Beware: rant ahead. Just over a week ago, the National party announced that it will use some of the money collected from asset sales to build a network for learning. Some of the money is also going to buildings etc. Teachers are actually not happy with this – and here’s why: We thought the assets […]
Earlier this year I tweetedsomething like “Free train set. Pick up from Howick before 5.” + a picture and geotag. My phone rang. “I’m calling about the trainset,” said a very small male voice. His name was Nelson. He was 9. Lived on the shore (that’s a really long way from Howick). He’d looked up […]
A friend of mine posted a comment about foxcon on Facebook as part of his praise of Steve Jobs. It spawned a flurry of defenses of Apple, but many didn’t really get his point. The elephant in the room is conspicuous consumption. When we buy a product, do we share the guilt of the production […]
A friend of mine posted a comment about foxcon on Facebook as part of his praise of Steve Jobs. It spawned a flurry of defenses of Apple, but many didn’t really get his point. The elephant in the room is conspicuous consumption. When we buy a product, do we share the guilt of the production […]
I thought I’d write a list of some of the great things I’ve got from twitter. 1. laughs When I was in hospital last year, I started a parody account. I was bored, drugged and a little low. Actually: I was really bored, high as a kite and pretty depressed. Anyway, the account went off. […]
Right now that I've got your attention hear me out. I can assure I will still be blogging, tweeting and generally living my life through a browser. However while reflecting on my e-learning philosophies and practice for a job application I suddenly had a thought, why don't we just call it learning? I've been using the int … Read […]
Firstly, PPTA stands for Post Primary Teacher’s Association. It’s the secondary teachers’ union. I went to Wellington on Friday to attend my first ICT committee meeting. I met great bunch of people who care deeply about computer use in schools. There was a wide range of ITC skills in the room, and this enriched the […]
I have five beautiful children. Four boys and a girl. 14, 10, 8, 3 and almost a year. We use the internet a lot. I use it for social media, schoolwork, professional reading (a lot – I use google reader with an app called mobile rss on my iPad). My wife uses email a lot, […]
I read this blog. It’s an insightful, well-informed, no-holds-barred piece on “Why the iPad is not ready for the classroom.” Very refreshing. Most work on this subject is by fanbois who don’t know what they’re talking about or #haters who don’t know what they’re talking about. I recommend you read the blog first, as this is just […]
Well, that went well. I’ve used (little) metronomes before to illustrate how notes get divided up, but this is obvious, dramatic and enagaging. App: frozen ape tempo Hardware: iPad2 and vga adapter It was really effective getting a student to play with the beat separation buttons while the rest clapped the beats […]
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