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During the summer of 2008 I began work on my thesis. At this time, the working title was, "How are educators using the 'social web' to enhance teaching and learning, and their own professional development?" I started to develop a three-year, longitudinal study, entitled edonis (educators online impact study); setting out to have 100 participants by time of commencement at the start of November. The research would consist primarily of: fortnightly emailed questions; monthly online surveys via Survey Monkey; quarterly invited response to some stimulus; yearly extended discussion (online or face-to-face); and a face-to-face or online recorded interview.

This site provides an overview of the DIAL-e framework developed by Kevin Burden and Simon Atkinson. It includes a great introductory video on the project. "The framework was developed as part of a UK project, sponsored through the Joint Information Services Committee (JISC), to encourage academics and other educators to adopt digital artefacts (in this case video) as part of their teaching, learning and research strategies. Simon and Kevin have three papers about this at the Ascilite conference. I really like this framework and think it has great potential. I think it is a good example of a 'design schema' i.e. a framework to enable teachers and designers to think differently about learning and teaching.

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.

Innovative School Models and Resolve Revisited in·no·va·tion (noun) 1: the introduction of something new; 2: a new idea, method, or device Merriam-Webster online The term innovation is becoming more and more prevalent in education-related discussions. Schools from coast to coast are adopting "innovative" models to address educational needs in local communities. The range of practice associated with these models is wide. Some models are prescribed programs with detailed requirements for professional development and implementation. Other models are more tailored to an individual community and somewhat less specific in structure and delivery. The development of these K-12 programs has been accompanied by university programs designed to facilitate growth, increase successful outcomes, and analyze results.

Any software on this page is primarily meant for developers and may not run without proper the development tools installed. Downloading and installing this software is at your own risk, and no support or guarantee is provided with this software. The official discussion forums for my wiimote projects can be found here: WiimoteProject.com

The project aimed to develop a domain map for formative e-assessment based on a brief review of relevant literature in the field of formative assessment and e-assessment as well as an analysis of aspects of prevailing assessment practice in technology-enhanced post-16 contexts nationally.

Video Description: Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell, dives into a world of game development which will emerge from the popular "Facebook Games" era.

In order to provide a summarized comparison of the functionality of the three email environments we developed a fairly comprehensive comparison listing

6 minute vid by someone developing multi-touch for G1

is a point and click adventure game that includes over 120 brain teasers for the player to solve. The game was developed by Level-5 for the Nintendo DS, and is the first installment of the Professor Layton series. The game was released in Japan, and was later released in North America, Australia, South Korea and Europe.

The 'unconference' approach to professional development, TeachMeet, involves short, sharp demonstrations of one technology, showing its whole potential in no more than seven minutes. We then reverse engineer what went into the product of the students' learning, leaving plenty of time to play and discover new skills. Crucially, we leave time at the end for planning your new skills into your next period of teaching and learning.

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.

The EdtechRoundup Wikispace supports and records the development of the online collaborations of teachers, educators and learning technologists. We are a friendly bunch of educators with contributors ranging from PGCE students and the ICT curious, through

The MirandaNet Fellowship, founded in 1992, is an e-community of practice for international ICT policy makers, teachers, teacher educators, researchers and commercial developers who are passionate about digital technology in teaching and learning and about using technologies to promote cultural understanding and democratic participation. Currently there are over 850 members in 43 countries worldwide. The website, online forums, seminars, workshops and projects run by members are funded by international partner companies and government agencies. Currently projects are running with 2Simple, Fronter, Inspiration, LogicaCMG, Oracle and Steljes. MirandaNet gratefully acknowledges the support of its company partners.

Further to my initial thoughts of linking up the use of Diigo annotations with Google Notebook use I have developed a visual workflow of how a student might interact in this way.

Naace, the professional association for those interested in advancing education through ICT, provides delegates FREE on-line continuing professional development opportunities on this site.

an in-class real time digital audio and visual recording system that assists teaching and professional development, provides a permanent record of best practice, helps manage behaviour and offers protection for staff and pupils, and security for assets.

Vital is open to all staff in schools and sixth form colleges across England, and will support the development of a range of forms of ICT CPD. These include courses, more informal CPD activities (which we call '15 minute CPD'), and peer-peer interaction.

The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around the globe get the most from innovative technologies