101 Free Learning ToolsView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: teaching thinking)I seem to be doing the bower bird thing at the moment rather than actually writing but as the huge amount of information flows past me, I am grabbing stuff that will be there for me when I need it. The amount of free online software that is available is amazing and this slideshare is best looked at in small doses!!

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I know it has been everywhere, but I just love the idea. Just like the man who gives free hugs we need to celebrate that which we have in common and Matt does this so if you have been living under a rock and haven't seen this -enjoy!

I Pod In EducationView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: ipod education)

Brave New World-Wide-WebView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: web2.0 technology)It was a Monday and I had just had a double with my very demanding Year 9 class writing resumes and job application letters. My cat had come home to die and the thought of how much work I had to do and the constant sense that to create change in my school that is a wet, muddy building site filled with litter and kids who would rather be home in bed, would be akin to moving a mountain. So, in the middle of my bo

Thanks to Jo Mcleay for the link to this amazing video. The links between the web, the audience,the choices we have and change just pop out of this and Michael Wesch's understated presentation of this are so riveting. A longer one but well worth the watch.

So when I started blogging I guess I was hoping that this would be a focus to me thinking more deeply about what I am doing in this job which I have defined myself by for nearly thirty years. Maybe I could put some great ideas on the blog in the hope that they would not slip to the sides like papers on my desk do when the day to day rush of what I do. Maybe I could experiment with software, maybe it would be the ubiquitous 'sandpit' that many bloggers write about.
Only occasionally though has my brain been

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I have a fabulous daughter.She taught me about how to download really simply from YouTube and then convert the video for itunes or quicktime.Because YouTube is blocked in my school I need a way to show my students.So Kate has shown me how to use the activity window in Safari and then ISquint to convert the for Itunes and then made it so I could post it here - yes I am a noob and this is really basic, but I am learning to speak mac and kate wrote this !!;)

One of my Year 8 students whose work I have featured earlier,just submitted this wonderful claymation which is her retelling of the whole story of The Hobbit. It is great work by a really talented and witty student- stay watching for the very amusing titles at the end! Awesome effort Penny!!

| View | Upload your ownI wanted to keep a copy of this slideshare presentation that Judy O'Connell featured on her blog . This is a really thought provoking set of slides and once again it is another thing to think about. Thanks Judy.

Found on Mrs Durff's blog and I think it catures all the excitement that was NECC. I am working up to my own post soon