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Livestreaming in Education
Noteflight – Online Music Notation Software
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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Hotseat
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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The Writing’s on the Screen
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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History Teaching With Moodle 2
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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Moodle 2.1 out soon
Moodle HQ tell is that Moodle 2.1 will be launched – with a favourable tide and a fair wind – on 1st July. I’m holding back on doing any more with Moodle 2 until I see this: especially as it will include the ability to import and convert Moodle 1.9 courses. By the by,...
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The Twitter Experiment – Twitter in the Classroom
Here’s a great video of one example of Twitter in the Classroom. It includes interviews with students on how they benefit from using Twitter, and the lecturer explains the value of Twitter to her. There’s also an article, How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement, which is another take on Twitter (this too...
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Moodle 3D
3D graphics are all the rage – as we have seen in the last few days with the release of the Nintendo 3DS. But as you would expect, Moodle HQ have been on the job for a while now, and hot on the release of Moode 2 is Moodle 3D. At last you can...
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Moodle 2 – Episode 5: Course Completion
Course Completion – First Look Course Completion in Moodle 2 solves a problem whereby it is not easy to show that a student has completed a course. For the tutor, course completion provides a simple list which shows how students are progressing. This video takes a peek at that box. Course Completion in...
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Moodle 2 Episode 4: Activity Completion
If you were wondering what the ticks were for alongside the names of the activities and resources in the course home page, here is your chance to find out. Activity Completion – Introduction One of the most frequent questions I get when running Moodle workshops is: “how can I return to the point in...
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