Going to NECC? Check out this “Using Google Earth with Activstudio” workshop!
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Activote, Activstudio, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Game Based Learning, Google, Inspirational ideas and people, Pedagogy, Web 2.0, Your Stories | Comments (0) »Gail Soriano from Avoca West School has a presentation planned for NECC at San Antonio...."Choose Your Own Adventure in the Rain Forest" The presentation is on Monday, June 30, 2008 from 2:00-3:00 in HGCC 214 A/B Gail and her co-presenter will be ...
What are nearly quarter of billion kids using and could it have a place in your class?
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Early Years and Primary, Game Based Learning, Geek Corner, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Personalised Learning | Comments (2) »For this to be a geek post - it would have to be about something slightly quirky and attracting a small, select group - but the numbers I am looking at would suggest there is something radical going on that ...
One of the most shared videos on Google Video? - You may be surprised and inspired.
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Creativity in the classroom, Further & Higher Education, Game Based Learning, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson | Comment (1) »YouTube and Google Video may get bad press… and it would be easy to imagine that the most shared videos would comprise of facile, entertainment of the lowest order.... skateboarding dogs and the ilk In fact an inspirational teacher literally giving ...
21st Century Students Deserve a 21st Century Education
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Creativity in the classroom, Game Based Learning, Mark Robinson, Mobile Learning, Pedagogy, Personalised Learning, Policy and Funding, Professional Development and Training, Research and Evidence | Comments (0) »What do hundreds of thousands of students and tens of thousands of teachers have to say about the state of education in the 21st Century? The "Speak Up" project set out to find out: "Since fall 2003, the annual Speak Up online ...
Game based learning on the Activboard
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Creativity in the classroom, Game Based Learning, Inspirational ideas and people, Mark Robinson, Your Stories | Comments (0) »Mark Prensky is a well recognised voice in the world of learning technology. "Digital Natives" is a description he coined for the generation of young people that have grown up with technology and who because of it, think, behave and socialise ...
Teaching Programming with Alice on an Activboard
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 Posted in Activboard, Classroom Ideas, Early Years and Primary, Game Based Learning, Mark Robinson, Personalised Learning, Programming, Secondary Education | Comment (1) »If you want to teach computer science principles to kids - do try and check this out... http://www.alice.org From here you can download a free program from Carnegie Mellon Uni. that lets you create and control objects and characters in 3D worlds. It ...
Interesting use of Activboard, Activslate and Activote in HE Art and Design
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Classroom Ideas, Further & Higher Education, Game Based Learning, Mark Robinson, Promethean Products, Web 2.0 | Comment (1) »Leeds College or Art and Design (where Damian Hirst first threw a dead sheep off the roof in the name of Art!) has taken on Activclassroom technology and found a range of very interesting ways of using it in a ...
Interview with Robert Powell on delivering personalised, formative assessment
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 Posted in Assessment and Learning, Game Based Learning, Mark Robinson, Secondary Education | Comments (0) »Your team is trapped! - Your next answer will determine if you are entombed in the sunken ship or make it to the Helicopter! Robert Powell, a leading authority on assessment in the UK has used a 'developer kit ...
