Reflections on working as an Digital Learning Consultant in the Asian Region.
By Paul McMahon on May 24, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education | 3 Comments
I am soon to do some workshops for a secondary school on effective use of their Activboards. I have been doing some trawling round for some resources and I have been amazed at the number and quality of resources out there. In terms of some great things to do with the Activstudio tools, I came [...]
By Paul McMahon on May 24, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education | 2 Comments
I guess that IWB is probably the most common acronym for the big touch screen boards making a huge
impact in classrooms around the world. The “I” is for interactive and the manufacturers are very keen to press this as being what these boards are. Observations of use in a lot of schools can sometimes reveal [...]
By Paul McMahon on May 20, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Learning for a Flat World | 1 Comment
In a lot of recent workshops that I have presented, I have referred to the wonderful Marzarno wiki on Classroom Instruction that Works. I like the way that it tries to reference the Web2.0 tools that might support the Instructional strategies mentioned. In all of the reading and discussing that I am doing about the [...]
By Paul McMahon on May 15, 2008 in 1:1 access in schools, Education in Hong Kong | 1 Comment
It is funny how you start thinking things and something about them magically appears!
I was discussing Portable Technology User Policies with Dr Peter Leesinsky, Principal of Korean International School yesterday. In a far ranging conversation we spoke about the need to have staff and students on the same page with regard to the use of [...]
By Paul McMahon on May 13, 2008 in Learning for a Flat World | 0 Comments
This public service campaign video was filmed at the CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) annual conference. The wisdom with which educational leaders like Alan November, Greg Whitby, and Stephen Heppell explicate the urgency of giving teachers the tools to connect with 21C learning and their students is poignant in this video. The massive task of [...]
By Paul McMahon on May 10, 2008 in Educational Conferences, Learning for a Flat World | 0 Comments
Unfortunately I was not able to attend the videocast of Stephen Heppell’s presentation at the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference. I had spoken with Stephen initially about the conference when we met up at BETT in January. I have always been a big fan of Stephen’s ideas since meeting him initially during my [...]
