Archive forJanuary 17th, 2007

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Flying under the radar…

January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

One of the neat parts about my job is that I get to wander into classes when I get the chance to see what learners (teachers and students) are up to and how technology might help…I am sometimes pleasantly surprised as learners grow.
Yesterday I had the chance to wander into one of our Grade 7 [...]

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Vyew update…

January 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

Had a couple of chances to use Vyew in the past few days…in case you missed my previous post, Vyew is an interactive, collaborative, web-based tool that allows two or more people to share live desktops, images or other files on a real-time basis.  Thought I would drop a couple of observations.
First of all, I [...]

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Graphics tablets in the classroom

January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

As we move towards the confusing future of education and the role technology plays in information artisanship with our students, sometimes it’s nice to just share the simple, practical use of a new tool within our classrooms.
One such tool is the simple pen-based graphics tablets which were designed to allow a human interface with software [...]