Copy of the slides used for my ICT in Education talk for Edinburgh University PGDE Students (March 2007).

1. ICT in Education Ollie Bray East Lothian Council www.olliebray.com

2. Disclaimer The views of Ollie Bray do not necessarily reflect the views of the Edinburgh University. Ollie agrees to make clear that the following are his own views, they may not concur with present pedagogical theory and you may not agree with them. Please be aware that in the past Ollie has been called Inspirational A living legend A guru A creative genius A source of joy But has also been called Maverick Unmanageable Unreasonable Mad Perfectionist Unbalanced

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8. ICT can be used in a variety of ways

9. Predictions from the Past “ This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. “ The device is inherently of no value to us.” Western Union Memo, 1876

10. Who the hell wants to hear actors talk ?” Warner Bros. Founder, 1927 Predictions from the Past

11. “ I think that there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943 Predictions from the Past

12. Its not about the Tech its about the Teach (Ewan Macintosh)

14. New World Record

15. The Digital Revolution How long to reach 50 Million subscribers? 4 Years: 14 17 38 Radio TV Cable Web

17. Its time to think?

21. Its not about the Tech its about the Teach (Ewan Macintosh)

22. Get the basics right

23. The largest search database on the planet Google has around eight billion referenced web pages

24. The deep (or invisible) web is said to be 500 times larger than the visible web

25. http:// clusty .com/

26. http://www. quintura .com/

27. http://www. searchmash .com/

28. The deep (or invisible) web is said to be 500 times larger than the visible web

29. http:// clusty .com/

35. I hate geography because its boring!

36. Bray was off his head again today!

37. … gone, gone but not forgotten. now we don't have PowerPoint lessons

41. http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/

42. WEB 2.0 The Read / Write Web - (Will Richardson) Web site Web site Information Read Information Read Write

43. Web 2.0 Tools Blogs : An on-line journal that can be kept personal or allow comments. Podcasts : An on-line radio program that anyone can download and that automatically gets delivered to your computer. Wiki’s: A web page that anyone can edit.

44. Student Learning Logs Get students to set up their own Learning Logs (blogs)

45. Learning (B)logs What did I do? What did I learn? What will I do now?

47. Use a blog to set up your own department web site

48. www. edublogs .org

49. http:// exc -el.org. uk / blogs / mgscdt

50. A problem with blogger for schools?

51. A problem with blogger for schools?

52. A problem with blogger for schools?

53. A problem with blogger for schools?

54. A problem with blogger for schools?

55. Keep your own learning log Blogger. n. Someone with nothing to say writing for someone with nothing to do.

57. Use Wiki’s for collaborative work www.wikispaces.com

58. East Linton Collaborative Writing Project

59. http://extreme-learning. wikispaces .com/

63. Podcasts: An on-line radio program that anyone can download and that automatically gets delivered to your computer.

66. The 21 st Century Teacher Information is valuable

67. Social networking

69. http://del. icio .us/ OllieBray

70. http://www. pageflakes .com/Default. aspx

71. http://www. bloglines .com

73. http://news. google .com/

74. www.ltscotland.org.uk/news/emailbulletin

75. www.ltscotland.org.uk/news/emailbulletin

78. Questions? e: [email_address] b: www.olliebray.com