Dear Colleagues The latest issue of Computers in Classrooms is now available and contains articles on the following subjects:
A news update, including the chance to get your students to take part in a survey about social networking, and a prize draw. FlashMeeting in Education -- a wonderful tool for holding online meetings with text, video and audio. Paul Harrington explains. Plus a chance to take part in a meeting. Boring the kids into submission -- the title speaks for itself, and in any case it's too tedious to enlarge upon . What's in a name? Cilla Pickering talks about B-learning. There's only one thing worse than being talked about, and that's being talked about too much -- my comments about comments. Finding your way around the Educational Technology -- ICT in Education website: never get lost again. Making it funky -- RE, iPods and MPs -- Paul Hopkins talks about using iPods in the Religious Education curriculum. >From Coal Face to Chalk Face! Nigel Willetts started his working life as a coal miner; now he is a highly successful teacher of educational technology. What lessons did he learn from his previous career that he has brought to bear in his current one? K12 Online : Off to a flying start. The first few presentations of this online conference come under the microscope. This newsletter is for subscribers only. It's free, and you can sign up here (http://terry-freedman.org.uk/amember/signup.php). Thanks very much Terry