educational technology Archive

Technology

Open Badges, Clay Shirky, and the tipping point.

The great thing about thinkers such as Clay Shirky is that they can put into pithy,
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Why a ‘mixed economy’ of digital devices is best for your educational institution.

Earlier today, on Twitter, I mentioned that the 64GB version of the BlackBerry Playbook is now
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How to implement technology successfully in your organisation.

I spent some time in a local school this week talking to some members of staff
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Examining conceptions of innovation in educational technology [INTERVIEW]

A few weeks ago Lisa Phillips, a Masters student at the University of Oxford, asked for
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Swimming Against the Tide: Tracking the Genesis of ‘Rebellious’ Approaches to Educational Technology.

Lisa Phillips is a Masters student in the Learning & Technology programme at the University of
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Less shiny.

Dan Meyer, an inspirational teacher I’ve mentioned plenty of times before, has as his mantra “less
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The perils of shiny shiny educational technology.

New, free and shiny technologies are like catnip to educators. An almost-tangible frisson of excitement cascades
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Edtech companies: inspiring or conspiring?

As I attend an increasing number of conferences, I’m becoming more and more aware of differences
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The freeze-thaw method of technology integration.

This post springs from 3 things: My experiences as Director of E-Learning Discussions I’ve had with
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A useful way to categorise educational technologies.

On p.189 of Lankshear & Knobel’s New Literacies: Everyday Practices & Classroom Learning (2006) they cite