Thanks to Cali Lewis on GeekBrief.tv for mentioning an application that I just had to go and check out once i saw it.
Livebrush is another free paint package, that should work well on an IWB. The size of the brush stroke depends on the speed you drag across the page, the faster you go the [...]

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I’ve written about Aviary before. If you haven’t seen it, Aviary provides a suite of online tools that allows you to take screengrabs and edit / host images. For free.
Twitter has been buzzing this week with talk of their latest addition to their application suite. They’ve called it Myna, and this time they are entering [...]

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I had the pleasure of meeting up with Leon Cych at Teachmeet SUKE last week, and he was telling us about the great things he’d seen when a class of kids were given an iPod Touch each.
Here’s his video which shows more:

You can view the video at Blip.tv here. The movie was filmed at Burnt [...]

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Here’s a nice simple resource that could be used to teach Sound and Waves in Science. There are several sites that show oscilloscope traces when looking at sounds, and this is another one. It’s produced by Aartpack, and they call it a Digital Theramin – named after the staple musical instrument of 50s sci fi [...]

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So I have had the weekend to digest the great event that was TeachMeet SUKE (09) held at the impressive Hop Farm, Tonbridge (below). Traffic problems on the M25 and A21 nearly thwarted my plans to get there. A 1 hour journey took me 3 hours! … thankfully I left very early with a plan [...]

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The new version of the Shift Happens / Did You Know video has been released on YouTube. This one focusses on the changing media landscape.
Some interesting information here. Thanks to Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod for this latest version.

I think the shift to pocket devices is the most interesting. I use my Nokia N95 a [...]

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Following on from my post a few weeks back about Here Comes Science – the CD of Science songs from the band They Might be Giants, here’s another song from the CD. (via @BadAstronomer).
The song is called “Science is Real” and it would a good introduction to Science, or a good way to start off [...]

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Just another reminder that if you are a teacher in the Kent/Sussex/South London regions then you really should consider attending TeachMeet SuKe on Friday 18th September.
It’s taking place at the Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent on Friday 18th September from 7pm. (Map Link)
Like other Teachmeets it’s the usual mix of short presentations by teachers using [...]

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News on the Promethean website that there is a new upgrade for Active Inspire. Version 1.2 is now available to download for free for all Promethean users (and also users of other IWBs)
Features include improved support for Visualisers, Dual Pen capability and some improvements to searching for resources from the library.
ActivInspire V1.2 now supports the [...]

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