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12 Jul 2010
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10 Jul 2010
Finally got to meet with Rob Newberry last night. Rob and I have been exchanging notes via Twitter (@RobinThailand and @john_larkin) and also email for some time. Rob had been teaching in Thailand and he recently transferred to work here in Singapore with an international school as a director of IT. Very nice role indeed. [...]
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07 Jul 2010
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05 Jul 2010
Mobile technologies in the classroom. Well, that is a bit of a misnomer. Mobile technologies should take one out of the classroom of course. I am conducting a presentation on this topic This year the school at which I teach took delivery of about 120 iPod Touches. They are maintained in these secure cases not [...]
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27 Jun 2010
The Mindmap Blog
According to Wikipedia, a Mindmap "is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing."
Today, however, with the wide array of mindmapping software (desktop and web-based), mindmapping has become a great deal more than the Wikipedia definition.
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20 Jun 2010
Welcoming Visitors - Your #Moodle Front Door
A nice front page of your site sends a warm welcome to you every time you get there, as well as other folks when they visit. Its fun to have have an eye-catching door that adds appeal to your online presence and makes people anxious to explore whats on the other side of a login.
U.S. Department of Energy Asks, Is Cloud Computing Fast Enough for Science?
With cloud computing gaining acceptance in the business world, the U.S. Department of Energy[..]
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15 Jun 2010
Twitter - The tweet that shook the world ' Technology ' The Observer
Twitter: The tweet that shook the world
Beloved by celebrities from Stephen Fry to Britney Spears, the social messaging service, with its limit of 140 characters, is now a global phenomenon and, as the Iranian crisis has proved, a powerful political tool
Why an iPod Touch in education?
The iPod Touch is device that I hardly use as a music or video player. Instead, I have chosen to mainly use it as an Internet Device.
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14 Jun 2010
Ancient Greece - The British Museum
British Museum site on Ancient Greece.
BBC - Primary History - Ancient Greeks
BBC web site on ancient Greece
Adora Svitak: A 12 Year Old on Digital Literacy
Adora Svitak: A 12 Year Old on Digital Literacy
I interviewed Adora Svitak after being introduced by her mother and watching her TED presentation. I'm writing a book about 21st century literacies and thought that a 12 year old would give a good perspective. Which she does.
Adults and Social[..]
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ICIDS 2009 International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
ICIDS is the premier international conference on interactive digital storytelling. It was successfully launched in 2008, superseding the previous two European conference series, TIDSE ("Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling") and ICVS ("Virtual Storytelling ? Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling").
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25 Unique uses of WordPress as [...]
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John Larkin
Hi there, I teach history Years 8 - 12 and I also provide PD for educators whenever possible. I have an interest in the convergence of teaching, learn...
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