ICT in Education Ollie Bray East Lothian Council www.olliebray.com
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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Lesson objectives qik intro 2 ICT n education  d r0l of web 2.0 mob fons n education  gmes n education  w@ dz d fucha hld?
Lesson objectives Quick introduction to ICT in education The role of web 2.0 Mobile phones in education Games in education What does the future hold? http://www.lingo2word.com
 
 
ICT can be used in a variety of ways
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
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk ?” Warner Bros. Founder,  1927 Predictions from the Past
“ I think that there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson,  Chairman of IBM, 1943 Predictions from the Past
Its not about the Tech its about the Teach (Ewan Macintosh)
 
New World Record
The Digital Revolution How long to reach 50 Million subscribers? 4 Years: 14 17 38 Radio TV Cable Web
 
Its time to think?
 
 
 
Its not about the Tech its about the Teach (Ewan Macintosh)
Get the basics right
The largest search database on the planet Google has around eight billion referenced web pages
The deep (or invisible) web is said to be 500 times larger than the visible web
http:// clusty .com/
http://www. quintura .com/
http://www. searchmash .com/
The deep (or invisible) web is said to be 500 times larger than the visible web
http:// clusty .com/
 
 
 
 
 
I hate geography because its boring!
Bray was off his head again today!
… gone, gone but not forgotten. now we don't have PowerPoint lessons
 
 
 
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
WEB 2.0 The Read / Write Web  -  (Will Richardson) Web site Web site Information Read Information Read Write
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.
Student Learning Logs Get students to set up their own Learning Logs (blogs)
Learning (B)logs What did I do? What did I learn? What will I do now?
 
Use a blog to set up your own department web site
www. edublogs .org
http:// exc -el.org. uk / blogs / mgscdt
A problem with blogger for schools?
A problem with blogger for schools?
A problem with blogger for schools?
A problem with blogger for schools?
A problem with blogger for schools?
Keep your own learning log Blogger. n. Someone with nothing to say writing for someone with nothing to do.
 
Use Wiki’s for collaborative work www.wikispaces.com
East Linton Collaborative Writing Project
http://extreme-learning. wikispaces .com/
 
 
 
Podcasts:  An on-line radio program that anyone can download and that automatically gets delivered to your computer.
 
 
The 21 st  Century Teacher Information is valuable
Social networking
 
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http://www. bloglines .com
 
http://news. google .com/
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Credits and thanks Tony Cassidy Stuart Robertson Ewan McIntosh
 
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ICT in Education