children supposed to learn about managing these social networking tools if they are blacklisted? Engaging Students with Twitter — THE Journal. Tweet
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What nice people they are at Kineo: their site is worth a visit in an idle moment. They have now produced a nifty app for your i/phone/pad/pod touch that contains a collection of sound advice on the benefits of elearning, how to improve your elearning resources and other elearning related stuff. Well worth a...
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A quick overview fro the Observer on the web in education. It could be a useful starting point for anyone who knows absolutely nothing about elearning. via Untangling the web: education | Technology | The Observer. Tweet
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I’ve been using this music notation software for my own purposes, off and on, recently, but it was after talking to my son that I realised I should tell more folk about it – especially if you are doing music at school. At my son’s school they use Sibelius for music. That’s fine, except...
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  Ever wanted to write the definitive text-book on your subject? The New Curiosity Shop is opening a new project – epublishing. We are starting with the theme of curiosity, naturally, and we are calling it Curious About. We are looking for writers to help develop a catalogue of short ebooks. Each book would...
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This is described as: “a social networking-powered mobile Web application, creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience. Students can post messages to Hotseat using their Facebook or Twitter accounts, sending text messages, or logging in...
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Interactive whiteboards bring classroom teaching to life. Suddenly you have the whole of the Internet on your big screen, and it can bring a greater dynamic to your teaching. They’re more and more common in classrooms now, but I wonder how often they are used effectively, and how often used as a projection of the...
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Here’s an interesting looking book, published by PACKT.  The book was written by John Mannion who is: “Head of ICT in Teaching & Learning and also teaches History” at a school in Newbury, England. I’ve received a review copy, so I’ll report back. Mean time, here’s a sample chapter to read: History-Teaching-with-Moodle-2-eBook2   You...
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