Academic: On a pedestal it doesn’t deserve?

As jobs get more scarce young people are opting to stay in education and some universities are starting to put caps on their intake, they just don’t have enough seats.  The result of more people in tertiary education is bound to result in more people coming out with the same qualification, often a degree without [...]

Teach Tech

I recently received a request for information on how ICT is used in a Hard Materials Technology class so I decided to start a new blog.  I bought teachtech.co.nz back in January intending it to be a wiki for New Zealand Technology teachers but I realised that the Tech Teacher community was probably not ready [...]

New Draft – Section 92A

During the holidays the Creative Freedom Foundation sent me this email regarding the new draft for section 92a. It is worth a read so that you understand the potential impact on your school and yourself.

Office 2010 – The Movie

OECD Factbook eXplorer

This is probably more up Richards alley but I can’t help thinking  how much more interesting Geography A level might have been with resources like this.  Check out the video on the BBC website and visit http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/.

PHPMotion Redux

Back in April 2008 I did a post on a YouTube clone called PHPMotion which was then in version 1.  The software is now in version 3 and we have just installed it on our school server.  The latest version is still a bit of a pain to install, it runs on PHP and MYSQL [...]

Teachers Report Assistant

It’s report time again and as always I have left it to the last minute. Aah, where would I be without that last minute?  Writing reports one of the least favorite jobs I do but thanks to Teachers Report Assistant from Rays learning it’s a breeze.
It is windows only and as a Mac user I [...]

Unlock Moodle Potential

One of the effects of the latest flu pandemic is that a school can be shut down at anytime.  Our particular school policy states that we will provide materials online while students are away so that they may continue with their studies.  Unfortunately in a practical based subject that is a little difficult and rather [...]

Everlong

I downloaded the guitar tab (sheet music for guitar) for “Everlong” by the Foo Fighters about 2 years ago now.  It’s one of those songs that I love, especially the acoustic version, but every time I try and play it I put it back in the “too hard basket”.  It also happens to be one [...]

The Playstation 3 is for Educational Research Dear…

Yeah Right!

These days you have to keep up with the kids.  Ironically Playstation was the first console to be marketed at 20 somethings with expendable income hence its success and the playstation 3 is no exception with its price tag.  I bit the bullet and the GE money genie bought me a PS3 and Guitar [...]

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