ZooWhiz Mobile now has sound! Go to www.zoowhiz.com to check it out!

We launched ZooWhiz Mobile a couple of weeks back but we were still working on the sound for the reading module. It’s now finished and works superbly well. Our programming team have scaled quite a technical mountain in streaming sound to ZooWhiz Mobile. Users can now access ZooWhiz from their mobile devices using iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) or Android (phones and tablets). To access ZooWhiz Mobile simply go…
Read more...Viral videos leave deaf out of the loop, say advocates

VIRAL videos may be good for sharing ideas and spreading funny foreign pop hits, but they are also leaving millions of deaf and hearing impaired people out of the loop. Ths same must be true in the education arena!
Read more...Tags:disability , discrimination , equality , equity , video , viral
Rogue apps causing bill shock, battery drain

Schools and parents beware – Smartphone apps can cause you to chew through your monthly mobile data limit in a matter of days, while free versions of apps often end up costing more than the paid premium version and eat up your battery life, new data shows.
Read more...Education in the information age: is technology making us stupid?

The question is, does this make us knowledgeable experts or is the easy access to information making us stupid? Ultimately, the future of technology-enabled learning and education is in a synthesis of the science of learning and the art of teaching. Developing expertise in expertise will help us figure out how we can educate future generations of students to become wise and knowledgeable in a world where information is cheap and…
Read more...Legal risks for students using social networking sites
are closed

There are significant privacy, intellectual property, copyright and disclosure risks associated with the ill-considered use of social networking sites, however, the implementation of regulatory actions may also undermine the social and emerging educational utility of social networking sites for young people. Inevitably the burden of dealing with the risks of social networking sites must necessarily fall on the development of educational strategies designed to equip young people with the skills…
Read more...Tags:accountability , copyright , Education , internet , law , privacy , rick , risk , social media , social networking , teacher
Mac “General Maintenance” recommendations

Having troubles with your Mac. Here’s a really great guide to getting it up and running again! If you are having software issues, either with third-party applications or the Mac OS itself, giving the computer a virtual scrub-down will many times help, or at least give you a cleaner slate upon which to do more in-depth troubleshooting.
Read more...Microsoft says Apple’s ‘post-PC’ view is wrong, claims it’s a ‘PC+’ era

Whilst Apple have split their computer operating system apart from its iOS system for iPhone and iPad Microsoft are looking to unify the experience across all devices with its release of Windows 8 for PC and mobile devices.
Read more...Tags:Microsoft , post PC , surface , tablet
Cloud? What’s that?

The term cloud computing has been used a lot lately to describe a myriad online services, as well as additional computing capacity that resides somewhere out there. Defining it is tricky but not impossible.
Read more...Tags:cloud , Cloud computing , data storage
Tasmanian middle school using cloud computing for down-to-earth education

Hobart schools are using Cloud Computing to bridge the gap between home and school
Read more...Tags:learning , middle school , Tasmania
Cloud computing for teachers in the Philippines

Cloud computing grows in Manilla with over 600,000 with over 600,000 public school teachers gaining access to Google cloud services.
Read more...Staff and social media: a head teacher’s perspective

With today’s these new technologies come serious implications for privacy and safeguarding our professional integrity. Alarmingly, some teachers are blithely unaware of, or choose to ignore, situations that could cause untold damage to their careers. Dave Foresahw investigates some of the pitfalls for teachers.
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