Feb 08 2010
All of us end up giving tech support (and receiving it) from time to time, but there will alwways be those times when the request is a little bit if a nuisance. But, being problem solvers, we go ahead and do just onme more fix or download and hope that’ll be the end of it. Not so.
Do read The Oatmeal comic view of doing this
Feb 08 2010
This is a great tool for looking at the different phases of the solar cycle and the planets that make up the system. It can also be used to forecast events as there’s a date tool.
Feb 04 2010
use Edublogs for a number of my sites and with certain themes, there’s no RSS feed buttons for easy subscribing. Now this may put off some of your readers and the anchor of an RSS button is a small addition that will keep them coming back.
Adding a series of different aggregators may help simplify the process form many people who are new to RSS, so you might like to try using RSS Button Maker
It’s extremely simple to use except the addition of the traditional RSS button which you are supposed to host yourself. I don’t understand this bit, so opted to use some of the others. You can decide which ones you want to add from the list on their page
Jan 30 2010
Thanks to Free Technology for Teachers for this useful tip
1. Make sure the first question is “student name.” Otherwise you won’t know who submitted which answers.
2. You can mix question types (multiple choice, short answer, paragraph) but if you have too many types and too many students, the spreadsheet can become difficult to navigate.
3. When embedding the form into a blog, make sure you edit the width to fit within your blog’s main column. You can use the same principles of editing the size of a YouTube video for editing the width of a spreadsheet.
Jan 29 2010
If you work in ICT or Tech as it’s called elsewhere, you may wish to collect information, do an audit etc and this has traditionally been done by a paper return or with one member of staff roaming the school with a laptop tapping in info.
One key process is to audit equipment and its location. This can now be done by each member of staff, in their own location through Google Forms. They simply enter the data you wish to collect and then it turns up on a Google spreadsheet for you to see.
Take a look at this video and you’ll see just how easy it is to set up – getting people to fill it in, however, is a whole new ball game. Good luck with that!
Jan 27 2010
Well today could be a momentous day in the mobile computing world. Just as amazing as when the first iPod hit the streets and then the iPhone. Apple seem to be getting it righter and righter.
So the iPad – any good? Well read the whole presentation by Steve Jobs today here – select oldest first to get a chronological set of posts
Jan 27 2010
Instead of the old list view for your files, Google docs has just added thumbnails for the visual learners out there
Check out the post from @doxtrax Thumbnail View in Google Docs
Jan 26 2010
Prezi is a new format presentation tool which significantly allows zooming and movement across the page – a much more flowing and interesting visually. Take a look at this video to get some idea
from @shareski on Twitter
Teacher and student licenses free – check them out
Jan 26 2010
@shellterrell on Twitter highlights the use of 3rd party app Tweetdeck for following hashtags on Twitter
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