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directory of schools using skype

What is MirandaMod? MirandaMod is an informal, loosely structured unconference of like-minded educators to share ideas about the use of technology to inspire others. This will be the first of what we hope will become a regular feature in the MirandaNet calendar. It is likely that MirandMod will usually (but not always) be a fringe event following or attached to a formal MirandaNet seminar/workshop or meeting. It is hoped to establish an International dimension to this event Historically; Mod comes from the Gaelic word for a gathering, assembly or parliament.*

Dan Nstone recommended for example of use of IWBs - relevant section about 90 seconds into video clip

ways to enroll your students into groups (ie, classes/sets, whatever you wish to call them) it's rather nice for them and you if you get them to do the work. You do this by clever use of the group enrolment key - click on the image for a youtube video. Ba

Go Outdoors and Play with WherigoTM Wherigo is a toolset for creating and playing GPS-enabled adventures in the real world. Use GPS technology to guide you to physical locations and interact with virtual objects and characters

An alternative blog system for Moodle. Can be used in place of, or in addition to, the standard Moodle blog system.

celebrating tech in schools actually being used

schools using open source software

New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development (November 20, 2008) - Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America's youth are developing important social and technical skills online - often in ways adults do not understand or value.

XMind, combined with online sharing service, provides a revolutionary way to enable both team brainstorming and personal mind mapping. With this major upgrade, we bring Web 2.0 concepts on community sharing into a popular desktop application. New Gantt view allows project managers to easily track project tasks and schedules. You'll find many more useful and time-saving functions in XMind product family.

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article discussing the use of web2.0 to mark work

The CPS Chalkboard gives you the freedom to teach from anywhere in the classroom. Navigate CPS, PowerPoint, or any of your computer's programs with this easy-to-use tablet and stylus. The CPS Chalkboard also lets you draw illustrations or notate questions without being bound to the blackboard.

So you have attended a TeachMeet and hopefully have come away with something to use in the clasroom. Please take some time to explain what you think went really well and what might be tweaked to help improve future meetings.

We're a bunch of like-minded, mainly UK-based, educators interested in educational technology. We produce a regular podcast with the aim of spreading good practice and innovative tools in education over at http://www.edtechroundup.com Hub.edtechroundup.com is a collection of blog posts from our own personal blogs that deal with here and now classroom practice from a variety of subject angles. Pedagogically-sound Open Source and Web 2.0 solutions figure quite high on our list of priorities. As always please feel free to get involved in our Diigo network and interact with us via Twitter!

a really helpful presentation that will enthuse and share ideas about the effective use of ICT in the classroom.

Ricky School ICT Blog using blogger

This is the gateway to the dc2 blogging community. Here you will find links to Dundee school blogs, the ICT Staff Tutors blog and to other relevant resources. Visit the Glow Web 2.0 group for information about using blogs, wikis, podcasts and other Web 2.0 tools in learning and teaching.

This is a dynamic document designed to support teachers, school media specialists, and education leaders in developing, maintaining, and enforcing policies designed to: 1. Promote the most effective, productive, and instructionally sound uses of digital, networked, and abundant information environments. 2. Provide safe digital environments for learners and to instill safe practices and habits among the learning community.

excellent presentation discussing the pedagogy of interaction using whiteboards

I invited folk on twitter to add themselves to this list and quite a few did, I've blogged a bit about it and hope to use this technology with my class very soon. Thanks to everybody who help with the test, and please feel free to add yourself to see how