Inspire Teachers

A week ago, I saw a great graphic on a design blog by Hyperakt. They were hired by Design 360 to redesign the images that the word ‘teachers’ or ‘teaching’ bring to most peoples mind.

What they came up with is a whole set of brilliant graphics that, to me at least, describe school as . . . → Read More: Inspire Teachers

Every Presentation Ever: Communication FAIL

Collaborative learning with Nearpod

I came across an interesting IOS application called Nearpod. This platform is a bit unique, in that I’ve not seen anything that aggregates presentation, feedback, collaboration and assessment tools into one application.

Here are a couple of video clips explaining what it is and does.

Nearpod Education: Pilot program Fall 2011 from Nearpod on . . . → Read More: Collaborative learning with Nearpod

The Smart Window – The Next Iteration of Interactivity in School?

Samsung was showing off their Smart Window technology at CES in Las Vegas. This looks very interesting for ambient information displays or perhaps in the classroom…. or maybe just checking Twitter on the bathroom mirror

. . . → Read More: The Smart Window – The Next Iteration of Interactivity in School?

The Classmate PC is back.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen anything in the news about CTL and the Classmate laptops.  Well, CTL is back via the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and has released two new models – the 2go Classmate PC NL3 convertible tablet and the 2go Classmate PC E12.  The former with the . . . → Read More: The Classmate PC is back.

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