The internet in a day

Here is an infographic that depicts what happens in an internet day. It goes through what happens in one second, one minute, one hour and then calculates the statistics for a day.

It’s interesting, though not – in my opinion – for the statistics in themselves. If big numbers impress you, then you will be impressed. Indeed, those whose mission it is to promote so-called 21st century skills and to prove that the current education system cannot cope with the new reality tend to use statistics like this to prove their point.

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BETT 2013 Interviews: Simon Finch

E-safety guru Simon Finch talks about why pupils should be allowed to use social media, why teachers should use it, e-safety and identity management.

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Lessons from the world of sports: #5 The rule of encouragement

Welcome to the fifth part of this mini-series, in which I consider lessons we might learn from sports and sports personalities which we can apply to educational ICT. How important is encouragement to Olympic class athletes? I’d like to start off with an admission of error….

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Using the search engine right

Independent e-Learning Consultant Rob Ellis gives some tips on how pupils can use search engines properly.

When Terry tweeted about his post ‘Using the right search engine’ I rather flippantly suggested that he’d be better off simply reordering the words in the title to read ‘Using the search engine right’.

Leaving aside the damage I’ve done to the English language with that there is a serious point here. Despite the prominence given to information literacy I’d say that, anecdotally, there is widespread agreement on its importance but little progress on organised adoption in schools.

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If this, then that

Here’s a web application that’s potentially very useful. IFTTT lets you create your own automated actions using a range of social networking tools. I’ve been messing around with it only for about an hour, so I haven’t thoroughly explored all it has to offer, but already I can see it will prove to have been an excellent investment in time.

The logic of the way it works is as follows:

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Why Schools Cannot Ignore Web 2.0

Here are 4 posts from about 18 months ago dealing with why schools cannot ignore Web 2.0.

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A conversation

What is so significant about an insignificant conversation between two cousins?

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Found on the web: 02/17/2011 (a.m.)

• 10 things I’ve learned in a year of blogging | JAMES MICHIE

  Very useful post, which succinctly suggests 10 things to consider when blogging. I think the author, James Mitchie, should have added a #11: create list posts. These always go down well, as exemplified here!

  Thanks to twitterers @zoeross19 and @largerama for mentioning it.

  tags: blogging James Mitchie

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3 “Top 10” educational technology resources for teachers and students

David Andrade has been putting together some “top ten” resources lists over at his blog, Educational Technology Guy. These are well worth reading.

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Also on the web: 02/03/2011 (a.m.)

Here are three great resources I came across this morning. They are from Dan Roberts, Shelly Terrell and Doug Woods. Please read, enjoy and pass on to colleagues and friends.

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Twitter: An evaluation

Back in August 2007 I wrote the following article about Twitter:

When Twitter first appeared on the scene, I thought it sounded like a complete waste of time.

But as more and people I respect started singing its praises, I thought I ought to give it a whirl.

That was a couple of months ago, and here are my conclusions.

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Update on The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book

In case you haven’t heard of it, or just to remind you if you have, The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book contains:

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