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The purpose of this post is not to familiarise you with all computer terminology (for this, there are lots of online dictionaries available), but rather to highlight some of the most common problematic words, and to provide you with some fun activities to test yourself. First and foremost, what do we call the study of computers? A lot of Latin ...

This week the much-publicised Apple iPad has hit the headlines to a mixed response, and I for one am curious to see how it will be received when it hits the market in March. The iPad offers many of the same features as the iPod Touch (internet, music, videos and so on), but most notably it is the first non-reader device that allows users to read ...

Our current school system for booking out any ICT rooms is by means of an Excel spreadsheet stored on our file server. Whilst this serves a purpose, it has a number of flaws: Staff open the spreadsheet and forget to close it, meaning that anyone else trying to book ICT resources finds a read-only spreadsheet The only [...]

THINKING OUT LOUD Episode 006 Yesterday’s blog post by Miguel Guhlin (@mguhlin) caused me to think…and that caused me to want to share and think out loud…and now I’d really like to know how others respond…so…please read Miguel’s brief post about the Google Teacher Academy application process, then view my reply below and share your ...

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I found this super website off Larry Ferlazzo's website of the day blog. (A great resource for ESOL teachers!) It's called Learn IT - Teach IT, and it has loads of information for teachers to implement Web 2.0 tools into their daily practice. The videos and 'How To's' should be really helpful for use for teachers and for students. Have a ...

Today's ESL activity is a lesson on computer words for English beginners and other English language students who wish to learn vocabulary for talking about computer-related activities. We've added a brand new picture matching quiz to our site to help students build their vocabulary for talking about computers. Clicking on the ''new ...

Tom Barrett, developed the below presentation. It is full of strategies and tips for effectively integrating VoiceThread with teaching and learning. Related PostsWordle in the Classroom Twitter in the Classroom Google Docs in the Classroom Google Earth in the Classroom

Tom Barrett, developed the below presentation. It is full of strategies and tips for effectively integrating Wordle with teaching and learning. Related PostsTwitter in the Classroom Google Docs in the Classroom Google Earth in the Classroom Video Cameras in the Classroom

Tom Barrett, developed the below presentation. It is full of strategies and tips for effectively integrating Twitter with teaching and learning. Related PostsGoogle Docs in the Classroom Google Earth in the Classroom Video Cameras in the Classroom Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom