There are hundreds of great educational videos available on YouTube but accessing them in the classroom setting can be a challenge. Is YouTube accessible from your school computers ? will the video be online ? and even if the answer is yes to both these questions you are left will the internet be fast enough for effortless use in your lesson. Read more
One problem with introducing a Virtual Learning Environment is quite often pupils have signed a School Acceptable Use Policy that doesn’t include this type of learning platform.
Moodle offers a solution that ensures every user agrees to the terms before they are granted access to courses. Read more
Last year I wrote a piece on the use of the Flip Video in Education. Since then the number of Flip Videos in school has quadrupled with the biggest disappointment coming when people find they are all booked out. Last month I was interviewed by the Times Educational Supplement on how to get the best out of shrinking school budgets with a focus the low cost Flip Video devices. Read more
Having just spent the last two hours following a number of live blogs and chatting with fellow fanboys on iChat I am left deliberating the iPad. Personally speaking I didn’t feel the buzz of excitement that came when the iPhone was announced and although I probably won’t buy one myself I do predict I will be surrounded by iPads by this time next year. Read more
Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People and Northern Visions is offering 16-18 year old young filmmakers, across Northern Ireland, the chance to participate in a week long film school from 25th-29th July 2010. Read more
