Two New Zealand teachers show me how they have created a Second Life universe in which their students can work, learn and play. View below, or on the Connected Live video site.

 By rob
Last December I had the privilege of presenting some notions around the ‘Bebo Boomer’ at the Online Information Conference, the largest information professional conference in the world. I’ve got around to publishing this crammed 20 minutes of ideas, where I wanted to see if business and public service organisations were prepared to harness the […]

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Roo’s been great at posting the audio and some visuals from last week’s panel session where I moderated on how organisations could and should harness the ‘Facebook generation’. He had quite possibly the best quote of the week: “World of Warcraft is the new golf”, courtesy of Joi Ito.

You can see and hear Roo’s excellent […]

The Asus EeePC is a tiny, open source and highly affordable wireless laptop computer, no bigger than a paperback, which could open new possibilities for learning in Scottish classrooms.
Andrew Brown, one of Learning and Teaching Scotland new technologies team, has already blogged about the potential of the wee EeePC, and here takes us on a […]

In this video snippet see how some principals and headteachers-to-be are learning the skills on the job.Â
You can view this video below or by visiting the Connected Live Blip.TV Channel.

At September’s Scottish Learning Festival there are visitors from around the world. The next few podcasts reveal what international guests get out of the programme, and here an Australian representative points out that there are many similarities between the Scottish and Australian ways of doing things.
You can view this video below or by visiting […]

The keynotes for the Scottish Learning Festival have been made available now in a version that will play on your video iPod or MP4 player.
It’s a great way to revisit the rich resource that each keynote address provides. You can right-click (or ctrl-click on a Mac) each of the links below to download these to […]

Gigajam, available to all Scottish teachers and learners through Glow, provides exciting new ways to learn how to play musical instruments. See the video for the highlights of this new technology.

Ewan McIntosh, National Advisor for Learning and Technology Futures, chats about why he attended SLF07, what he gained from the event and his hopes for the progression of Scottish Education over the next five years.
See more about this podcast or listen to other shows on Connected Live’s podcast page. Or, you can listen by clicking […]