Back to basics

Something a little light-hearted today. Evelien Lohbeck is so so crazy clever! Her ideas exceed her technical genius in this show reel of animation/video mash-ups.
Enjoy!

Noteboek from Evelien Lohbeck on Vimeo.

Creative Commons – Some Rights Reserved

In the spirit of the collaborative nature of Web 2.0 Creative Commons was born. Said to be a leader in the ‘CopyLeft’ movement, Creative Commons licenses clarify to the consumer/reader/viewer how the creators work can be used and distributed.

Blogs in plain english

If you know of any fellow teachers who are not quite sure what a blog is or how they can empower their students, then this video is ideal. Share it around!

Google Earth 5.0

The big G has done it again. Boy this is getting crazy! Google has teamed up with partners like National Geographic and the BBC. Now you can dive beneath the ocean and view 3d shipwrecks including the titanic!
Another amazing feature is the ‘Historic Imagery’. By moving a slider left and …

Could social bookmarking be abused?

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 …

The Flat Classroom Project

I’ve recently had the pleasure of corresponding with teacher, entrepreneur and blogger, Vicki A. Davis (aka: Cool Cat Teacher) from the U.S. Vicki is co-author of the Flat Classroom Project, Digiteen Project and Horizon Project. Needless to say she’s been very pro-active in exploring future possibilities in education.
I asked her …

Is ‘tagging’ still an annoying piece of graffiti?

Yes, ‘tagging’ is still an annoying piece of graffiti, but when it comes to Social Bookmarking, ‘tagging’ now has a far more useful application, in helping us organise, categorise, search, share and relocate web resources. Read about social bookmarking to find out more….

Q and A with Colin Gould

Over the Jump you will find the full interview with Colin Gould who gives his candid thoughts as to how schools could spend their funding and recollects Apple IIe’s!

Web 2.0 Reality Check

Ok, so you know about YouTube, FaceBook, MySpace, Flickr, Delicious, Blogger and you are feeling pretty happy with yourself. You feel as though you are keeping abreast with all the latest in Web 2.0 applications. Then perhaps, like me, you probably need a reality check. Visit www.go2web20.net to see …

Google Chrome – more than a web browser

It depends how you look at it. You could say it’s actually less of a web browser. For those of you ‘in the know’ (although apparently it was even in the news) Google has released a new browser aimed at taking on Internet Explorer, it’s called Chrome.

Social Bookmarking – Tagging

The enormity of the web nowadays makes it increasingly difficult to locate valuable, relevant content. Social bookmarking allows users to ‘vote’ for websites relevant to a category using ‘tags’. The fact that real people are tagging (ie: voting for) sites means that they’re being personally recommended. Wouldn’t you rather search …