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Learning & Teaching in the C21st; Are we getting what we need or what we deserve

These are indeed interesting times; the world has changed and shows no sign of turning back. The opportunities for our young people have also changed, to be successful in the 21^st Century you need to be good in groups, be creative, solve problems and think quickly on your feet. Working well in groups is hard to measure and we don’t yet assess thinking on your feet yet as part of a GCSE award!

Nine years ago I embarked on a research project to find and identify some new…

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Added by Russell Prue on June 3, 2011 at 2:54pm — No Comments

Free Sequel 2 trial software available for download

Please feel free to try the free downloadable software from our partners Steinberg. We have added 8 instructional tutorials to create a short beginners Music technology course.

The download and tutorials are all freely available and a useful resource especially for the first time user who wants to get into some straightforward music technology.

The trial version is the full version and you can have up to 45 days free use. There are education discounts for…

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Added by Brian Greene on November 26, 2010 at 4:46pm — 1 Comment

Harnessing Technology for music - not music technology, teaching with technology!

Having seen the BBCs article on Fears for Music Lessons on Friday, I thought I would start my contribution by reflecting some of the thoughts of Ian Wright, Head of Music in Tiverton on how technology can help provide more music making opportunities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11796636

At this years British Education Teaching with Technology conference, Ian Wright presented a 30 minute seminar…

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Added by Brian Greene on November 22, 2010 at 11:17am — No Comments

40 free apps for education and training

This is my 40 free apps for education and training. Some great apps all free, my faves are xtranormal and the awesome highlighter

http://www.realprojects.co.uk/resources/40-free-tools-for-learning.php

Added by Scott Hewitt on July 14, 2010 at 12:25pm — No Comments

New Technology Pages now updated

Doesn't time fly these days, it's that time of year again for a regular update of my Technology Pages on my Anderton Tiger site. New this term, a Number 10 iPhone App, we all need extra help these days when it comes to understand how the Prime Minister's Office works. A new 3D projector for the classroom, some great dancemat technology that works with your Wii and doesn't need a separate PC. Take a look anytime…

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Added by Russell Prue on May 31, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Registration deadline approaching for international course on the 2.0 Language Classroom

The course 'Designing activities for the 2.0 Language Classroom' is offered by the Faculties of Education of Heidelberg and Utrecht Universities of Applied Sciences in conjunction with the Utrecht University SummerSchool.

2008 Participants in front of Faculty of Education in Utrecht

With applications by practitioners from a great variety of EU countries (n = 8) and beyond (n=2) this edition again promises to…

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Added by Ton Koenraad on May 8, 2010 at 10:05pm — No Comments

http://www.xtranormal.com/

http://www.xtranormal.com/ - I love this website and its application. A great resource for creating really high quality movies that you can publish. I've uploaded some test movies in recent weeks and then captured them for use in a presentation.

Yesterday I demonstrated it to a room of media and TV professionals and they were amazed at the quality and how quickly you could create a movie.

Added by Scott Hewitt on October 23, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments

Anderton Tiger Broadcaster

Just spent two days with Russell Prue on site. Russ worked with our team of Radio Ambassadors producing 4 progs in two days. The pinicle was getting ex-pupils Elbow in the study for an interview.

The Braodcaster is a brilliant bit of kit. So easy to use and we had 7-11 year olds producing programmes within a day. Russ you have created an absolutely fab bit of kit. Can not wait to take delivery of our own kit in Nov 16th. Check out the first two shows at… Continue

Added by Sim Parrott on October 22, 2009 at 9:21pm — No Comments

40 great iphone apps for use in education

Real Projects are registered iPhone developers and we are always looking for new and interesting apps. We have listed 40 of our favourite iPhone applications that can be used in education and training. If you have any that you would like to add to the list please get in touch with us.

