Category Archive: Education

Cinemagic Lisburn Kicks Off

The inaugural Cinemagic Lisburn Film Festival for Young People opens on Monday 30th March with a special preview screening of “Race to Witch Mountain” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Ireland) taking place in Omniplex Cinemas, Lisburn. Read more

GE Augmented Reality Demo

GE have a fascinating piece of technology on their site. The website demonstrates in 3d future energy technologies such including solar and wind turbine. The site is brilliant fun to use and has massive education potential both in terms of the science of renewable energy but also 3D video techniques. Read more

A Safer (Apple) Internet

Symantec published a report on how long children spend online. Included in the study was a look at how long parents thought their children were online in a single month. Read more

Virtual Learning on iPhone

Tuaw have discovered a brilliant new application in the offing for the popular Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment. The app for the iPhone and iPod Touch is not yet available on the Apple Apps Store but this video gives a little insight into how it will function. Read more

Wufoo Forms for Education

Every so often you come across a great online tool for use in education. Wufoo is a brilliant online form creator that allows you to gather data from colleagues and students securely. Read more