Through some careful work combined with serendipitous luck, I have managed to get a 32GB iPad ahead of the UK launch. I understand from a friend that in New York, stocks were limited per store, and that the staff were also insisting on US passports to purchase them, such is the demand/control of launch by [...]
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My iPad in the classroom: First thoughts
May 19th, 2010 by admin
Tags: apple, classroom, communicate, feedback, gadget, ipad, kit, media, new, productivity, teaching
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Violent computer games make your kids negative: Discuss
February 10th, 2010 by admin
This is a response to a Channel 4 program, Extreme Parenting, in which a segment was given over to a study of Violent games. A group of boys were randomly divided in two, and asked to play either a football game or a violent game. Their heart rates were monitored during this. They were then [...]
Tags: communicate, computer games, Experiment, extreme parenting, media, research, students, TV review, violent games
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Lesson Themetunes
April 20th, 2009 by admin
When you hear French music in the supermarket, does your mind start, even unconsciously, considering French wine? Apparently it does, even if you deny it influences you directly. (See MindHack for a neat introduction to the research). So what impact does this have for our learning consumers? Just like Proust’s Madeleine cake extract, hearing certain [...]
Media: Lesson Credits
March 18th, 2009 by admin
Offering a set of credits in your lesson makes a wonderful finish to the lesson, is something that can be on-going throughout your time in class and is incredibly simple to do.
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