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:

  • 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:

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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



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