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• Just Maui’d

  

  I know I haven’t written much here on the blog lately. I’ve been a little consumed with some other things, like getting married to my sweetheart LInda On May 20... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Exploiting Opportunities

  The following is from an email I wrote to someone who asked if I was going to be presenting at the EduTech conference in Brisbane this year. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Lipstick on a Pig

  I was looking at school websites tonight trying to find some information I needed and I stumbled across a school that I won’t name, but on the front page of... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• A Bicycle for the Mind

  

  I’ve been doing some work recently with a school that’s using iPads with their kids, and was asked to give a talk on the topic “The place of iPads in teaching... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Paid in Full

  I haven’t seen an actual paper credit card statement for a long time because I’ve banked electronically for years, but I switched banks recently and they just... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Watch Me Drive

  

  There is an advertisement on TV at the moment for an Australian car insurance company that encourages drivers to download an app to their phone to find out who... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Lessons in Creative Commons, Part 2

  Here’s the follow-up from my last post about the copyright claim that YouTube made on a video I made using a Creative Commons soundtrack. You can read the... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Lessons in Creative Commons

  

  A few weeks ago Linda and I got home from a short holiday in Bali. We had a great time, and managed to collect a few snippets of video along the way using a... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 SCIENCE, TECH

• Reflecting on Coding

  

  I was at the ACEC Conference in Adelaide recently where I bumped into the ABC Splash team and got chatting with the wonderful Annabel Astbury. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• In Second Factor We Trust

  You hear of so many security compromises and hacks these days. There are major security breaches happening, with millions of passwords being stolen and used to... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• Where’s the Coding?

  The following press release  was written by Dr Jason Zagami, president of the ACCE, in response to the recent review of the Australian Curriculum. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• An Act of Heresy

  Bless me father, for I’m about to commit an act of heresy. Whenever I say what I’m about to say, I get a reaction that ranges from raised eyebrows to outright... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• Update Your Search Methods

  In 2013 Google released Hummingbird, perhaps the most significant update to their search algorithm since the search engine launched. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• iPads, Games and BYOD

  

  After a successful iPad trial at school last year, the teachers all agreed it was working really well.  So this year we asked our year 5 and 6 students to... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• 155 Lessons in the Creative Process

  Some of you might have seen that I’ve been working on a daily blogging project this year called My Daily Create. You can visit it at www.mydailycreate.com (or... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• Homage to Duchamp

  

  It’s interesting that as you get older you become increasingly aware of your own influences. Aside from my parents and my direct family, who obviously had a... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• Slam That!

  

  I had the chance to take one of our Year 6 classes this morning while their teacher was away. This class is part of our BYOD iPad program where every student... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• So What is Technology Integration?

  

  I was asked by a colleague in another school the other day if I could give her a snapshot into what I actually do, and what the role of an ICT Integrator... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• Research Strategies for Senior Students

  

  Our school has a subscription to a  website called the Study Skills Handbook which offers study tips to senior students. I’m sure it’s a valuable resource; so... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 SCIENCE, TECH

• Launching Our BYO iPads

  At my school, PLC Sydney, we just launched a BYO iPad program for our Year 5 and 6 students. This followed on from a fairly successful trial of iPads last year... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 SCIENCE, TECH