Category Archives: teaching
Unconference 5 – Prezi
The last session I went to was a chat by a guy from NIST about his use of Prezi. I’d heard of this presentation tool before but it was useful to get a first hand demo of the product. Prezi … Continue reading
Cohort-Final Session
So it was now time to present what our group had worked on over the last few sessions: Producgital The aim was to provide a student guide to different digital products. We’ll see if it is useful. Some other resources: … Continue reading
Unconference 4B: 3D virtual worlds in the classroom
I have had a go with using 2nd life in the classroom but with not much success. Hogs a lot of bandwidth and students have to install a client to run it. So I was interested to hear what Bill … Continue reading
Conference 3 – Build the project
First, Melinda and Chris talked through some ideas about encouraging creativity: SCAMPER Ask the reverse Reverse brainstorming Instead of asking, “How do I solve or prevent this problem?” ask “How could I cause this problem?” Suggested resource: , Amazon.com: A … Continue reading
Unconference 3: Jon Zurfluch
Jon has been a Tech Director at SCIS and is know a Head of School. He had a conversation about how best to convince administrators about the benefits of technology in the classroom. His advice – don’t justify by a … Continue reading
