Category Archives: Demo

Let me demonstrate how this technology works?

TeachMeet

By Derek | Published: March 29, 2010

TeachMeet is an informal gathering of those curious about teaching and technology. Anyone can share great ideas they’ve trialled in their classrooms, ask important questions or simply sign up to take part in learning conversations. Both Primary and Secondary teachers are welcome to take part in an informal and fun meeting. You can come along [...]

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Recipe for a connected educator

By Derek | Published: March 25, 2010

Give your teacher a computer, preferably a cheap one, install  software and other learning technologies and then when they complete your introductory course (with gold embossed certificate), reward their efforts with a voucher for a months free Internet connection. Simple – we’ve got a connected educator. Or maybe not. I’ve set up a straw man proposal, and I’m [...]

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mLearning

By Derek | Published: March 2, 2010

Frustrated students are starting to doubt the future of progress. For the past two weeks I’ve inflicted a Mobile code hunt on their them, in attempt to demonstrate that mobile phones have potential outside the walls of the classroom.  They’ve sat, squinted and swore for an hour trying to figure out how to download a QR [...]

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Personal Learning Networks

By Derek | Published: January 29, 2010

“All of your knowledge won’t amount to much if you don’t have a network of people to share it with and enough compassion for the people in that network to understand that your success is a direct result of their success.” Tim Sanders, Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo I’m in education because I want children [...]

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Twitter from Higher down to Primary Education

By Derek | Published: January 26, 2010

Some thoroughly confused PGCE students of mine have admitted that they just “don’t get Twitter“. That’s fine. Your confusion over Twitter is shared by many. Media literacies are determined by our social identities. We start reading books because we see others reading. We get an e-mail address because other people want to contact us. We [...]

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Modelling Technology

By Derek | Published: January 26, 2010

Motivational speakers usually don’t impress me. Brought in by a well meaning leader, the “You can make a difference” inspirational monologue, usually leaves me more dispirited than before. “Do what I’m doing, stand in my shoes for a week, and then make this speech”, has always been my internal mantra to their 20 minute routine. [...]

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Pecha Kucha Pietermaritzburg?

By Derek | Published: January 22, 2010

Pecha Kucha, Japanese for “chit-chat”, is a presentation format that combines business meeting and slam poetry and turns endless Power Point presentations into an art form and a competitive sport. Initially introduced by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, two Architects from Tokyo’s Klein-Dytham Architecture that were hosting an event for young designers to meet, network, [...]

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Linking spaces to information

By Derek | Published: January 15, 2010

I’ve accessed my blog via my phone’s camera using this QR code. And while this sounds impossibly complicated, I’ve just learned how this works in the last half an hour. Instructions QR codes combine simple creation with easy access to QR code readers. Create the code using a QR-Code Generator and then point your mobile [...]

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Writing Wrongs

By Derek | Published: May 19, 2009

A busy teacher does not have the time to mark electronically. Track changes is meant for an editor, not an overloaded educator. Too engage with the content using electronic marking is possible. With a bit of fore thought, a stressed techer could use the following electronic marking techniques.

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Starting with the end

By Derek | Published: February 13, 2009

I’ve always found it useful to start a course with the end product in mind. I also wanted to communicate that the Ed Tech course that I was introducing would be hands on (both behind the computer and at the desks). So I spent a good few hours groveling around the web, looking for a [...]

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