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 collage of the books [...]

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 Garmin [...]

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 about our teaching/learning [...]

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 PURPLE

This could be [...]

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?