I know I gave ‘History’ its own post, but I fear I will get in trouble if I clog up our blog space with all the other learning areas that can come under the umbrella of humanities (you know what science teachers are like…. they will get jealous and want …

… well at least that is what one Assistant Principal was thinking when he excitedly announced that he would not have to attend staff meetings any more, because he could just prerecord them as podcasts. Lets just hope that his staff don’t hold him to it.
But seriously, there are lots …

I was really looking forward to this post, as I teach history and I can see an endless list of applications for creating podcasts in History. In fact, it was at the HTAV conference where I first saw David Fagg present a seminar on Podcasting and his iHistory project. I …

Held at the Brisbane Powerhouse last Tuesday I must say, this was an inspiring day. To see so many teachers so enthusiastic about looking at new ways to engage students in the classroom. The hardest part was choosing which workshops to attend.

Today I had the privilege of attending a presentation by Angus King, former Governor of Maine, where he shared his journey in creating a 1 to 1 environment for year 7 and 8 students attending public schools across the whole state of Maine in the United States. One useful piece of insight …

It’s not everyday you get to travel to an island for work.

We love to be inspired by samples of what other teachers are doing, yet we never have enough time in our presentations to show you all the wonderful podcasts teachers are already creating with (and for) their students. Follow the links to these great examples of podcasts (some with video) …

When I asked my Year 9 students to write their goals for English at the start of the semester, one student wrote that they would like to finish a novel (as in, their first novel ever!). I went and spoke to his English teacher from the previous year and they …

As I ponder the exciting prospect of traveling to France in the upcoming school holidays, I momentarily freak out about my lack of a knowledge of the French Language. I reassure myself that I am a successful learner, and I can download loads of free podcasts over the next couple …

Hi, Brad here. I built this thing. It’s a blog. You’ve no doubt heard of a blog before but do you know exactly what a blog is? Do you know how a blog is different from a regular website? Why have blogs become so popular? Well let me tell you…

You’re all probably sick to death of hearing about the iPhone… but nonetheless, I just came across a video on YouTube about a group called EM:RAP who cover education in emergency services, and how they think the iPhone is going to revoultionise the way they teach emergency medicine. The capacity …