Yesterday I attended a conference on Using Virtual Worlds in Higher Education. It was run by eLearning Alliance at Moray House, Edinburgh University.
“Second Life (abbreviated as SL) is a 3D online digital world created and owned entirely by its residents. It provides a unique and flexible environment for teachers and learners interested in distance learning, [...]
Today I spent the afternoon at Humbie Primary School. Humbie is a small School situated about 15 miles outside Haddington in East Lothian. Following a meeting on Tuesday with a Representative from Genee, the staff at the school will be trialling a relatively new form of hardware called a ‘Visualiser’.
Visualisers are basically very high powered digital/video cameras that [...]
I haven’t written much on this webpage for a while, so I have a bit of a backlog of posts. There are a number of things I have been meaning to share, but for number of reasons, my webpage has had to take a back seat for a few days. I am not sure if [...]
Today was a very happy and long awaited day for all at Knox Academy. Today we were finally converted to our high speed Wide Area Network (WAN). This conversion ultimately means that the speed and capacity of our Internet connection has dramatically increased. Prior to this up-grade, connecting to the Internet and school server could [...]
Learning Outcome 3’s (LO3) are the practical aspects of a number of SQA courses. Pupils must pass at least one of these in order to be presented for the final examination. Pupils can only pass if their written report conforms to the SQA criteria. I am currently teaching my Higher Biology class the Chemistry of [...]
