Video Education and the VLE
A number of teachers have asked how we manage the growing amount of video based teaching resources that are being produced. From screencasts to Moving Image Arts coursework, from video podcasts to clips edited from our EyeTV system we end up juggling a large amount of video files which creates both storage and bandwidth issues for schools. Read more
Teachers and Social Networks
I would be interested in hearing your opinion on teachers using social networking in particular when school life and out of school life overlap. Should there be a school policy for social network usage by teachers ? I have been pondering with other social network education users this very idea, one suggestion is a policy along the lines of : Read more
ICT : Creativity and Communication
Firstly let me explain that this is a post documenting an exploration in the benefits of ICT, creativity and communication in learning. In many ways it is a post asking for opinions on an idea rather than presenting a definitive view. Read more
10 Educational uses for Flip Video
There is nothing more motivating (and exciting) as digital creativity in the classroom. I personally think you would be hard pushed to find a teacher who doesn’t love offering their pupils digital creativity opportunities yet we all face the age old problem of having little TIME to learn new technologies and even less time to freely experiment in class. Read more
Arts and Business Partnership
Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People and Coca-Cola HBC Northern Ireland are celebrating the continuation of their partnership for the next three years. The award-winning partners have been working together since 2004, highlighting the benefits of collaboration between business and the arts. Read more
