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EdTechRoundUp Weekly #33 – Getting more bang for your buck

ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. In this week’s meeting we discussed ‘Getting more bang for your buck’. This looked at the pros and cons of purchasing equipment outright vs leasing, buying netbooks and whether or not Linux could be used as a successful and free OS alternative in schools.

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Nobody has collated the links from this week’s meeting yet, but eventually they should appear here.

 

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

 

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

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #32 – MindMaps, Social Networks and Google Teacher Academy UK

ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Doug Belshaw. We discussed the use of collaborative MindMaps, creating social networks in the classroom and the exciting possibility of a Google Teacher Academy coming to the UK.

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Nobody has collated the links from this week’s meeting yet, but eventually they should appear here.

 

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

 

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

EdTechRoundUp Weekly #31 – Planning for next year and a look at what we want from elearning.

ETRU WeeklyThis week’s meeting was led by Dai Barnes. We discussed Planning for next year and a look at what we want from elearning and how we can achieve this with the tools currently available.

Many thanks to Tony Sheppard for grabbing the audio from the FlashMeeting!

Dai Barnes has collated the links on Diigo and you can find them here.

Here’s a link to the relevant ETRU wiki page for this week’s meeting.

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