I didn’t realize that comics were “Globalised” »

By Paul McMahon on Nov 20, 2008 in Learning for a Flat World | 0 Comments

Yesterday I couldn’t help but connect Scott Adams‘ comic strip with some articles about the use of laptops in conference sessions that I had blogged about recently.
It took me by suprise to read this blog post from Wes Fryer in Oaklahoma and realize that we are both reading the same comic on the same day.
I [...]

Laptop Programs »

By Paul McMahon on Nov 18, 2008 in 1:1 access in schools, Appropriate Hardware for Education, Education in Hong Kong, Electronic Whiteboards, Learning for a Flat World, Triathlon | 2 Comments

Hong Kong , and probably the greater Asian region, seems to be in the grip of laptop programs at the

Connecting Your New Laptop to the Projector and IWB »

By Paul McMahon on Mar 24, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education | 1 Comment

I have just read a conversation on the Oz Teachers List regarding the issues of connecting up a new laptop to the IWB/Projector combination in a classroom. As many readers of this list may experience the same issues at some point in the future, I have copied it below for you:
Will do, but won’t be [...]

Are We Heading Towards Split Schooling? »

By Paul McMahon on Mar 14, 2008 in 1:1 access in schools, Appropriate Hardware for Education | 1 Comment

I have been meeting with and receiving workshop proposals from more and more teachers lately as a result of my organising this conference. What this has lead me to see is the stark difference between how schools view the use of 21st Century tools for learning. Some schools are right behind the use of Web2.0 tools [...]