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Category: Technology
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It’s great having free services where you can upload educational videos. So many possible uses. But… which is the best one? I tried three; here are the results: YouTube Google Video Veoh Online Videos by Veoh.com If you’ve actually watched them all, it is really no contest. My thanks to Aidan McCanny for turning me…
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Apple’s sexy new iPhone launches in America today, though it won’t be over here for some time. When I blogged its announcement in January, I drew a storm of (largely critical) commentary. That notwithstanding, I am now more convinced than ever that kids will get the point of a truly pocketable, always-connected computer. The price…
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In January I speculated that Apple’s iPhone would soon be seen in classrooms. That post drew such a strong response that I was prompted to go looking for better alternatives that are available now. I think I’ve found one in the Sony PSP, and I am sufficiently convinced that I have approached Sony (via their…
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This six-minute video presentation from Karl Fisch (via David Warwick) neatly encapsulates the consequences for education of two trends: the exponential growth in computing power and the maturing of the educational systems of both China and India. Required viewing for any PGCE student! The concepts themselves are familiar themes on this blog; what shocked me…
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Google have been saying for some time that they wanted to offer free broadband for everybody, but I really thought that meant “everybody in the USA”. Well, I was wrong! Google TiSP was announced today (Sun, 1st Apr 2007) with no apparent geographical limitations. So how did they do it? Well, Google have ingeniously realised…
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