The 'Social Virtual' World's A StageA Film by G...

Cloud computing - the latest handle attached to the idea of hosted Web services used by people and businesses - is beginning to get considerable traction now that there are more companies offering services online. Remember when we talked about 'Web 2.0 as platform'? Now its more and more what we are about, in school, in libraries, in companies, in fact anywhere. Now we live on line, work online,store personal files online, and more. It's not about locking to a single platform - its about releasing us from p

Nunc Dimittis - "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy Servant depart in Peace"

For my father-in-law, who we bury on Wednesday morning. We will have a sung version at his Requiem Mass, to acknowledge the passing of an influential yet humble and generous man, and to commend him to The Lord.

He decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation.

Nic Carr, author of "Does IT Mattter" and "The Big Switch" talks about the shift to cloud computing and why we need to think about the ethics of infrastructure.

I am in exploration mode, as I prepare for another term of busy work with teachers and students. I rather liked "Here be Dragons" as a discussion point with older students.

Reflecting on life changes - and implications on professional learning

An indepth reflection on the effects and implications of Web 2.0 for learning and teaching.

Shorter version of the famous TEDTalk