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Over the past week I’ve been working on policies and documents relating to E-Learning and electronic resources at the Academy. The following are links to the Google Docs that were created with feedback from my Twitter network. They are very much still in [...]

In the lead up to the conference, I have been meeting with quite a few vendors. Some of these have been learning platform vendors. These guys have the unenviable task of trying to sell their product to schools who are not really clear on what they want to use it for. Some schools for example [...]

ICT games - Resource Topics - TES Connect
Great set of learning games. Many suitable for an IWB.
tags: resources, IWB, games, interactive

Staff ICT Skills Log Questions.rtf - Windows Live
A set of questions for surveying staff about ICT skills in a school.
tags: skills, checklist, audit, CPD, training

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iMovie 09
At a demonstration, I saw a number of features in iMovie 09 that I wished were in FCP and I wondered if there was a way to use iMovie 09 in conjunction with FCP, utilizing some of its features to supplement the FCP workflow, most importantly in the rough cut phase of editing, as [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Publications - Joan Ganz Cooney Center
The Center has a deep commitment towards dissemination of useful and timely research and policy reports. Working closely with Cooney Center Fellows, national advisors, media scholars and practitioners, the Center will be publishing a regular series of papers examining key issues in the field of digital media and learning.
tags: research, [...]