This week Amazon unveiled the latest weapon in their armoury to secure the electronic reading market. The KINDLE 2 is a slinky, skinny, portable electronic book-reader. KINDLE 2 gives you access to more than 188 thousand bestsellers, magazines and newspapers. Some have described the KINDLE 2 as Amazons book equivalent of Apples …
Posted on May 12, 2009 by Brad .
A bit of listening for you today. James O’Loghlin interviews Tim Pithouse from Sony BMG about how to identify legitimate sources to download music. Your children or students may be breaking the law without even knowing it.
Switch on your speakers and Click Here.
Posted on May 6, 2009 by Mandy Ross .
The new Victorian Government initiative Think Before you Upload drives home a strong message to young people to be smart online. Click through to the Think Before You Upload site here
The internet is today’s modern playground and is just as good or bad as the people who use it. We have …
Posted on April 3, 2009 by Brad .
Some sketchy details have been leaked in the UK and published by The Guardian about some proposed changes to the Primary school curriculum.
The changes include:
Teaching children to use online services such as Twitter and Wikipedia effectively.
Less use of calculators
Ensuring the students have an understanding of physical development
The list goes on. …
Posted on January 27, 2009 by Brad .
Today I’d like to share with you a post by Mark Pesce.
In essence he writes about the breaking down of the walls I hear so many teachers aspire to through their integration of technology.
The article explores concerns & misconceptions and paints a picture of the 21st century model. …
Posted on December 2, 2008 by Beyond Chalk Blog .
Of course it can! But that problem is certainly not unique to delicious or the web or … anything! Regular readers of the Beyond Chalk blog will be aware of my (and recently Callie’s) enthusiasm for delicious, the Social Bookmarking tool.
Here’s a post I read this morning from the …
Posted on November 20, 2008 by Phill .
What do you get when you mash up Garageband, a group of excited students and some creative time? Well you’ll just have to keep reading to find out. Without a shadow of a doubt, the coolest thing that I have ever seen any students do with a Mac, the built …