January 29, 2009
- Fizz and Buzz at the Annual ICT Register Showcase
Tuesday 27th January was the Annual ICT Register Showcase event at the wonderful venue of Holywell Park at Loughborough University.
Lightbox Education ( formerly known as Softease) were sponsoring the event again this year and there was a real Buzz! I was there to support one of the schools presenting at the the second set of Showcases, just [...]
January 15, 2009
- Taking control of learning through collaboration, cooperation and peer review
Doug Dickinson, Independent ICT Consultant, is doing a seminar at BETT today called ‘Taking control of learning through collaboration, cooperation and peer review. He will discuss how, through the use of a variety or Web 2.0 applications such as blogs, wikis and podcasts, teachers can use the power of collaboration and peer-to-peer review to effectively [...]
December 11, 2008
- We are listening!
At a recent Softease staff gathering I talked about the power and use of Blogs with specific reference to those being written by our customers. Staff that don’t get the opportunity to meet directly with teachers and pupils, such as designers, developers and support staff, can often have a insight into how their developments, ideas and suggestions [...]
July 4, 2008
- Cornwall Honeycomb pilot project presentation 1st July 2008
In this audio recording Linda Prideaux talks about the recent pilot project in Cornwall where schools have been using Honeycomb tools to collaborate on a number of innovative projects, including collaborating with schools in India, and improving writing for gifted and able KS1 pupils.
Linda has written a case study about this pilot project which is [...]
March 17, 2008
- Honeycomb debut in Cornwall pilot project
I came across a great quote this morning from a Classroom 2.0 blog post by Bruce Nightingale. Although he is unable to attribute it specifically it is certainly worthy of a wider audience:
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
My [...]
February 28, 2008
- Honeycomb at the Ed show
Did you miss Doug Dickinson’s presentation at the Education show in Birmingham?
If you did there’s no need to panic if you follow the link below you’ll be able to watch the presentation.
www.21cedshow.blogspot.com
January 14, 2008
- Honeycomb unveiled to the world at BETT’08
Thanks to Doug Dickinson once again for a sterling week’s work at the BETT 2008 Show in London’s Olympia last week.
Doug gave two excellent presentations. The first, to an absolutely packed seminar room on Thursday morning, was entitled ‘Web 2.0 for the 21st Century School‘ and was unusually run from the blog that Doug had [...]
November 19, 2007
- Why context is key to understanding education 2.0
In my travels around the country talking to teachers and advisors about web 2.0 social media in education, the predominant focus is often context. After all, to discuss blogs, wikis, social networks and podcasts without understanding their context is rather like eating your favourite pasta dish without its all-important sauce. In essence, a pretty dry [...]
October 29, 2007
- R U ICT o pus?
For those of you that have not yet come across ‘Ictopus‘, I suggest you take a look. Ictopus is a free support service for primary education launched in September earlier this year. Ictopus builds on the highly successful Becta Direct2U service and also the legacy of MAPE. Each week registered members of the service have [...]
October 12, 2007
- Telling the new story - Mrs Cassidy’s web2.0 classroom
So much for the theory, here is a terrific, simple example of web2.0 tools being used in reality, thanks to Kathy Cassidy and her Grade 1 class from Westmount Elementary school in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Kathy also spoke recently at the K12 Online Conference 2007, where there are more details and comments.
If YouTube [...]
October 10, 2007
- Web2.0 in education slide-show
This is an online presentation that has been used recently as the basis for several discussions around the country about the role of web2.0 technologies within the classroom.
One of the most discussed issues was the role of the teacher in a web2.0 classroom. When discussing blogs, wikis, podcasts et al it is notable just how [...]
October 4, 2007
- Crickey O’Reilly!
The term ‘Web 2.0′ has clearly taken hold with more than 9.5 million citations in Google, but there’s still a huge amount of disagreement about just what Web 2.0 means with some people decrying it as a meaningless marketing buzzword and others accepting it as the new conventional wisdom. Whichever side of the fence you’re on [...]
October 1, 2007
- Honeycomb makes debut at NAACE Conference
Many thanks to Doug Dickinson for his contributions regarding web2.0 to the NAACE All Members Autumn Conference 2007 at Cisco Bedfont Lakes, Middlesex on Friday and Saturday.
You can follow the audio of Doug’s presentation via this podcast or download the mp3 file. The presentation ran via a special blog site - a [...]
September 26, 2007
- The benefits of blogging
Teachers TV has an article on how the benefits of blogigng can extend beyond the curriculum. It looks at how blogging can help to develop pupils’ confidence, improve their self expression and get a real sense of fulfilment from publishing their work.
Tell us about your experiences of blogging in the classroom by leaving a comment here.
September 24, 2007
- Softease at the Learning 2.0 Conference in Shanghai
Eugenie and Danielle recently returned from Shanghai where they attended the Learning2 Conference at the Concordia International School in Pudong, Shanghai.
The conference was centred around a Web 2.0 Tool called Ning, a social Networking Tool. It acted as a conference scheduler and management tool and generally brought everything and everyone together to allow Communication, Collaboration and [...] - Softease sponsors ICT showcase event
Softease is sponsoring the ICT Register Showcase conference - Making Connections, for the second year running. The event is to take place on the 29th January 2008 in Loughborough and is open to all schools and City Learning Centres, not just those on the ICT Register. The conference unites practitioners from across the world, sharing [...]
September 19, 2007
- Blogging and Pedagogy
Anne Davis makes some interesting comments in Ed Tech Insider, an online community devoted to discussion of technology solutions for the daily challenges that eduators face. In her piece on Blogging and Pedagogy, Anne highlights the many attributes of blogging that show promise for developing pedagogies in whatever content area is being taught. Attributes such as audience, [...]
September 18, 2007
- What does SL stand for?
Scottish Learning, as in the Scottish Learning Festival, and Second Life of course.
Learn 4 Life is now scaling up for hosting selected seminars and discussions at the Scottish Learning Festival (19th and 20th Sept) in Second Life. You can find out more by visiting the following location on the Learn 4 Life Second Life island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Learn4Life/74/103/29
What’s [...]
September 17, 2007
- A sense of future purpose!
Excitement, trepidation, apprehension and a clearing of the ‘fog’ is the feeling here today at the Learning 2.0 Shanghai Conference. The latter is hopefully producing the title of this post. Or is it a ‘future sense of purpose’ that may weigh heavy over some people at the event.
There is so much to take in and mentally [...]
September 12, 2007
- BLOG OFF
BLOG OFF is the name of a workshop being run at Futurelab’s autumn conference, Why Don’t You…? Supporting Innovative Approaches to Education, being held in London on the 30th – 31st October 07. The workshop run by Andy Black, Learning and Skills Support Manager, Becta, involves a rapid tour of some Web 2.0 tools that [...]
