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ETR Weekly #12 – BETT 2009, Jumpbox, and more!

Published on 14 January 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Dai Barnes did a sterling job steering the conversation this week. Whether it was because it was the week before the all-pervasive BETT 2009, because it was the weekend after the first week back at school, or a combination of the two, there were less in attendance. Thankfully, the quality of the conversation didn’t drop with the numbers and, in fact, the fruits of the discussion in terms of an installation of Jumpbox, can be found at EdTechRoundup.co.uk :-)

Many thanks to John Johnston for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

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Dai Barnes has collated the links from the show on Diigo here.

 

Lisa Stevens has tidied up the ETR wiki page for this week’s show.

 

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

ETR Weekly #11 – CPD, Edtech-related resolutions, and more on Education in 2020

Published on 7 January 2009 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

The first EdTechRoundup Weekly FlashMeeting of 2009 saw a welcome return of the mix of (mainly UK-based) educators discussing all things to do with educational technology. Daniel Needlestone discussed the slot he had to promote edtech/elearning at his school during an in-service training day. After that, we discussed the resolutions we’d made relating to educational technology, and then we talked more about education in 2020.

Happy New Year!

Many thanks to John Johnston for sorting out the audio. :-)

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Dai Barnes has collated the links on Diigo here.


Lisa Stevens is currently working her magic on the ETR wiki page for this week’s show.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

ETR Weekly #10 – BETT 2009, Wiki textbooks and Education in 2020

Published on 21 December 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

This week’s EdTechRoundup Weekly started with a discussion on what education was going to look like the year 2020. We also discussed who’s doing what at BETT 2009 and a little bit about what people can expect from TeachMeet on the Friday night.

We moved on to discuss wiki textbooks and why they haven’t taken off as well as some ideas for Christmas lessons. :-)

Many thanks to Joe Dale for sorting out the audio. :-)

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Dai Barnes has collated the links on Diigo here.


Unfortunately the two wiki pixies were not in attendance, meaning the ETR wiki page for this week’s show is looking somewhat sparse…

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

ETR Weekly #9 – Not quite a ‘blogging special’

Published on 3 December 2008 in Podcasts. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

EdTechRoundup Weekly

This week’s EdTechRoundup Weekly followed a week where a lot of people had been busy and therefore not had chance to attend. As a result there was some confusion as to whether it was a ‘blogging special’ or not. In the end, we did mention blogs and issues to do with them, along with:

  • Feedback from the MirandaMod2 (un?)conference
  • Internet filtering and Louise Jones’ Twitter poll
  • A collaborative Google Docs-powered presentation on how to use Netbooks effectively in the classroom
  • A discussion about online calendars, integration with Moodle, and possible ‘homework-casting’ via iTunes!
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Dai Barnes is now a firm fan of Diigo for the ETR links. You can access the relevant ones from this week’s meeting here.


Lisa Stevens, a.k.a. wiki pixie herself, is in the process of updating the ETR wiki here to include the notes from the meeting.

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

ETR Weekly #8 – Talking Postcards, TweetMeet and E-Learning in Schools

Published on 23 November 2008 in Podcasts. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

You may be asking what happened to ETR Weekly #7 – erm, good question and we’re on the case…

This week’s ETR FlashMeeting focused around collaboration and training. Tom Barrett talked about his organising a TweetMeet (using tweetmeet.eu) in Nottingham on Saturday 6th December. Doug Belshaw provided feedback about his new role as E-Learning Staff Tutor at his school, which produced some interesting discussion. We also discussed some useful technologies, such as ‘talking’ postcards and the like… :-D

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Dai Barnes is experimenting with using Diigo instead of Delicious for the ETR links. You can access the relevant links from this week’s meeting here.

 
Lisa Stevens, the wiki pixie herself, has updated the ETR wiki here to include the notes from the meeting.

 

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

EdTechRoundup podcast episode #6 – Internet Filtering

Published on 9 November 2008 in Podcasts. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

PodcastEarlier in the summer, teacher Krysia Smyth interviewed a Local Authority (LA) Network Manager, Rea Wallace, about the subject of Internet filtering in schools.

The discussion between Rea and Krysia, and then Krysia and David Noble (both Edtechroundup contributors), covers: internet access within LA schools, AUPs, the role of teachers in policy on ‘blocking’, and possible future directions.  Don’t miss it! :-)

Many thanks to Rea for taking part in the interview.

Show notes are here.

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ETR Weekly #4 – TeachMeet 2009, Google Docs for online reports & ‘digital permanence’

Published on 22 October 2008 in Podcasts. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

ETR Weekly

We were back to full strength for this week’s FlashMeeting. In addition, it was great to welcome a couple of North American educators into the mix to give their perspective on all this edtech-nical!

This time around we discussed TeachMeet East Midlands 2009, Tom Barrett’s proposal to use Google Docs for online reporting to parents, the idea and importance of ‘digital permanence’, and much more besides. :-D

You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the RSS feed of this blog in iTunes (see button in sidebar), or by using the embedded player below:

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del.icio.usThe links mentioned in this week’s meeting have been kindly collated by Dai Barnes and are available at del.icio.us

A reminder that planning, contact details and more information is available on the EdTechRoundup wiki, maintained fabulously by Lisa Stevens, the wiki pixie! :-)

The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

ETR Weekly #3 – Open Source, Internet Safety update, iPhone Apps & more!

Published on 15 October 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

ETR WeeklyThere were a good number of regulars missing from this week’s FlashMeeting – all for good reasons – but it was great to welcome some new faces. We began with a quick plug for David Noble’s Edonis project, which forms part of his Ed.D. research. We then discussed Doug, José & Ian’s involvement in an upcoming Becta-funded Open Source Schools project and issues surrounding that. After this, we moved on to an update on Internet Safety materials, prompted by Louise Jones, and finally we got to the wonder of iPhones and educational uses for the plethora of applications available for it.

You can listen to the podcast by subscribing to the RSS feed of this blog in iTunes (see button in sidebar), or by using the embedded player below:

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del.icio.usThe links mentioned in this week’s meeting have been kindly collated by Dai Barnes and are available at del.icio.us

A reminder that planning, contact details and more information is available on the EdTechRoundup wiki, ably tended in the absence of Lisa Stevens by Louise Jones.


The music sample in the podcast is taken from Alice Russell’s ‘What We Want’

ETR Weekly #2 – How to use audio effectively in education

Published on 11 October 2008 in Podcasts. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

ETR WeeklyThis week’s discussion centred around the use of audio – including podcasting – in education. There were a good number of people at the meeting, and some experts in the field, such as Joe Dale and Mark Pentleton.

The agenda for the meeting is available on the ETR wiki, along with a link to a replay of the FlashMeeting itself, if you want the unedited version including video!

Our apologies for not releasing our discussions for a while – we’re busy people! You can listen/view our meetings in between ETR 1 and 2 via the Meetings page on the wiki.

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EdTechRoundup Weekly Special – Meeting with TALMOS representative

Published on 9 July 2008 in General. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

FlashMeeting - TALMOSLast Sunday’s weekly EdTechRoundup meeting was a special one. It came in response to an issue that surrounded a blog post by Doug Belshaw and EdTechRoundup Podcast 5.

In that blog post and podcast, Doug made some comments about TALMOS Virtual Learning Environment to which the company behind the product took exception. More details here.

Mike Jones from Core Projects & Technologies (UK) Ltd. accepted our offer for TALMOS to put their side of the story. We’re not releasing it as a podcast as the issue probably won’t be of interest to most of our listeners. However, we thought it important that we make available in unedited format the discussion that took place.

Click here for the FlashMeeting replay!