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Tess on Glow

jonesieboy — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:08:39 +0000

Tess is speaking about her experiences trialling Glow. Highs and lows! You can find all the presentations and background stuff here.

New stuff for me is the idea of an ebay-style rating system for resources. Tess raises the scary prospect of potential future employers looking at Glow and seeing what one’s Glow rating is!

Mepath

jonesieboy — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:36:16 +0000

James from mepath.com spoke about his company, which enables users to build stories about their lives, and get relevant information filtered in a smart way based upon the totality of the stories that you have put into the system. It’s in closed alpha at the moment, but sounds interesting! You can sign up on the site.

You’re Giving the Weans Whit???

jonesieboy — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:09:52 +0000

Ian is speaking about his project.

The project provides every pupil in Islay High School with a handheld electronic device, but it was great to hear Ian focussing on the curriculum and learning/teaching aims of the project rather than playing with the kit!

Every teacher has a tablet PC – every pupil will have a UMPC.

Ian is not a fan of interactive whiteboards. He feels that it is not good to have your back to the class – difficult to keep an eye on the “wb”s – you’ll need to ask Ian what that stands for!

BarCamp Scotland tomorrow

jonesieboy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:16:01 +0000

I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s BarCampScotland! Unfortunately, the deal is that you have to present something, so I’ve been working this afternoon on a quick presentation about ScotEduBlogs.org.uk: barcamp presentation

My mind wasn’t very focussed, what with it being a Friday afternoon, and I’m not particularly pleased with the slides. Chances are I may not end up having to present anyway though, so I’m not stressing about it!