As part of a series of posts, we examine the latest research on how young people and the wider population in the UK use the internet, and what it means for Local Authorities, schools and teachers.
What do young people use the net for?
The main use of the net, by far, is for learning: 57% use […]

When it comes to technology simplicity sells. That’s the title of David Pogue’s TED Talk which provides the basis of discussion at the third Inspiration Session for Learning and Teaching Scotland employees. But this time, with Scotland’s teachers on holiday and clearly with nothing else better to do, we’re inviting you along.
With apologies for the […]

How good is your ear for accents? How different do you think one word could sound in a variety of accents? A new interactive site entitled Sound Comparisons by Edinburgh University in conjunction with the Arts & Humanities Research Council allows you to hear the same word uttered in dozens of accents. I tried out […]

Got a spare 15 minutes? Would you like to take part in a national, online survey about how people listen to music? The mission of Feeling Sound Musiclab is to test how we perceive music – and also to gauge the nation’s favourite chord – the result of which will be used to commission a […]

Edu Twits is a pretty quick and dirty test of creating a no-code-mashup in the style of Non-Programistan and an exploration of how far you can get creating a useful tool without really reading the manual.
I am not suggesting Edu Twits is all that useful, but I can image how we could use this in […]

Anyone who is a drops in on my edubuzz blog may have noticed that the last few posts of the term pointed to new mp3s of pupils playing. The reason for this sudden increase in recording activity was that I received as a gift a Zoom H2 Handy Recorder. It is handy not least because […]

Does your technology make learning better? Does it make assessment better? Does it make learning more enjoyable? These are the key questions asked by Professor Richard Kimbell from Goldsmiths when he’s looking at technology, and he found a problem with all three in e-portfolios. They need to change.
Currently, performance portfolios are created as an end […]

I was reminded of this quote today:
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826); 3rd president of US.
The reason it came to mind was that while thinking about apparent serendipity, an alternative perception occurred to me which might best […]

These are the slides I used at TeachMeetPerth Last week. You can see the images on a Flickr set.
I first got the idea for OpensourceCPD from TeachMeet at the Scottish Learning Festival in 2007 [you can see some pictures here]. Ollie Bray is widely quoted as saying that TeachMeet was his best Continuing Professional Development […]

I have to thank everyone who helped make TeachMeetPerth such a great success! Excellent conversation and ideas delivered in typical TeachMeet style! Lots of sharing and lots of humour… roll on the next one! I decided that I’d use my 7 minute slot to highlight a few tools that I like and which are a) […]