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Wallwisher.com: sticky note online collaboration

April 28, 2010
By daibarnes
Wallwisher.com: sticky note online collaboration

Name WallWisher URL http://wallwisher.com What is it? An online pin board that everyone can pin things on. Allows teachers and pupils to collaborate on one web page.  Double click the web page to add a new note. Fill in your name and enter your text and links to relevant websites including videos. Good for...
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Email productivity

April 27, 2010
By daibarnes
Email productivity

I thought this might prove useful to some teachers. Here are some tips you might like to help you manage email fast and forever (and yes, they do include the delete key). http://five.sentenc.es/ (very brief justification of five sentence rule, also leads to the more efficient two sentence rule – how low can you...
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Spreeder: teach pupils (or yourself) to speed read

April 6, 2010
By daibarnes
Spreeder: teach pupils (or yourself) to speed read

I came across SPREEDER via @Documentally on twitter. It strikes me as an excellent tool to get pupils reading large quantities as well as helping them to learn to speed read it may well be great for learning. People often complain reading on screen is a chore and many people print long documents to...
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BectaX: the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?

April 1, 2010
By daibarnes
BectaX: the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?

Attending BectaX gave me a bit of a buzz. It was a privelege to be invited. (Thank You @tombarrett) The agenda was to see where we need to go next to advance the use of ICT in education. Speakers were lined up from education, media and industry. Lots of movers and shakers present. Creative...
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43/365 Charity Day (TeachMeet venue?)

February 12, 2010
By daibarnes
43/365 Charity Day (TeachMeet venue?)

Charity Day at school selling cakes & trinkets for Africa. This is taken in The Cloisters where I am thinking about hosting a West London TeachMeet. Good idea? A teachmeet in a school? Initial response from Leadership has been positive. Posted via email from daibarnes’s posterous
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