EdTechRoundUp http://www.edtechroundup.com ...conversations about using technology in education. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:01:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ©EdTechRoundUp dajbelshaw@gmail.com (EdTechRoundUp) dajbelshaw@gmail.com(EdTechRoundUp) 1440 education,edu,schools,teaching,learning,ict,blogging Conversations about using technology in teaching EdTechRoundup is a place where a group of UK-based educators come together for discussion and collaboration around the use of technology in education. We believe in pedagogically-sound uses of educational technology, but don?t believe in ramming Web 2.0 (or anything else for that matter) down people?s throats? EdTechRoundUp EdTechRoundUp dajbelshaw@gmail.com No no http://www.edtechroundup.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg EdTechRoundUp http://www.edtechroundup.com 144 144 ©EdTechRoundUpeducation,edu,schools,teaching,learning,ict,bloggingEducation/Educational Technologyhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #78 – Getting Ready For Summer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/mSNBoxm89_s/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/21/edtechroundup-weekly-78-getting-ready-for-summer/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:01:07 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=463 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. This weeks meeting looked at the weekly UKEdChat on twitter, a Google Earth Wiki, summer events such as Google Teacher Academy and Microsoft’s Summer Camp, online calendars for keeping track of education events, a healthy discussion about facebook usage between teachers and students, going back to teach in old schools and the announcement of ClassDroid beta.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/21/edtechroundup-weekly-78-getting-ready-for-summer/feed/ 0 49:34 This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. This weeks meeting looked at the weekly UKEdChat on twitter, a Google Earth Wiki, summer events ... This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. This weeks meeting looked at the weekly UKEdChat on twitter, a Google Earth Wiki, summer events such as Google Teacher Academy and Microsoft's Summer Camp, online calendars for keeping track of education events, a healthy discussion about facebook usage between teachers and students, going back to teach in old schools and the announcement of ClassDroid beta. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/21/edtechroundup-weekly-78-getting-ready-for-summer/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #63 TeachMeets and more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/qFIMhnRWK1A/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/20/edtechroundup-weekly-63-teachmeets-and-more/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:33:52 +0000 daibarnes http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=451 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Dughall McCormick (his first hosting and he does a great job). This weeks meeting TeachMeet Yorkshire and Humberside, ISPs warning broadband customers that they exceeded their download quotas, visualisers, Regional Broadband Consortia and more.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/20/edtechroundup-weekly-63-teachmeets-and-more/feed/ 0 54:27 This week's meeting was led by Dughall McCormick (his first hosting and he does a great job). This weeks meeting TeachMeet Yorkshire and Humberside, ... This week's meeting was led by Dughall McCormick (his first hosting and he does a great job). This weeks meeting TeachMeet Yorkshire and Humberside, ISPs warning broadband customers that they exceeded their download quotas, visualisers, Regional Broadband Consortia and more. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/20/edtechroundup-weekly-63-teachmeets-and-more/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #77 – Do we really want to be Bleeding Edge? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/y28a1vqAHps/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/19/edtechroundup-weekly-77-do-we-really-want-to-be-bleeding-edge/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:32:51 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=456 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. This weeks meeting looked at TeachMeet Moodle, TeachMeet Schools History Project, relaunching the podcast, the pros and cons of different bits of personal handheld technology, including whether we really want to be bleeding edge all the time with our gadgets.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/19/edtechroundup-weekly-77-do-we-really-want-to-be-bleeding-edge/feed/ 0 49:52 This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. This weeks meeting looked at TeachMeet Moodle, TeachMeet Schools History Project, relaunching the podcast, the pros ... This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. This weeks meeting looked at TeachMeet Moodle, TeachMeet Schools History Project, relaunching the podcast, the pros and cons of different bits of personal handheld technology, including whether we really want to be bleeding edge all the time with our gadgets. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/07/19/edtechroundup-weekly-77-do-we-really-want-to-be-bleeding-edge/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #61 – 10 Big Questions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/hTzQm50-_M0/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/05/23/edtechroundup-weekly-61-10-big-questions/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 21:21:02 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=447 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. This weeks meeting was an extended discussion around education started from the 10 big questions wiki as presented on 10fored.wikispaces.com, Degree/results inflation – major education story this side of the Irish Sea and a discussion about conferences and events coming up.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/05/23/edtechroundup-weekly-61-10-big-questions/feed/ 0 51:36 This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. This weeks meeting was an extended discussion around education started from the 10 big questions wiki as ... This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. This weeks meeting was an extended discussion around education started from the 10 big questions wiki as presented on 10fored.wikispaces.com, Degree/results inflation - major education story this side of the Irish Sea and a discussion about conferences and events coming up. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/05/23/edtechroundup-weekly-61-10-big-questions/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #60 – Wordle’s the word! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/qo35K0gdYIo/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/28/edtechroundup-weekly-60-wordles-the-word/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:00:49 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=443 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week’s meeting we discussed Wordle briefly going offline and how we rely on this and other free tools, TeachMeet Fishbowl, The Curriculum Catalyst, VITAL.AC.UK and other CPD resources.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/28/edtechroundup-weekly-60-wordles-the-word/feed/ 0 48:56 This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week's meeting we discussed Wordle briefly going offline and how we rely on this and ... This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week's meeting we discussed Wordle briefly going offline and how we rely on this and other free tools, TeachMeet Fishbowl, The Curriculum Catalyst, VITAL.AC.UK and other CPD resources. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/28/edtechroundup-weekly-60-wordles-the-word/ EdTechRoundUP Weekly #59 – Biometrics and keeping track. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/hSl-JE9w1JI/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/26/edtechroundup-weekly-59-biometrics-and-keeping-track/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:00:15 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=440 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week’s meeting we covered around keep track of IT consumables and kit using barcodes and booking them out, room booking software, video editing, print management, biometrics and ID Cards, digital signage, iPod Touch vs Netbooks, and a question on the future of OCR Nationals.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/26/edtechroundup-weekly-59-biometrics-and-keeping-track/feed/ 0 53:37 This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week's meeting we covered around keep track of IT consumables and kit using barcodes and ... This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week's meeting we covered around keep track of IT consumables and kit using barcodes and booking them out, room booking software, video editing, print management, biometrics and ID Cards, digital signage, iPod Touch vs Netbooks, and a question on the future of OCR Nationals. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/26/edtechroundup-weekly-59-biometrics-and-keeping-track/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #58 – Being mobile; teachers, phones and video editing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/eWpxWQ71AsY/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/24/edtechroundup-weekly-58-being-mobile-teachers-phones-and-video-editing/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:00:31 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=436 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week’s meeting we covered discussions around Flash memory based camcorder, OCR Nationals, green screen technology and video editing, equipment for the mobile teacher, what the recent Ofsted report on safeguarding could mean in schools, the banning or use of mobile phones in the classroom, best affordable laptops for staff and student use, options for future ETRU TeachMeets and other teachmeets.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/24/edtechroundup-weekly-58-being-mobile-teachers-phones-and-video-editing/feed/ 0 51:16 This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week's meeting we covered discussions around Flash memory based camcorder, OCR Nationals, green screen technology ... This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week's meeting we covered discussions around Flash memory based camcorder, OCR Nationals, green screen technology and video editing, equipment for the mobile teacher, what the recent Ofsted report on safeguarding could mean in schools, the banning or use of mobile phones in the classroom, best affordable laptops for staff and student use, options for future ETRU TeachMeets and other teachmeets. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/24/edtechroundup-weekly-58-being-mobile-teachers-phones-and-video-editing/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #57 – ‘Master’ the technology http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/dO0KOISNjBU/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/22/edtechroundup-weekly-57-master-the-technology/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:00:19 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=427 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week’s meeting we covered discussions around Dai’s Masters project and the results from his crowd-sourcing of ideas, the use of video and other tools to create book trailers, a survey on what web filter categories should be blocked with further discussions about eSafety and then the use and development of themes in Moodle to engage students at Hamble College.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/22/edtechroundup-weekly-57-master-the-technology/feed/ 0 50:10 This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week's meeting we covered discussions around Dai's Masters project and the results from his crowd-sourcing ... This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week's meeting we covered discussions around Dai's Masters project and the results from his crowd-sourcing of ideas, the use of video and other tools to create book trailers, a survey on what web filter categories should be blocked with further discussions about eSafety and then the use and development of themes in Moodle to engage students at Hamble College. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/22/edtechroundup-weekly-57-master-the-technology/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #56 – CPD is Vital http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/JQIuzNOQT_M/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/20/edtechroundup-weekly-56-cpd-is-vital/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:00:46 +0000 daibarnes http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=423 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week’s meeting we discussed the the iPad, The Vital Project, Schools Interoperability Framework, how ‘free’ is the internet and TeachMeets abroad.

