We’ve been having a look at some new developments in web-based technologies to improve and evolve the user experience of the browser. One great example is PicLens by Cooliris. This transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for online photos and videos. It’s a small download, but once installed improves the user interface significantly and [...]

Tom Hemingway, over in Ankara (though not for much longer, sadly) has begun a wiki to help his successor quickly get to grips with coordinating the IB’s diploma programme in TED Ankara College. He has very kindly opened this up to the IB community in general, so please take a look. In his own words: “This site is [...]

Please find below a YouTube video B Nesbitt created to “inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.” Paul Fairbrother and I used it at the most recent [...]

During a Will Richardson session at NECC 08, this blog, by 11 year-old Laura Stockman, was highlighted: Laura started the blog in December 2007, after wanting to do something in honour of her grandfather who tragically died of brain cancer in 2005. He had been an inspiration to her over many years and so she [...]

I was at NECC 08 recently and bumped into some interesting people. One of whom was Mark Wagner who presented on his PhD research into the use of massively multi-player online role playing games (MMORPGs) in education. According to the literature review for his thesis, MMORPGs offer significant possibilities for rich social interactions and learning.  They [...]