By Paul McMahon on Dec 18, 2007 in Appropriate Hardware for Education | 0 Comments
This is really cool!
Besides syncing your Wiimote with your Bluetooth-enabled laptop, you can further make use of the Wii remote and Infrared (IR) light pens to turn a whiteboard interactive or your laptop into a makeshift tablet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ
Merry Christmas.
Paul
By Paul McMahon on Dec 7, 2007 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Learning for a Flat World | 0 Comments
The timing seems right to link up Aussie and Chinese schools with both Hong Kong and Aussie schools getting IT specific handouts next year.
I have to say the Hong Kong model at least seems more consultative than the Aussie one. This article makes it sound like the government is keen to throw the money at [...]
By Paul McMahon on Dec 7, 2007 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Learning for a Flat World | 0 Comments
I was of the understanding that the Asus EeePC was not avilable for general retail but this is clearly not the case judging by this Sydney Morning Herald article.
The thing that strikes a chord with me is that the computers are not the latest and greatest gaming machines and still they are popular. Does this [...]
By Paul McMahon on Dec 5, 2007 in Learning for a Flat World | 0 Comments
A good friend sent me a link to Stephen Heppell’s recent keynote at the Scottish Festival of Learning. http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/slf/video/index.asp There are so many great ideas in this keynote that are worthy of mention. I think that the best, however, has to be for me the comment about formally recognising that a lot of learning in [...]
By Paul McMahon on Dec 5, 2007 in Education in Hong Kong, Ideas for Great Lessons | 0 Comments
Am about to start a series of workshops for teachers in local Hong Kong schools wanting to get involved in podcasting. Am going to be using Softease’s Podium Product to ensure that we can achieve the most in a single morning session.
Two things I am on the lookout for here:
Firstly, any local HK teachers [...]