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/20/edtechroundup-weekly-56-cpd-is-vital/feed/ 0 52:44 This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week's meeting we discussed the the iPad, The Vital Project, Schools Interoperability Framework, how ... This week's meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week's meeting we discussed the the iPad, The Vital Project, Schools Interoperability Framework, how 'free' is the internet and TeachMeets abroad. Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/20/edtechroundup-weekly-56-cpd-is-vital/ EdTechRoundUp Weekly #55 – A Present From Prezi? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechroundup/~3/CvNbYXygN38/ http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/13/edtechroundup-weekly-55-a-present-from-prezi/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:00:47 +0000 Tony Sheppard http://www.edtechroundup.com/?p=416 ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week’s meeting we discussed the education licence for Prezi, concerns about data and files in the Cloud, the requirements for online reporting and what effect it has on parental engagement and classroom practice, observing classroom resources and classroom practice, technology to support teachers and trainee teachers

Collated the links from this week’s meeting are available via our Diigo account.

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’

]]> http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/13/edtechroundup-weekly-55-a-present-from-prezi/feed/ 0 50:17 This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week's meeting we discussed the education licence for Prezi, concerns about data and files in ... This week's meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. In this week's meeting we discussed the education licence for Prezi, concerns about data and files in the Cloud, the requirements for online reporting and what effect it has on parental engagement and classroom practice, observing classroom resources and classroom practice, technology to support teachers and trainee teachers Collated the links from this week's meeting are available via our Diigo account. 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 Russellrsquo;s lsquo;What We Wantrsquo; Podcasts EdTechRoundUp no No http://www.edtechroundup.com/2010/04/13/edtechroundup-weekly-55-a-present-from-prezi/ EdTechRoundUpnonadultConversations about using technology in teaching