Enabling micro-discussion in PowerPoint using Wiffiti
It’s rare for me to have an idea of my own, instead I rely on mashing up ideas of others. A case in point is taking a post on Pontydysgu […]
November 2009
Google Wave 101 (Presentations from Scottish VLE groups)
In the last couple of weeks I’ve given Google Wave presentations to the Scottish Blackboard User Group (Scot-BUG) and the Scottish Moodle User Group (SMUG). These have been designed to […]
Oddments from RSC NewsFeed
While toiling to polish off the Google Wave 101 post a call went up in the office for contributions to RSC NewsFeed. In no time I had managed to put […]
Automatic Captions in YouTube
Video has the potential to be a very stimulating and engaging format for teaching and learning, but at the same time staff have to be aware of the accessibility implications. […]
Hotseat: Any Mobile Will Do
In another post in this edition of NewsFeed we touch upon the issue of platform dependency when thinking about using mobiles in mainstream education (there are obviously other facts like […]
Edinburgh College of Art Launches its ‘Vision’ of Academic Research
On Monday (16 November 2009) the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) launched ‘Vision’, a new publication about its current and future research projects. ECA has a strong history of ground-breaking […]
PowerPoint: Embedding YouTube Video
David Hopkins (Bournemouth University) has put together some simple instructions on how to embed YouTube videos into PowerPoint: David’s post includes a test PPT file and a link on how […]
50 Educational Apps for the iPod Touch
My iPod Touch, as viewed from my new iSight by Valerie Reneé Technology regularly features in the majority of reports looking at how education will evolve. Come the new year, […]
What I've starred this week: November 24, 2009
Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week: Microsoft Still Chasing the Competition with IE9 – November 19, 2009 Office 2010 Beta Available – November 18, 2009 Move […]
Moodle Wave: Embedding Google Wave into Moodle
I’ve previously given instructions for Embedding Google Wave into Blackboard, for you Moodlers out there the process is practically identical: In your Wave Preview account add [email protected] Create a new […]