More photos of Ben
I’ve added a few more pictures of Benjamin D.J. Belshaw to his Flickr photoset. I don’t want to overload everyone with photos, but he is very cute. Continue reading “More photos of Ben”
Month: April 2007
iQuiz: learning games on an iPod
A post at Tony Vincent’s excellent Learning in Hand blog has informed me of a new ‘game’ for Apple iPods entitled iQuiz. This $0.99 (£0.75) game allows you to view and play quizzes on a 5th generation iPod (known as ‘iPod Video’). Fortunately I have one of these and was able to test it. My verdict? It rocks: really professionally made, very intuitive and could be great to use with students!
There’s immense possibilities for this. I’ve recently added a whole host of iPod-formatted video and audio files to a password-protected page on my website for students. As I will be able to create games for free at iQuizMaker.com (currently Mac-only, but with a Windows version forthcoming) this opens up even more opportunities…
(click to enlarge)More at the Apple Learning Interchange
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
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…is the name of a great Daft Punk track, but also my aim in getting fit for this 10km (6.4 mile) ‘dash’ that I’ve signed up for in June. Today I went for a run and, to my surprise, went further than I had anticipated going. According to Google Earth, I went 5.01 miles! Now to many people, I’m sure, that’s nothing, but for me on a Sunday afternoon at my current level of fitness, that’s pretty good.
Just imagine how far I’ll be able to go when I finally get the Nike+ system up-and-running… Continue reading “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”
