Purely a pictorial post today. I’ve been visiting the far reaches of the Brisbane region lately. This time my cases full of Macbooks joined me on a trip back over to North Stradbroke Island.

Build your own interactive whiteboard for less than $100! Sounds too good to be true doesn’t it?
It has been said that the best piece of technology is the one that you actually can use.
Up until now, interactive white boards have been out of reach for many schools and the majority …

To check out the article, click on: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/08/1220725904072.html
Can’t wait to hear what you guys have to say about this.

Due to popular request, I have compiled a list of ideas for creating podcasts in schools, with at least five suggestions for using podcasts in each subject area.
Click on the following links below to go to our blog post about podcasting in your learning area:
English, ESL, Maths, Science, History, Geography, …

In old-school terms, this includes woodwork, metal work, electronics, cooking, but in Victoria these ideas can be used in VCE subjects like design and technology, food and technology and VET Furnishing.
One school that I worked with, was having trouble getting their Year 12 students to produce high quality written work …

Here are some ideas for using podcasting in Art, Drama and Music. I have found case studies in these areas difficult to find, so if you have tried podcasting in your area or if you know of examples, I want to hear from you! Just click “leave a comment” and …

At a recent Technology in Education presentation, I asked for audience contributions in terms of how staff have used, or considered using, mobile phones and mp3 players in their classes. A very articulate PE teacher raised his hand and related how he has film footage of both students and experts …

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.

What I am just about to blog on is something that I see in almost every school that I walk through the gates of across Sydney. Signs of it pop up in conversations with teachers regardless of age, location, or level of school funding. The results of it are blaringly …

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 …