40 Great iPhone Apps For Education

Added by Scott Hewitt on October 7, 2009 at 11:17am — No Comments

Some excellent links from Tony Vincent at Handheld Learning:

Some excellent links from Tony Vincent at Handheld Learning:

Free web apps for educationalists from Handheld Learning conference today!

http://www.slideshare.net/tonyvincent/doing-it-without-software-web-applications

Web Based Garage Band -… Continue

Added by John Sosna on October 5, 2009 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Ict Diploma Unit 3 GO 95

can anybody doing the above unit contact me regarding the above unit.
we need some help / or advice.

thanks in anticipation

regards
tony walsh

Added by Tony on August 20, 2009 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Grantchester - technology-free

Had a fantastic day yesterday at Grantchester, lunch at The Orchard, walked to Cambridge through the meadows and then back for afternoon tea. Not a byte of technology in sight, but I wonder what Brooke, Woolf and Wittgenstein would have made of BlackBerries (not with apples), iPhones, wifi and the like. Possibly quite a lot. I sat with my pen and notebook - the paper sort - and felt very erudite. Getting the balance right between using technology and not throwing out everything from the past… Continue

Added by Hilary Robertson on August 18, 2009 at 8:15am — No Comments

Preparing for a new start

A little over two weeks to go, and I shall be beginning a new job in a new school. It's slightly daunting and more than a little scray, but I am determined to rise to the challenge.

There's a great deal to do and I've made a good start. Just need to stay fit and healthy and on the bsll. Enough cliches. To work!

Added by Hilary Robertson on August 17, 2009 at 9:16am — No Comments

suffolk e-learning forum - 11th November 2009

Real Projects are bringing their e-learning forum to Suffolk. In conjunction with with UCS Suffolk the first event will be held on 11th November 2009 at the Waterside Building in Ipswich.

The first event will focus on Game Based Learning and will feature leading speakers including Dan Mayers who has worked for Eidos and Disney.

The event takes place from 1:00pm - 4:00pm and is open to anyone with an interest in… Continue

Added by Scott Hewitt on August 7, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Animation

Working on various animation projects with our pupils, have completed a cross curricular project with our S1 and the History department on the Stone Age. See one of the videos that I have uploaded of the pupils work.

History Dept worked on the storyboard and we worked on the technical site , only problems were the limits with the technology. Pupils expectations were only the problem, trying to transfer their ideas from the storyboard to animation.

Pupils enjoyed the task and have now… Continue

Added by gibsoni on June 12, 2009 at 10:42pm — No Comments

Interesting summer courses with an option to visit Holland

Just to let you know there are (at least :-)) 2 courses at the Utrecht Summer School that might interest you: one on designing for WEB 2.0 (including an introduction to the LanguageQuest quality criteria) and another specifically about the didactic use of Interactive Whiteboards. And participants who would like to extend their visit to the Netherlands can apply for an additional period of campus accommodation at 125 Euro (!) per week.

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Added by Ton Koenraad on April 22, 2009 at 1:20pm — No Comments

Summer Term TOP TEN Technology List just Published

Just to let you know that I have just published my TOP TEN Learning & Teaching Technology List. Free to download and with plenty of links to suggested providers and best deals. On the list this term, the world's first Dual-SIM Windows mobile phone, Dane-Elec digital pen and a Virtual PE Teacher. Visit www.andertontiger.com/technology for the full monty and to download the PDF of the list.

Added by Russell Prue on April 21, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

We just don't do it........

You know that spooky feeling of deja 'vu?. Well was I surprised when the LEA support organisation told me over the phone ' we just don't support Windows Vista' - well truth be told I was'nt, but we are in the technology game here people.

I've got Year 3's running Windows Vista on there home PC when I am told in the school you can only run XP - does anyone out there have a forward looking LEA support organisation? I would love to know.

Mixing pain with pleasure as they say… Continue

Added by Kevin Sait on April 2, 2009 at 2:34pm — No Comments

The Spin is here!

Finally got the Spin today, which as you may tell I have been quite anxious to get my hands on. First view on getting out of the box were, 'neat unit compact and lightweight', the handle which adourns other Fizzbook models is as quite as 'in your face' on this model which is a good thing.

Turning on, boots in to Windows XP Home, abit slowly I think, my 4 year old would have probably gone to make a cup of coffee by the time it had loaded up, (thats a metaphorical cup of coffee for… Continue

Added by Kevin Sait on April 1, 2009 at 2:17pm — No Comments