Category: Edtech stuff
’21C Tools for Teaching – People & Learners’ via Scoop.it
| February 13, 2012 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Blog, Edtech stuff, Web2.0 Stuff |
Whilst browsing the wondrous world wide web we stumbled upon this terrific curation of ’21st Century Tools for Teaching-People and Learners’ by Gust Mees. It acts as a central point for blog posts, articles, tutorials etc on many web2.0 applications for teaching & instructional purposes, and its well worth checking out for those interested in…
Active Administration in Schools via the Cell Phone
| February 13, 2012 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Edtech stuff, Teacher Blog Reviews, Web2.0 Stuff |
There’s a great buzz surrounding this blog post by Lisa Nielsen – AKA: @InnovativeEdu. We love it simply because it encourages school leaders to get out of their offices and use technology to amplify the things that they see via simple technology: their cell phone. As avid enthusiasts of the use of such tech, we…
Claymation Studio 3.0 – EdTech Review
| August 2, 2011 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Blog, EdTech Reviews, Edtech stuff |
When we got out hands on the Claymation Studio 3.0 Deluxe we were looking forward to becoming the next Nick Park of Wallace and Grommet fame. Yet whilst a product that costs £39.99 obviously won’t allow you to create the next ‘Wrong trousers’, students can effectively use it to storyboard their ideas and to make…
Livescribe Echo Smartpen – Edtech Review
| July 10, 2011 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Blog, EdTech Reviews, Edtech stuff |
The Livescribe Echo Smartpen has tremendous potential for use in our schools. We were blown away after playing with one for a few weeks. We showed it to teachers and students and our findings are below, but needless to say – we were mightily impressed. Livescribe smartpens digitally capture everything people hear and write. To…
WatchKnowLearn – YouTube alternative
| June 26, 2011 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Blog, Edtech stuff, Web2.0 Stuff |
We love WatchKnowLearn. Why? Because it has an ethical approach to educating students via the medium of video – with an additional emphasis on staying safe. Within a few sentences the organisation states: ‘Imagine hundreds of thousands of great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught to school kids. Imagine them rated and…
iClone 4 pro – Edtech Review
| June 5, 2011 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Blog, EdTech Reviews, Edtech stuff |
We loved Reallusion’s CrazyTalk Animator Pro that much we decided to venture even deeper into the world of 3D animation via the company’s ‘iClone 4 pro’. Some of the product features include 3D filmmaking, environment productions, motion & interactivity, and video effects all via instant virtual sets. As Teachers we love tutorials – and with…
Google Mapping Native American History
| June 5, 2011 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Blog, Edtech stuff, Web2.0 Stuff |
Google Mapping Native American History We love this great teaching approach for learning about Native American History from David Freeburg. His website ‘Epic Epoch’ is a place full of great teaching ideas. David describes himself as someone ‘who enjoys his experience in the classroom teaching his students how to use the web, social media, Interactive…
QWIKI: a new way to experience information?
| May 14, 2011 | Posted by Mr Buzz under Blog, Edtech stuff, Web2.0 Stuff |
Now this looks interesting for quickly introducing a new topic at a moment’s notice. Qwiki is a new way to experience information and at first glance it looks ideal for classroom use. You simply stick the name of a location, person, object etc into the search bar and sit back whilst a lovely computerised lady…
