Saturday 15 September 2007

Web 2.0 Project Survey: A New Development


We've had some great responses to our Web 2.0 Project survey: there is some truly interesting stuff going on around the world.

However, it came to our attention that some people are not running a project themselves, but know of someone who is, and were rightly hesitant about completing a form on someone else's behalf.

We've addressed that now: if you are completing the form for someone else's project, put their name and email address near the top of the form, and your name and email address at the bottom. We will then contact them if we would like to give out information about the project.

We have also added another application type: Learning Platforms or VLEs. Not strictly speaking Web 2.0 I know, but I was reminded of some the interesting uses to which these are put when I attended an inspiring talk by Fiona Aubrey-Smith.

Finally, we're looking for interesting projects, not exemplars of "best practice" as such. How do we ever learn if we only consider "perfect" stuff anyway? So, if you have just started your project, or you think it's too early to properly evaluate, or even if it went wrong somehow, include it anyway, and let others make their own minds up about it!

Convinced? The survey should take you no longer than 5 minutes to complete. Click here to go to it now.

Thanks.

Friday 14 September 2007

Practical ICT launched


Practical ICTAfter much deliberation, we’ve launched a new e-journal called Practical ICT (for Leaders and Managers of Educational Technology). We were discussing this, and sounding out potential contributors, over a year ago. And now, with an author-friendly contract approved by the UK’s Society of Authors, we are ready to roll.
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Web 2.0 Projects: An Update

The response to my survey of Web 2.0 projects going on has been very encouraging. There is some truly amazing stuff going on "out there". Am I looking for examples of "best" practice? No! Just examples of things that teachers (and others) are trying out.

So what will happen to the data? Where relevant, I hope to incorporate it into the 2nd or 3rd edition of Coming of Age: An Introduction to the NEW Worldwide Web.

Additionally or alternatively, I hope to compile them into a free collection of ideas.

The survey is available here, and will take just two or three minutes to complete.

Computers in Classrooms Latest Issue, PLUS: a new way of getting free samples


Computers in ClassroomsIn this latest edition we cover:

  • EDITORIAL (Web 2.0 project survey; Stirring it up)

  • PRACTICAL ICT (FOR LEADERS AND MANAGERS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY)

  • NET, BLOGS AND ROCK’N’ROLL

  • SHARE BEST PRACTICE? NOT LIKELY!
Also, a new method of getting free samples. We now use the same process as for subscribing to the newsletter. That means that if you do decide to subscribe at some point in the future, you won't have to fill in your details again. Click here for details.
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Net, Blogs and Rock'n'Roll: a Preview


Net, Blogs and Rock'n'RollSo you thought MySpace was the only place to go for social networking and music?

In this forthcoming book, psychologist David Jennings provides information about how people behave online when it comes to music, and why.

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What? You've been in school a week and still not changed the world? Tsk. Tsk.

PlanningMany teachers come bounding back from the long summer break full of energy and enthusiasm, and if you're starting in a new job altogether there is the additional wish to create a good first impression.


But that may not only lead to burn-out, it will almost inevitably turn out to be a grave mistake.


This article is available only to subscribers to Leading and Managing Educational Technology.

Monday 10 September 2007

Psychology, not technology

Are you an evangelist? No? Think again. Most of the people in this educational technology game have a quasi-religious zeal that is almost palpable. You don't even have to go very far to see it -- no further than your desk, in fact. Just look at the latest posts of any blogger, and it's odds on that at some point in the last week he or she has waxed lyrical about some new application they've discovered, or a new website that will change the world.

But do such posts have much effect?

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