This book lifts the lid on the practices that various media use to promulgate fake news even while appearing to be squeaky clean.
Read MoreTrust Me, I’m Lying
Trust Me, I’m Lying
This book lifts the lid on the practices that various media use to promulgate fake news even while appearing to be squeaky clean.
Read MoreHere’s a quick look at How to think like a coder, by Jim Christian.
Read MoreA very readable book.
My first impressions of a new book about computers, networks and data.
Read MoreHere's a link to a post containing a comprehensive list of Twitter educational chats, compiled by Simon Johnson.
Read MoreManaged – and, I think, written by – Lawrence Williams, the website contains examples of pupils’ work in Scratch, cross-curricular ideas and examples, and notes on pedagogy.
Have you ever been in a situation where you are trying to explain to someone over the phone what you are seeing on your computer? Or trying to explain to them what they should be seeing on theirs? I’ve come across a neat little application which enables you to share your screen with anyone you like – and without installing anything, downloading anything or even paying a penny!
One of the things I like about the ICT in Education site (he says modestly) is that you can listen to the articles as well as read them. It means that the articles are accessible to sight-impaired people. But when I upload presentations, that is no longer true. At least, not until now.
How do you encourage pupils and students to think critically in the context of educational technology? Although we can devote a lot of time and energy to setting up the "right environment", I can't help thinking that really it all comes down to some pretty simple questions, and very straightforward approaches.
Here are a few good reads you may have missed in the last week or so, including an invitation to enter an article for a blog carnival, the deadline for which is this Sunday!
Here are a few important blog posts I think all ICT Co-ordinators should read, because, quite simply, they make you think.
Interesting approach to encouraging teachers to use technology in their teaching, specifically Web 2.0. It is similar to what some teachers told me about how they encourage their colleagues to use interactive whiteboards more effectively, whilst I was doing research for an article recently.
Here are thumbnail sketches of a few books which I've come by recently. Taken as a whole they cover:
Hope you find these useful.
This is the subtitle of an exhibition at the British Library. Called “Growing Knowledge”, the exhibition seeks to answer the following questions:
eLearn: Feature Article - Man Up Your Leadership: The European management perspective
very in-depth analysis of leadership in general, not ICT-specific.
eLearn: Feature Article - What Makes a Good Learning Game?
interesting analysis, with useful references. see also the Computers in Classrooms games-based learning specials.
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