Following onto the entry below about my concerns over the complexity of some web2.0 sites affecting their usefulness, I started work on a wee program to use with my new soon-to-be-active class blog.
I want the kids to be able to easily find images, and one place they can use is Flickr.com. However, I just want […]

I’ve decided that I’m going to take the plunge with wikis after the October holiday (I get 2 weeks - hurrah for Fife!). I’ve installed TikiWiki and am currently setting it up. It has thousands of options, some which should be really useful. It’s not just a wiki - you can attach user blogs, forums, […]

A quick thought about video/photo sharing websites.
Is it good or bad that educators do not control the periphery of a website like youtube - i.e. what effect does advertising and the interest of the .com have on the use of the content?
And while the sharing of web2.0 videos/photos is condoned by the sites themselves, does […]

I’m a Computing teacher, in Scotland. And I’m interested in using new technology to teach. I love teaching but since I’m a massive geek I find it very hard to leave computers out of teaching. This can lead to problems. This isn’t blasphemy - I am a Computing teacher who doesn’t believe that computers are […]