Killerstartups

 
Often I get asked ‘How do you find all the cool tools that you talk about in your blog?’ Well the truth is I get them from a variety of sources including my Personal Learning Network through Twitter, Skype and through random google searches. However one of the most powerful and easy ways I find things [...]

A few more Cool E-Learning Tools

The first 3 days back at school have been hectic to say the least even without having any students back as yet. However I have been playing with and finding some new tools that could very well find places within my classes. Here are a few of my favourites.
1) Blue Chat – Bluechat is a [...]

Edu20 – My Learning Management System for 09

Yesterday I started setting up my online spaces for the new school year at my www.mrrobbo.comwebsite which managed to work extremely well last year. However the problem with the website was that it was more of a repository of content that I had created, allowing students to re-print worksheets, re-read instructions and download additional class [...]

I’m giving my students MP3 players

 

The other day while I was back in my hometown I was reading a local electronics store catalogue and my eyes caught a hold of something that got me quite interested. They were selling 1GB MP3 players for $14 (normally $38) that had a tiny LCD screen, drag and drop file upload, a voice recorder and FM radio [...]

Creating an Automatic File Sending Bluetooth Server for Your Classroom

On Saturday night I took my girlfriend to see ‘Wicked’ the musical for her birthday and as we were waiting in the foyer before the show I noticed a series of posters informing people to turn their bluetooth enabled devices on to  automatically receive free promotional multimedia. I thought this was really cool and as [...]

Do You Want To Win Some Chocolate?

If you read my post below or follow me on Twitter you will have noticed my excitement about QR codes and their potential in education. So i’ve decided to set a little bit of a challenge that will ultimately teach you how to use QR codes. If you read this post you can find out [...]

QR Codes In Education?

Well I’ve just arrived home from an excellent holiday to Surfers Paradise Australia were I certainly let my hair down after an extremely busy first year of teaching in 2008. I think it was a really positive thing to have two weeks were I honestly forgot I was a teacher, it dawned on me as [...]