An Expat Educator in Asia

Tinychat | Home
With Tinychat, you can create your own chatroom and invite people through one simple link. You can also embed your chatroom on your blog, myspace, personal site, and many other portals. You can even invite people through email and twitter. Try it, we’re sure you’ll like it!
tags: twitter, backchannel, web2.0, chat

Mobile Learning [...]

I have mentioned previously that sometimes an idea has its time and this seems to well and truly be the case for discussion on learning spaces. I was privilidged to be a part of the Apple Global Leadership Summit in Hong Kong last month where Stephen Heppell delivered a fabulous keynote during which he shared [...]

I just replied to a tweet from Amanda DeCardy about her school’s Parent-Teacher-Student Portal. This is something that comes hot on the heels of posts from Kim Cofino and Silvia Tolisano about the coffee mornings that they are hosting at their schools for parents to come and discuss what is going on with the collaborative [...]

Langwitches » Web-based Activities & Resources for Elementary School Students
Really good list of links to great resources broken into hand categories
tags: resources, tools, web2.0, games, iwb

An expert’s guide to YouTube | Webware – CNET
Want to use YouTube like a pro? We’ve got some advanced tips on how to search, watch, and share. Read this blog [...]

No need for me to add anything to what Clive Dawes has said about the Scratch Day over on the Kellett School ICT Blog. I would, however, like to highlight some things Clive has highlighted about the event. The first of these being to highlight the fabulous work of LEAD in arranging and supporting this [...]

ScreenToaster – Online screen recorder. Capture screencasts instantly.
This comes highly recommended by teachers who use it to do screencasts themselves or get students to record screencasts of their work. Looks like a great tool!
tags: web2.0, tools, screencast, howto, video

pre-1914 Poetry
GCSE Poetry Podcasts which could be used as an ideas base for students to do their [...]

Some work I have been doing in the last week has had me reflecting a lot on assessment. I have been looking at a lot of review materials and past papers and seeing how much effort traditional teaching has put into making sure that students clearly understand where the bar is set and what they [...]

Firekites – AUTUMN STORY – chalk animation on Vimeo
This is a really simple but incredibly effective animation.
tags: animation, chalk

Google Earth Lessons
A free Resource for Teachers who use Google Earth. Providing everything from lesson ideas to complete lesson plans for both single computer classrooms to full computer labs.
tags: googleearth, geography, lessons, education, Google, google_earth, tutorial, [...]

Fliggo – Create Your Own Video Site
Build a video blog, the next YouTube or just a private place to share videos.
tags: socialnetworking, blogging, video

Alternatives to Windows, Mac, Linux and online applications | AlternativeTo.net
AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you suggestions on [...]

I had an email from Geoff Ward and Riffa Views International in Bahrain asking about blogging platforms.
This is the advice I shared. Comments welcome.
Hi Geoff,
Most people, myself included recommend Edublogs as a starter. The main reasons for this are:

James Farmer, the founder is a great guy and does all that he can for teachers
Sue Waters [...]