Inside View

10 Things Learned at EdTech 2006

AS AN EDUCATION professional, well-orchestrated events like EdTech 2006 appeal to me. Anyone who attends one of the annual ILTA conferences leaves with their head feeling like a sponge. I did too so to drain out the excess information, I...

Limitations of experience

WHILE PONDERING how high to set the bar for an incoming class of students, we grapple with the age-old question of how to compensate for limitations of experience. Our pathway leads us to the essence of wabi-sabi. It's time to read the b...

Already Social

SAY WHAT YOU WILL about Bebo, MySpace, Facebook or any other form of social media, but the horse has bolted already. Anecdotal evidence we see when training Transition Year students on week-long short courses clearly documents that young...

Introducing egfDELL via Sign Language

LIT HAS CERTIFIED an intensive Web Promotion for Business course for ex-Dell employees under a programme facilitated by the European Globalisation Fund. We're just getting started. I've found it useful to record revision cl...

Improving My Assessment Regime #edtech13

I SPENT THE DAY in Ireland's 13th annual EdTech Conference and took six pages of notes about improving my assessment strategy. The results will become clear in four months. I got reinforcement for holding face-to-face interviews, someth...

Ireland's Digital Learning Framework (DLF)

AS 2018 OPENS, I'm keen to see if the innovative use of digital technologies I've used with Ireland's Youth Media Team can be channeled to support part of the proposed Digital Learning Framework.

One Year of Happy Hands-Free Recording h/t @documentally #edchatie

AFTER 12 MONTHS of using the Sennheiser Memory Mic to create hands-free classroom recordings, I'm very happy to report I have never lost an audio segment with the Memory Mic producing high quality audio or high definition video. I'm no...

Your Video Meetings Don't Have to Suck #digped

After running two months worth of online meetings, I've concluded that I need to double-down on my moderation duties.

The Rigor of Getting Seen, Read, and Heard #digped

IF YOU HAVE a worthwhile message, you need develop a rigorous process for sharing your messages across different social networks. We bring this principle into sharp focus as part of the rigor of media writing with my college students. ...