Land on Mars
What it looks like to descend to Mars. In color, no less.
(via Seldo)
Incredible really. Amazing what a bit of Science and Maths can achieve.
What it looks like to descend to Mars. In color, no less.
(via Seldo)
Incredible really. Amazing what a bit of Science and Maths can achieve.
Minority Report meets a Wii and has lovely babies! Oblong’s ‘Mezzanine’ looks truly amazing! Just take a step back and imagine a classroom of the future equipped with one of these and an iPad for each child. Effortless and rich in content – I hope Promethean & Smart are quivering in their pampered boots! Source:…
As net-books continue to outpace the rest of the PC industry, prices falling and specs improving, are they ready for prime-time use in schools? I have dallied with eeePCs back in the day, I was impressed then, unfortunately school didn’t back that up with a permanent wireless network and they have been little used since. …
Google Docs School Newspaper – what a great idea. Laura Chesebro via Jeff Utecht.
Back in May I wrote a fairly lengthy piece looking at IT Provision In Secondary Schools in 2011. Go read it if you haven’t, it’s quite comprehensive and sparked a good debate. I’ll be here when you get back ready to talk a bit more about iPads…. More than just Angry Birds! …Read it? Good….
I came across the excellent Scratch programming tool via an interesting discussion on Classroom2.0. I’m planning on investigating it a little more in the near future, there are a wealth of mathematical possibilities for it from algebra, logic, geometry, probability etc etc etc. However I’ve been thinking of a quick way in to it for…
I’ve been giving an assembly to every House in our school this week, with a focus on Safety & Privacy in Facebook. It’s gone down incredibly well with staff and more importantly students, so I figured it worth sharing. I’ve hit on some top tips to get pupils to listen on a subject that it’s…