Tech

Constructivism mind map

The content of this mind map is taken directly from Marcy Driscoll’s map, found on p. 384 of Psychology of learning for Instruction (2005). The point of this post is that I wanted to play around with mindmeister‘s map embed function. It’s pretty cool, at first I though that it had chopped off part of Constructivism mind map

Questions about learning with tech…a start

…technology integration in schools is not easy to achieve, no matter how much evidence we have that it can help learning. It’s also important to integrate technology appropriately, as critics are quick to point out that computers, besides being expensive, can harm young children who sit for hours in front of them instead of being Questions about learning with tech…a start

Desperately Seeking Text Readers

…but good ones. And free. Not asking for much, eh? ;) So far I have found a number of free text-to-speech readers, but they all sound VERY computer-y and as such are not really helpful for my students. They find them difficult to understand. I’m looking for free because, well, we’re in a public school Desperately Seeking Text Readers

New Theme

I am trying out tried out this great new theme by Michael Oeser. It’s called WyntonMagazine – here’s a screen shot of the original template: I liked the magazine layout, however It turned out that I wasn’t happy with the fact that there was no sidebar on the main page, so I searched around some New Theme

Request for techy feedback

Hi all I am moving in, oh dear, 6 5 days counting today. I have barely begun to pack. My procrastination technique of choice is doing research, generally about something that does not have to do with my major project at hand. So of course I decided to learn how to deal with CSS and Request for techy feedback