Nearly two years ago we wrote about the massive difference in the cost of educational site licenses (iWork, iLife etc) between the US and the UK. Read the article here. In 2007 the US could buy a site license of up to 500 seats for $249.
One of the most commonly forgotten connections to the internet in schools has to be the mobile device. Schools and parents invest money, and a fair bit of time ensuring the internet is kept free of inappropriate material yet their children have an internet hotline.
Yesterday marked yet another successful Safer Internet Day. This year the focus was on the issue of online bullying via instant messaging and social networking websites. As part of the day a special one minute video produced by the European Commission has been created to raise awareness of cyberbullying.
I was asked where Twitter fell with general e-safety guidelines and unlike most social networking services twitter can offer a mass of very public information and although the content can be limited to text and images.
Rather than focus on iPhone software with a specific educational purpose. I have decided to compile my top 5 applications for making life easier for the tech savy teacher. In actual fact the list is ideal for anyone managing a number of projects or large volumes of information. I predict this will be a fluid list given the pace of application development in this area.
The foundation of any good film is a great story. In this guest post Daniel Wallace, author of the book ‘Big Fish’, later turned into the Tim Burton film of the same name talks us through his top five tips for writing the classic story.
Cinemagic and Lisburn City Council have launched a week long programme of media and moving image events for schools and young people in the Lisburn area, which will take place from 30th March – 5th April 2009. The initiative is part of a series of events marking the 400th Anniversary of Lisburn.
No one can question the Educational value of Twitter when it offers up discoveries such as the amazing Stixy. Thanks to Twitter (TeachaKidd) we are now totally hooked on the subtle yet powerful Stixy website. Stixy offers an interactive noticeboard on which you can pin post-it notes, images, documents and to-dos.
