I was interested to read in the Daily Telegraph On-line that the British government is contemplating the introduction of a new “iPod” tax to help pay for unprofitable programmes on ITV and Channel 4. The levy would be imposed on digital music players, Sky satellite dishes, Freeview boxes and internet subscriptions to [...]
CORE Education has just released its a newly developed web portal, EDTalks, a growing collection of videos featuring New Zealand and International educators talking about learning.
Currently being profiled on CORE’s front page is Sharon Freisen on “New roles for teachers- addressing misconceptions”.
The Edtalks site also features other clips and short talks from Sharon and [...]
Was reading friend Ruth’s blog and noticed this post. I saw it on the Yahoo website last week and meant to mention it then, but her blog has spurred me on to write about it.
QV (Quotable Valuations) hold all sorts of information about house prices, sales in your area, property statistics etc, and with the [...]
Tags: free valuation, houses, QV
As i read about the latest email hoax to do the rounds, I wonder about the ongoing gullibility of people to fall for these things.
The latest one spreading around NZ at the moment, promises free laptops for people who send a chain email, promising a prize if the recipient forwards the message to their [...]
Tags: hoaxes, internet scams
I came across this great video recently and then discovered it is part of a whole bigger thing! The “Where the Hell is Matt?” website follows the travels “a 31 year old deadbeat” who has the job that I want!
American Matt was working in Australia, when he decided to quit his job and use the [...]
Thanks to colleague Jedd who alerted us all to this great new application. New Flickr photo browser TagGalaxy uses tags to develop its own “tag-o-verse” using a planet metaphor. Type in a tag you’re interested in, and using the tags people have used when loading their Flickr photos TagGalaxy will instantly assemble a system of [...]
Tags: New Zealand, TagGalaxy
As part of my doctoral preparation I have been reviewing various research papers, including one by Marc Prensky entitled “What can you learn from a cell phone? Almost anything! Now it seems a school is taking up his challenge. A Sydney girls’ school is redefining the concept of what might previously have [...]
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