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EdTechRoundUp Weekly #30 - Google Wave, VLEs, Google Squared and Wolfram Alpha

mwclarkson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:41:39 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. We discussed Google Wave, whether VLEs have had their day and compared Google Squared and Wolfram Alpha.

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Nobody has collated the links from this week’s meeting yet, but eventually they should appearhere.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #29 - compulsory Masters degrees for new teachers, an eLearning vision & a general edtech discussion

mwclarkson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:52:02 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. We discussed the possibility of a compulsory Masters degree for all new teachers and what we would like to include in an eLearning strategy.

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated the links from this week’s meeting here.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #28 - TeachMeet Midlands 2009, ETRU Special planning & a general edtech discussion

Doug Belshaw — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:04:50 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. Those of use who attended TeachMeet Midlands 2009 (either physically, or virtually through the FlashMeeting) discussed our experiences. There was some further planning for an upcoming ETRU Special, and then the rest of our time was dedicated to general edtech news, views and opinions!

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated the links from this week’s meeting here.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #27 - Google Sketchup, presenting on ‘collaboration’ and open textbooks.

Doug Belshaw — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:23:02 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Bob Hill. On the agenda was the educational uses of Google Sketchup, the best ways to practice what you preach when presenting on ‘collaboration’, and the concept of ‘Open Source Textbooks’. The latter, Stuart Meldrum has been keen to point out, is not a wiki textbook, but a collaboratively-authored hard-copy effort!

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes is still collating the links from the meeting.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #26 - Jailbreaking iPhones, rolling out Wordpress on a national level, and parental engagement

Doug Belshaw — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:24:07 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes and Doug Belshaw. Dai began by waxing lyrical about his ‘jailbroken’ iPhone, with others contributing what a wonderful thing it is to be released from the fruit shackles. Our major points for discussion were John Heffernan’s plans to roll out Wordpress Multi-User across schools in Ireland, and engaging parents through the use of technology (mainly VLEs, to be fair…)

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated the links from the meeting.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Special on Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)

Doug Belshaw — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:31:48 +0000

This ETRU Special was co-hosted by Dai Barnes and Doug Belshaw. We’ve been discussing Virtual Learning Environments and Learning Platforms on-and-off for weeks now, so the time had come to have the chance to invite some experts in and have a lengthier discussion. We talked to Jeff O’Hara (@zemote), co-founder of Edmodo, discussed the various options when it comes to integrating a VLE, and some ideas for best practice. We finished with approaches for getting all staff onboard when deploying a VLE institution-wide.

Many thanks to Sinclair Mackenzie for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated the links from the meeting.

Make sure you visit the wiki page for the ETRU Special on VLEs. Some great links there!

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #25 - How to become an ‘expert’, SMART tables & Pico projectors.

Doug Belshaw — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:12:40 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. After a quick discussion about what constitutes an ‘expert’ in the field of educational technology and how to become one (see this blog post) we moved onto Mary Cooch’s presentation at MoodleMoot. We finished with some discussion of hardware: Tom Barrett told us about the SMART table he’s got on loan in his classroom, then Doug told us about the Optoma Pico projector in which he’s invested!

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated the links from the meeting.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #24 - User experiences of VLEs and a general discussion.

Doug Belshaw — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:08:32 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. Even though it was Easter weekend, there were still plenty of educators willing to share ideas and opinions about Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and have a general chat about the world of educational technology!

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated the links from the meeting.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #23 - Data systems (MIS), ‘Livescribe’ and planning a ETRU special on VLEs!

Doug Belshaw — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:11:34 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. There were plenty of educators willing to share their thoughts and experience about data management applications, barriers to educational change, and the potential for Virtual Learning Environments, or VLEs, in schools.

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated all the links from the meeting.

Louise Jones has kindly tidied up the ETR wiki page for this week’s meeting, whilst Dave Stacey has done a sterling job in making the ETR wiki homepage look fabulous!

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundUp #22 - Twitter-powered interviews, ‘My Web’, and the new English Primary Curriculum

Doug Belshaw — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:58:59 +0000

This week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. We started with a discussion of Doug’s unusual interview technique (using Twitter) that he successfully employed for a ‘Director of E-Learning’ position. We then moved onto a blog post by Robert Jones entitled My Web is Better, and more on the leaked primary curriculum.

Many thanks to Sinclair Mackenzie for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

The area for discussing this podcast is on the ETRU Forum here.

Dai Barnes has collated the links from the meeting on ETRU diigo account.

Louise Jones has kindly tidied up the ETR wiki page for this week’s meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’