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Learning Vision This morning I found a really good link for educators who are iPad beginners. It gives you a both practical and pedagogical reasons for integrating the use of mobile learning tools such as iPhones and iPads.  The web link is:  www.interactioneducation.com There are two great Scribd presentations  which you need to read through and digest the content, but are very eloquently put together and reflect my own experience with using iPads, iPhone and a whole host of mobile devices within my classrooms.   This image is taken from the first presentation, and is from another great educator Stephen Heppell from his website  http://www.heppell.net/ .  Listened to Stephen as a keynote speaker  and attended his workshops  a couple of years ago at the annual 21st Century Learning Conference in Hong Kong.  http://21clhk.org/ . Check out his Be Very Afraid events and Cloud Learn . Online software mentioned in this blog: Scribd Online Library of resources uploaded b

Using my iPhone and iPad When I got my 3G iPhone in 2009 I was so excited that I downloaded loads of apps - of course being a spendthrift everything was for free, and the camera took pictures of everything and everywhere and emailed and shared them. I read via Kindle on it and Google maps with the GSP on it has saved me loads of times both on foot and in the car whilst navigating my way round Hong Kong.  I am always using it to record photographically students work, I have over a 1000 photos of students working or their final products, visits and trips and since downloading Instagram, and linking it to Facebook I have been able to publish my photos instantly.  Infact I have just upgraded this last month onto a second hand model iPhone 4.  Last Christmas I also  received  an iPad and it is my constant accessory. As a mother, wife, and educator I am constantly using it.  For example: I decided to decluttered and environmentally recycled my recipe books to the school fair just keep

"Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember,  involve me and I understand" Chinese Proverb  This is fundamental to inquiry based learning - but are the school's curriculum taking this into account, are the education authorities considering this approach to learning when re-shaping our education systems http://tokenteach.wordpress.com/tag/reflective-learning/ For a really good insight into inquiry based learning check out the following site: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html Why do I have to be reminded that this is the best way to teach? I am after all a kinestetic visual learner

Digital Abyss Still thinking about a new Blog title.......... However in my quest for a new title, I have been eFlipping through the top 100 educational blogs and came across this one : Information abyss – in the era of global education Are we as educators balancing on the edge?  I spend many an hour at home just going through the web finding resources, ideas, and internet hyper-activity, to enhance the teaching and learning experience of my classes, through Moodle, Wikispace, Google Sites, etc. I do wonder though sometimes, when I look at my students, they look at me and wish for a chalk-and-talk lesson....  I started my Wikispaces for my students of IB Design Technology because resources were woefully limited, and I wanted to allow the students to be able to recap and review their learning outside of the classroom. 4-5 years later I now continue updating the Wikispaces with over 100,000 hits a year, and also add new resources for our school's Moodle platform, which I helped

New Blog title: Still thinking......... Updating and combining my blogs in a hope to make it more managable. So now you can check out widgets, online software the main idea is to pass on anything I think might be usefull to fellow educators, and basically are free... or nearly. Here is a chance to look at some of the free software that I come across in my weekly trawl of the widgits and freebies. Using some original examples of work created using the software, and a brief synopsis of their main features you too can become an avid digital interfacer. Want to know the top 100 Educational Blogs http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs Wednesday's Widgits is being overhauled Here is a site for my fellow teachers who wonder what widgits are??? No worries they don't bite, Its a way of adding interactivity to your VLEs (that's Moodles or Wikis in more normal speak) Enjoy and try them out, include them in your interactive teaching materials. Let me know