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Link roundup: March

28, Mar 2010

Our World: Cracking Walls
The Iranian elections fast became a trending topic on Twitter last summer as Internet-savvy Iranians protested the inevitable re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. This is the first documentary I’ve seen that looks at the impact the Internet is having in the Middle East. From the blurb: “BBC reporter Jiyar Gol travels across [...]

A return to your (semi) regular programming…

28, Mar 2010

In the second leg of my plan to come up for air after a manic few months, I’m hoping to kickstart the blog back into action, after my recent return to Twitter. I now have the time to focus on the things I’ve had to neglect for a few months, so here’s a brief taster [...]

Link roundup: September

24, Aug 2009

From Now On
I really have to start the first roundup of useful links with the first site that got me really thinking about the role of technology in education. Jamie McKenzie takes a cautionary role, looking for the good in applying technology rather than evangelising. He provides excellent food for thought, and was quoted [...]

Housekeeping, subscribing & collaborating

24, Aug 2009

I’m pretty much done with tweaking the new look of the site, though I would still appreciate feedback if you find any issues – can’t be sure I’ve got them all!
I’ve added a new option for people who would rather receive post updates via email. You can subscribe to this blog using the By Email [...]

New look

23, Aug 2009

Regular visitors will notice the site no longer looks as it did. I changed the theme out of necessity, as anyone who clicked on a tag from the cloud on the sidebar would only see the last three posts with that tag, with no option to see older posts. As a result, my older posts [...]

Key questioning: don’t skip steps

4, Aug 2009

From firm foundations…
When I was training to teach, one of my tutors had a section on his lesson plan proforma entitled “vocab”. At the time, I wondered what possible reason there would be to have a vocab section for an ICT lesson plan – the kids know the vocab, right?
Early this year, my department ran [...]


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