As you maybe aware we recently ran trials of the Asus Minibooks. Five machines were allocated to a number of teachers within the authourity. We asked our members of staff to investigate the suitability of these machines as classroom tools. In June I decided to splash out and treat myself to an all new 4GB [...]
This morning I was out at Campie Primary School visiting Alicia MacFarlane and her P6-7 class. This morning I was there to help the pupils use the application CrazyTalk. As discussed earlier this year the pupils would use CrazyTalk to tell a story that they had written in Chapters. They are working in groups for [...]
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, [...]
This week I attended an eLearning Alliance meeting in Perth. The meeting was lead by Bill Esdale from Techknowledgey.
During this meeting we looked at some new software.
Crazy talk is an application that allows the user to take an image (or portrait) and digitally bring it to life. In East Lothian we have five ’stand alone’ licences that [...]
Following a few sessions of the game Maths Training and a chat with Norma Macphesron, East Lothian’s Advisory Teacher of Mathematics.
Here are a few more thoughts:
Pros-
Flash Cards are excellent for learning to recognise number spatial patterns.
The Cells games are good for practising numeracy skills (especially tables).
On the whole a useful method of formative assessment. The [...]
Tonight I took my first challenge of the game ‘Math’s Training’ on the Nintendo DS Lite.
I have been curious about this game and its potential to enhance Numeric skills. My first impressions are that it is ‘mediocre’. I am not entirely sure that it is any better than any of the other ‘Brain’ games currently [...]
I had forgotten to mention this in my last post- but it is such a classic example of the ‘Digital Immigrant/Native’ Society in which we live, it merits its own.
The pupils at Camie Primary School were using iMovie to edit their video footage (timing and title slides to enhance etc). Following a brief lesson on [...]
I have now had a chance to explore the RM ASUS MiniBook further. We have five of these machines in East Lothian. These are being trialled by a number of teaching staff. In addition to my recent post, here are a few more of my thoughts.
Here are a few of my notes- bearing in mind I am reflecting [...]
Immersive Education was one of the many companys that I had on my ‘To Visit’ list at BETT. Here in East Lothian, we have purchased ‘Media Stage’ licenses for our English Departments.
Media Stage is a 3D virtual perforamce stage. Users are involved in script-writing, casting, set building, propping, directing, lighting, audio-recording, editing and camera skills:
Immersive Education:
Students [...]
As I mentioned I attended a number of Seminars at the BETT show. Here is my summary of the best ones (I apologise if they are not entirely accurate, but I am reading my scribbled shorthand)
Day 1.
Derek Robertson was there spreading the word about the hand held learning trials that he is currently leading throughout [...]
