July 2011
7 posts
New tools, new content in old settings, old...
Derek Wenmoth pulls together some threads of the debate on digital devices in schools, and states:
“… For the real value of things like tablet computers to be realised, we need to plan for and strategically bring about a transformation at a system level. To fail to do so will simply see new tools, providing new content, by newly inspired teachers in old settings, following old ways of...
Shoot, edit and share videos on the iPhone
From GigaOm, a review of Vibop
“Social video sharing is fast becoming a hot market, with multiple applications arriving to make it easier for users to shoot and share videos with their friends on networks like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The latest to enter the fray is Vibop, an app from editing software maker NewBlue that combines social sharing with drop-dead-easy video editing on the...
Infographics as a Creative Assessment
Infographics combine visuals and text to make information easier to understand or present information in a new way. Kathy Shrock has built a site to support her ISTE session this year - it’s a resource site that provides “links, ideas, tips, and much more for supporting the use of infographics as an assessment option in the classroom.”
She provides a page full of links to...
Textbooks will be all digital for all South Korean...
From TheNextWeb, Asia:
“By 2015, students will be carrying digital textbooks in lieu of paperback books in all schools in South Korea, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
Taking advantage of cloud technology, the ministry said that it will invest KRW 2.2 trillion (US $2 billion) to convert textbooks to digital with links to various multimedia content, establish...
