Archive for December, 2009

• Safe Curriculum games plugin / widget for WordPress & WPMU

  Date: 2009.12.27 | Category: educational games, eSafety, fun flash games, ICT, primary games arena, WordPress, WPMU | Response: 0

  Description:
  Put the top 5 curriculum games from Primary Games Arena onto your blog.
  Installation:
  1. Download from here
  2. Unzip to wp-contents/plugins
  3. Activate site wide (In plugins)
  4. Log into wp-admin
  5. Click Appearance > Widgets
  6. Drag the widget onto your sidebar

  Example:

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• Safe Search Ad free plugin for wordpress & wpmu

  Date: 2009.12.27 | Category: eSafety, google, Primary School Safe Search, Safe Search, WordPress | Response: 0

  Description:

  Put an ad free Google Safe Search for Schools onto your wordpress blog. This widget is powered by Google CSE and is very simple, the CSE is provided by http://primaryschoolict.com which is run by a team of educators and emphasizes educational results.
  Installation:
  1. Download from here
  2. Unzip to wp-contents/plugins
  3. Activate site wide (In plugins)
  4. Log into wp-admin
  5. Click Appearance > Widgets
  6. Drag the widget onto your sidebar

  Example:

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• 2009 review

  Date: 2009.12.27 | Category: review | Response: 0

  #Win

  Completed sexual predator detection system
  Avatar in 3D at Imax – Proof 3D is the future of films.
  People realized Wave was over hyped
  Etherpad went open source and Primary Pad went live
  Realized PS3 and Xbox could get onto the internet, dissapointed in Wii.
  Got a new mattress – Mmmm so comfy. But pricey.
  Microsoft released Security Essentials
  Dark restaraunt – Eating mysterious food in the pitch black
  Discovered the world of twitter & hootsuite
  Anrdoid V2 firmware update
  Discovered Miro – Ted, Fora, GBTV and Diggnation
  My School Closures found a practical use from the UK to Nepal
  Battle for Terra
  Nephew was born
  Windows 7 got released
  All of our learning sites had consistantly increased traffic all year

  # fail
  Microsoft released SESP licensing to insult us all
  UK still way behind US in online school engagement
  E-Ink didn’t happen yet
  Didnt get my wind turbine up
  Blood and Bones [Film]
  Name fail
  Jaldi Jaldi destroyed curry
  Window frames failed
  Bradford Council destroyed Bradford city centre
  Conservatives had no clarity on technology in education
  800×600 is re-born due to netbooks

  Project Natal demo video way to premature
  OLPC unveils device that doesn’t exist to create hype

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• Android V2 Firmware update is great

  Date: 2009.12.27 | Category: android, hero, htc | Response: 2

  I put the V2 firmware onto my Hero from the t-mobile website. It was very easy to update and my phone is now significantly faster, cheers HTC/T-mobile/Android team.

  Update is available here

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• Future of Education and the role ICT will play

  Date: 2009.12.24 | Category: education, future, technology | Response: 1

  Thanks to Education Future for the heads up

  
  
  Source: Education Futures

  
  

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