I recently came across this video from the New Brunswick School District in Canada that really captures the shifts that ‘should be‘ happening in education and the shifts that are happening in society at large. It reminded me a little bit of the ‘Did You Know‘ videos. I particularly liked the quote that “Today’s pen and paper [...]

I have recently discovered a great WordPress plugin called Anthologize. It was built as part of the One Week One Tool project. It essentially allows you to create electronic texts from blog posts. You can create texts in ePub, pdf, TIE, or RTF formats. It also allows you to create chapters to organise your content. This [...]

In the last few weeks there have been some really interesting tools emerge for creating games and applications on mobile devices. These software tools will make it easier for the non programmer to create. GameSalad The first one I came across was GameSalad for developing games on the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. It is Mac only but [...]

I’ve been using scratch versions 1 through 1.4 with students to create multimedia and interactive projects for at least a few years. It’s programmable multimedia and it is a great piece of constructivist software. Students love using it and it has a low entry point but high ceiling. Well now we get a peak at what [...]

For some time I have been meaning to finish my Moodle course about Scratch. It has been on the back burner for at least a year! The course itself is mostly finished but has a few areas which desperately need some attention. I was hoping to finish it and put it on Moodle Commons like [...]

The  ’1 to 1′ netbook project journey continues! This week we are looking at the free and open source mind mapping tool called FreeMind. You can download FreeMind for Mac, Windows and Linux. In this video I give a brief introduction to some of the features available when using FreeMind. You can also download the [...]

As part of the ’1 to 1′ netbook project, I have been working with a number of schools to look at how Google SketchUp can be used in the classrooom. And while there are plenty of good videos to show how to get started with the tools, I wanted to try out a new screencasting [...]

Podcast number 3 March 22nd, 2009. [ICTGUY0903.mp3 Running time: 24:52 mins, size: 11.5 MB] Download it here! Links Rob Sbaglia: http://lmultranet.wikispaces.com Rob’s Twittering: http://twitter.com/sbaglia 1 to 1 project: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/ictsupportservices/netbooks/ DEECD wiki: http://netbooktrial.wikispaces.com Loddon Mallee Region Ning: http://one2onelaptops.ning.com

Podcast number 2 February 19th, 2009. [ICTGUY0902.mp3 Running time: 10:37 mins, size: 7.4 MB] Download it here! Links John Pearce: http://johnp.wordpress.com Tom Barrett’s Blog: http://tbarrett.edublogs.org 1oo ideas: http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2009/01/26/100-interesting-ways/ Tom’s presentations: Google Earth http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_175fp5qg9d3 Interactive Whiteboards http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_106c9fm8j Google Docs http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_8323t58h3ft Pocket Video http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_6tv55j7g9 Netbook links http://netbooktrial.wikispaces.com http://one2onelaptops.ning.com Local Events – Podcasting Session http://www.vitta.org.au/trainingevents/id/49/title/

In term four of 2008 we ran an online professional development course for teachers through Moodle. The aim was simply to be an introduction to the world of web2.0 and how it might impact on the classroom.  The course was undertaken over five weeks with the following areas of focus each week. Blogging Social bookmarking [...]