What’s happening in Ed Tech
Each week I skim through a range of education and tech feeds to give you an update on current issues and innovations.
I also post up my latest “How To” guides and reviews.
Weekend funny – re-visit Geocities, a time when the internet was awesome.
In the 90's if you wanted to create a free website you went to Geocities. It launched in 1994 and closed in 2009. At it's peak it had over 38 million sites and claimed to be the third most visited site on the web. It was a simpler time when more was never enough....
Something to help your students (and that uncle) dissect dodgy online information.
I found this article on Gekoboard about Data Fallacies courtesy of a LinkedIn post from Jonathan Boymal at RMIT. When it comes to false and incorrect information online you can't judge a book by it's cover. Even if students track a Youtube video or FB post back to...
Weekend Funny – 14 Things We Believed As Kids That Are Totally Made Up
I found this on cracked. It applies to more to the Boomer and Gen X audience (who didn't grow up with the internet) but there's something in there for everyone. I for one am very pleased that I don't eat eight spiders a year in my sleep.