A campaign called Next Generation Learning was launched this year by Becta to promote the effective use of technology in schools, colleges and other learning environments. Tony Richardson explains how Web 2.0 has the potential to revolutionise technology
Font Burner is a website enhancement tool that makes it easy for you to add new fonts to your website. Font Burner bypasses this limitation with our archive of fonts that work universally in all browsers and on all computers. By adding a simple block of c
ClickHeat is a visual heatmap of clicks on a HTML page, showing hot and cold click zones. Requires Javascript on the client to track clicks, PHP and GD on the server to log clicks and generate the heatmap.
The lack of computer-literacy requirements and classes to support students who don't meet such requirements places an unfair burden on faculty. Professors who wish to use new technology in their courses wind up serving as tech support for students who lac
There are always challenges in the actual use of technology in instruction, not only in practical terms with familiarity with the technology itself but, more importantly, in a pedagogical sense as the benefits to teaching and learning are examined more th
Content Management Systems have become one the internet's most powerful web developer tools since PHP. In a market where websites need to be built faster
New assessments like the CWRA, however, illustrate that the skills that really matter for the 21st century-the ability to think creatively and to evaluate and analyze information-can be measured accurately and in a common and comparable way. These emergen
his document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumst
Adam brings life to your dusty old static documents. With a flick of your wrist and a click of a button, you can add videos, HTML, stylized text and more to a static PDF or image file.
Last week I published a collection of over 50 excellent navigational menus for your design inspiration. Because I found more examples than I used in that post, and because others seemed to share my appreciation for menu design, I've decided to put togeth
Students use graham crackers and frosting to learn about the different aspects of plate tectonics. They manipulate the graham crackers in various ways to model divergent plate boundaries, convergent plate boundaries - continental and oceanic, convergent p
Some stories are so bizarre that you have to wonder if they're true, but this one (via Ewan's Delicious bookmarks) about a policeman in Cheyenne, Wyoming who was brought in to "teach" kids about MySpace is beyond the pale.
It's a domain parking Wordpress theme that creates a homepage saying "Welcome to 'X' site" and asking visitors to sign up for RSS or email alerts so they know when the site launches.
Website builders have been gaining more popularity and traction lately, thanks to services such as Wix and Webnode. These online website creators allow you