Di's blog - ICT in Education

Jig saw

Published on 2012-02-13 14:52:00

Using Jigzone you can upload a graphic to the site and it will automatically make a jigsaw from it. sandcastle2 Jigsaw PuzzleThis would be great for a teacher to use and embed the graphic into a wiki or a blog to create interest. Students could use it to embed as part of a presentation.You can nominate the number of pieces in your puzzle and the shape of the pieces in the puzzle.

Social media

Published on 2012-02-09 13:51:00

Steve Wheeler has just put up a slide show about researching social media in education and what we, as teachers, can learn.Researching Social Media in Education: What can we learn? View more PowerPoint from Steve WheelerThis slide show is really interesting and discusses social media and the case for using these in education.In addition he discusses researching, researchers, and publishing research. I found this very interesting as here our universities are 'rated' on the research 'outputs' of

Skills we need to develop in our students

Published on 2012-02-05 14:13:00

I frequently think about the ICT skills students need to develop while at school. I have found that at tertiary level it is assumed that the students already have these skills but the fact is that a lot do not - it is like reading secondary schools assume that students will have developed reading skills during their primary schooling but sometimes this does not happen. These are some of the skills I think are important in today's world. Typing skills: so many students are at a disadvantage as th