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Not every school is lucky enough to have the latest and greatest hardware and software. Nevertheless, when your infrastructure is just the slightest bit slow it becomes unstable in the wrong hands.
While this is a problem I can imagine popping up in an IT helpdesk job, seeing a student open 104 …
Stop wasting time with QR codes
For some unknown reason, over the last few weeks I have seen a bombardment of blogs, tweets and posts about using QR codes in education. As someone who likes to pretend they know a little bit about using technology in education, it causes me great angst.
First, lets explore the definition of QR, …
WordFiller 2 Launch
After a somewhat massive wait, WordFiller 2 is now available for download! Thanks to the help of many people (Elise Boyd, Brendan Forster mainly) WordFiller version 2 is now as ready as it will ever be.
The main feature of Version 2 being support for the Microsoft Kinect. However, and it …
WordFiller 2 Sneak Peek
This is the preview of the Upcoming version 2 of WordFiller which includes support for the Xbox 360 Kinect.
It's still being worked on and is a little bit ugly in places, but should be released mid to late January 2012.
Version 2 also includes other updates such as a self contained Library …
Blogging is a gateway drug to other features of technology in education
Asking around a staffroom who has their own blog can definitely raise some eyebrows. When I was on my last placement, it was as if I was talking a different language. Some teachers are just afraid of technology, but those who do go to the effort to setup a blog and throw around some thoughts, often …