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• Gridding up

  I was turned onto this rather cool new tool that I think has a ton of great potential in the classroom. It's called Flipgrid. It's a way to collect short video... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2017 SCIENCE, TECH

• Announcing the 2017 Sydney Google Innovator Academy

  

  Back in April 2011 I was fortunate enough to be accepted into the Google Teacher Academy held in Sydney, Australia. As part of this first Australian cohort, I... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2017 SCIENCE, TECH

• Meet Felix

  Doing a photo shoot can be tricky. Setting up the location, finding the props, getting the lighting right, etc, can be time consuming and sometimes expensive. I... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2017 SCIENCE, TECH

• OK Google

  You probably realise that when you search for something on your computer that your browser keeps a history of those searches (and page visits). You can of... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2017 TECH

• The Power Of Spreadsheets

  

  I had a knock on our front door a few weeks ago. It was a young English guy who was going door to door for a small electricity retailer, trying to get me to... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 SCIENCE, TECH

• Is This Thing On?

  Hello?  Is this thing on? Anyone?That’s how it feels at the moment with my blogging. Or non-blogging. I can’t believe I have not written here since July! Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 SCIENCE, TECH

• Code4Kids – Building a Simple Scratch Game

  

  I had the pleasure this week to be a guest on Code4Kids, a webinar series with Kelly Moore. Kelly is a teacher and tech coach in Melbourne, and she asked if... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2016 FAMILY

• The Most Dangerous Phrase In The World

  If you’ve been around education for a while there is a phrase you may hear occasionally if you listen for it. It’s just seven little words but the impact of... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 SCIENCE, TECH

• Be Smart On Air Interview

  

  I was recently asked to be a guest on the Be Smart On Air podcast by Niilo Alhovaara. Niilo is a fan of The Google Educast and was keen to catch up to talk abou... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 SCIENCE, TECH

• When is a Remix No Longer a Remix?

  As many of you may know, I’m a big supporter of Creative Commons and the ideals of open sharing. I publish most of my stuff under a CC licence, usually BY-SA,... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 SCIENCE, TECH

• The Case For Chromebooks

  I was asked via email recently about Chromebooks and whether I thought they were a good choice for schools. Here is my email response, posted here for anyone... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 SCIENCE, TECH

• One Door Closes, Another One Opens

  Well, I think this is exciting news…After 8 years I’ve officially resigned from my tech integration role at PLC Sydney and, starting on January 1 next year, wil... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Should I Trust The Cloud?

  I received an email recently from a colleague asking about data sovereignty, and in particular asking about how schools deal with the  need to store all persona... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Beyond the School Bus

  

  Imagine you could visit any place in the world. Where would you go? What would you like to see? What would you hope to experience?Imagine you are learning... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Twisted Pair

  

  My friend and prolific blogger Steve Wheeler issued an interesting blogging challenge the other day called A Twisted Pair. He proposed taking two different... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Break the Cycle

  

  During the month of October I’ll be riding my bike to help raise money to support childrens’ cancer research. It’s all part of the Great Cycle Challenge, raisin... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Dealing with Optus, Part 2

  Just to finish the story I started in the last post, here’s what happened. The good news is that Optus found the reason for this blog being blocked and have... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Less Than Optimal

  If you’ve tried to access this blog lately from the Optus network, I’m going to make an educated guess and say that you haven’t been able to. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Pay It Forward

  tl;dr… just click here and do the right thing.I’ve done it. You’ve probably done it too.  You’re making some kind of digital product and you needed a digital... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Why Is This Even A Debate?

  On TV tonight I saw an ad from some group that calls themselves the “Marriage Alliance“. I looked at their website which seems to be a thinly veiled attempt to... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 SCIENCE, TECH