Wednesday 17 October 2007

Computers in Classrooms latest issue: a social networking survey, using iPods in Religious Education lessons, coal-mining, Flashmeeting, and much, muc


Computers in Classrooms, October 2007The latest issue of Computers in Classrooms is now available and contains articles on the following subjects:

  • A news update, including the chance to get your students to take part in a survey about social networking, and a prize draw.

  • FlashMeeting in Education -- a wonderful tool for holding online meetings with text, video and audio. Paul Harrington explains. Plus a chance to take part in a meeting.

  • Boring the kids into submission -- the title speaks for itself, and in any case it's too tedious to enlarge upon .

  • What’s in a name? Cilla Pickering talks about B-learning.

  • There’s only one thing worse than being talked about, and that’s being talked about too much -- my comments about comments.

  • Finding your way around the Educational Technology -- ICT in Education website: never get lost again.

  • Making it funky -- RE, iPods and MPs -- Paul Hopkins talks about using iPods in the Religious Education curriculum.

  • From Coal Face to Chalk Face! Nigel Willetts started his working life as a coal miner; now he is a highly successful teacher of educational technology. What lessons did he learn from his previous career that he has brought to bear in his current one?

  • K12 Online : Off to a flying start. The first few presentations of this online conference come under the microscope.

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