Macbook Docking Station : Simple Syncing for the Office and Classroom

With the sheer number of Macbooks that have found their way into school staffrooms, officesand classrooms recently, this little device may be just the thing you have needed but perhaps have not been looking for!
Accessories company Henge have produced what surely must be the first docking station of its kind …

Does gender come into play when using ICT in the classroom?

It has always struck me that boys and girls interact differently with ICT in the classroom. Having worked in co-educational and boys’ schools, I have noticed that girls tend to work collaboratively and creatively whilst boys tend to excitedly explore. The differences identified that exist between genders are, of course, …

This is What we are Talking About! – Marco Torres on ABC Radio National

Marco Torres gets it and tells it how we need to hear it! As a former Los Angeles high school teacher and now a technology and innovation educator, and a member of Barrack Obama’s Technology in Education Advisory Committee, he discussed digital learning on ABC Radio National.
He talked about how many schools get …

WILL THIS REPLACE TEXTBOOKS IN OUR CLASSROOMS?

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 …