Archive for April, 2009

I’m on holiday … here’s the proof ->

When I’m on holiday there’s inevitably one thing I do that proves I’m on holiday (unless I’m travelling – oh – no – I still do it just in another format!) I read. Really. In the last week I’ve read 18 books! Most from the library but a couple were in our bookshelves. Here’s a [...]


geocaching, photos and geotagging

thanks to a blog from a fellow kiwi today i figured out a really easy way to geotag my photos … I read this then went to Maria’s site and read her information. I have a Nokia 6121c – no GPS but the photo EXIF records the time the photos were taken. I also have [...]


A new direction?

A few days ago I read this post by Shaun a beginning teacher about his observation of a ‘digital’ classroom being run by Jacqui Sharp. It made me stop and think. Which isn’t a bad thing. In fact it’s a good thing because if we always do what we’ve always done then we’re not thinking [...]


Google Image search

For those of you who haven’t caught up – or for whom it is not yet enabled – a cool new feature is coming. Google image search with a colour filter. In the first example I searched for dragons. In the second example I’ve clicked on the drop down box beside “any content” and specified [...]


there’s just something about a flashmob

having been part of one (very small one) they are exciting take a look at this one


Is this the face of homework to come?