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Instructional blogging is a noticeable trend in supporting teaching and learning. Research on the use of blogs and wiki's offers many ways to consider the use of these tools to supplement class discussion. If you have considered using a blog or wiki for your class, this article offers you some important information to consider.

TeachMeet09@BETT At the moment this is a holding page, so at least we've got something to hold the fort while we gather our thoughts. If (in the meantime) you wanted something related to BETT to peruse, why not have a look at the EduBETT wiki (hosted on

TeachMeet09@BETT At the moment this is a holding page, so at least we've got something to hold the fort while we gather our thoughts. If (in the meantime) you wanted something related to BETT to peruse, why not have a look at the EduBETT wiki (hosted on

Welcome to the Classroom Google Earth wiki. I would like this space to be somewhere that allows students, teachers, and other colleagues to share classroom based resources and ideas for Google Earth. I will kick it off with this. Lots more to come! Why not contribute! I would love to know how you are using GE in your classroom.

Snowglobe is an Open Source development project for viewers that connect to the Second Life Grid.

All things Second Life

This wiki accompanies the GTAUK session on Google Earth* and will be made into an ebook before the event.

Should the web be filtered in schools? If yes then where is the line? David Gilmour (East Lothian) First, all social s/w sites are not the same. Distinguish blogs/wikis from Bebo etc as a first step. Next establish that Web2 is now mainstream. Queen, GB have Youtube sites, not just happy slappers. Have a paper I did on this... Ben Plouviez (Scottish Government, personal capacity) Some very random thoughts: this is an area where I think we should make waves, and I'd like to understand more about how filtering works (or doesn't) in local authorities and schools.

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.

free software. there is usually a free open source version of any software you use

At our weekly EdTechRoundUp meetings we often discuss ideas, opinions and case studies from books we've recently read. A few of us thought it would be a great idea to facilitate an informal book swap. This page exists for that purpose

#ukedchat is a more uk-educator friendly version of the very popular twitter discussion #edchat, that takes place on a Tuesday

What is woices? Woices is a FREE internet service that allows people to create, share and consume echoes, audio records that are linked to a very specific geographical location or real-world object. Woices ultimate goal is to extend reality by creating a

TeachMeet Midlands 2009 Friday 15th May 2009 6-9pm National College for School Leadership, Nottingham

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article discussing the use of web2.0 to mark work

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 Gestetner, named for its inventor David Gestetner, is a duplicating machine.

Assessment and Evaluation in the 21st-Century Classroom Facilitator: Konrad Glogowski

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.