By Paul McMahon on Feb 4, 2009 in Electronic Whiteboards | 1 Comment
Readers of my blog will know I do pedagogically based training on all brands of electronic whiteboards with all “flavors” of operating systems. In spite of what the marketers and geeks will have you believe, it is about the pedagogy and the teacher’s vision of what the use of ICT for learning should look like [...]
By Paul McMahon on Feb 2, 2009 in Education in Hong Kong | 7 Comments
Last Friday I attended a seminar at Hong Kong University’s Centre for Information Technology in Education. There was hardly anything of revelation in the seminar which was about: How Research into ICT can support development in Policy and practice: reflections on Pedagogy and Learning with ICT: researching the art of innovation
The researcher was Prof. [...]
By Paul McMahon on Feb 2, 2009 in Ideas for Great Lessons | 0 Comments
I know that this is right out of date for you in the Northern Hemisphere but some friends in the south have sent this through and I think is one of the best starters for the year I have come across.
Maybe you can bookmark this or copy the idea and save it somewhere for the [...]
By Paul McMahon on Feb 1, 2009 in Ideas for Great Lessons | 0 Comments
The Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom Tutorial
A set of instructional pages written in an easy-to-understand language and complemented by graphics and Check Your Understanding sections. An ideal starting location for those grasping for understanding or searching for answers.
Multimedia Physics Studios
A large collection of GIF animations and QuickTime movies designed to demonstrate physics principles in a visual [...]