2007
233 posts in 2007.
December 2007
- Read what I've read: my books of 2007
- 'I Am Legend' has it all
- No place for 'gadgets' in the classroom?
- Lost my contacts
- Ed.D. blog moves home
- Paradigms within research methodology
- Why's everyone using Pownce?
- Facebook in the future?
- More on Research Methodologies
- Research Methodologies
November 2007
- Hakia: web search with meaning
- Guide: using Google Apps for Education
- Zoho writer now available in offline mode
- Birmingham Leading Edge INSET
- Google Presentations now with custom backgrounds
- edte.ch workshop now open!
- More on RFID tags in education
- Busy, busy, busy...
- Sub-$200 PC... and not the OLPC project!
- The obligatory iPhone in education post
- RFID in school uniforms
- Ning now ad-free for educators!
October 2007
- Numeracy improvements thanks to the good doctor
- How educational technology should change
- Becta warns UK schools off Microsoft
- New layout and theme at edte.ch
- Phew! So it's not ADHD...
- Linux on all computers in Russian schools by 2009
- PVR comparison and roundup
- The Online Office space hots up
- In these we trust: 5 basic edtech tools every teacher should have in their toolbox
September 2007
- Ben crawling!
- Now THIS irritates me...
- A day in the library at the University of Durham
- Wikispaces now has widgets
- Google Docs made simple
- Amazon MP3 launches, not for UK
- Google Presentations now live!
- OLPC laptops about pedagogy, not price
- Freebase, oSkope visual search and our relationship to knowledge
- Hannah's new car
- Moodle the most popular VLE?
- Argument for thesis proposal
- Howto: host multiple websites using one web hosting account
- Google wikis soon?
August 2007
- New edte.ch logo
- Google Warehouse Model Viewer
- Zoho Creator - web forms made easy!
- Did You Know? 2.0 UK version - it exists!
- Google Phone
- SMART Notebook interactive viewer
- IT managers should not dictate pedagogy
- Information Literacy
- Freebase: a useful companion to Wikipedia
- Did You Know? 2.0 - UK version?
- To-do v2
- Yahoo! Teachers social network
- Two new Google Earth features
- Twitter even closer to the perfect professional development tool
- Zoho Writer becomes more useful for students
- The cinema? Pah!
- Change of supervisor
- Ilana Snyder
- Never again...
- Back on the thesis proposal trail...
- Unexpected problems
- Business as usual - well, not quite…
- Expect some downtime
- Perfect Promos
- 8 Random Facts Meme
- Laura & Sean's wedding
- Zonbu now available
- CommentPress
July 2007
- e-learning 2.0: All You Need To Know
- Great Ideas
- Demotivational posters
- Using Google tools for student projects
- Deki: Wiki 3.0?
- HOWTO: Nintendo DS & Orange Livebox
- Comments now working again...
- 3D searching with SpaceTime
- EdTechTalk
- Digital students
- Live Ink: an example of the benefits of digital text
- Definitions of digital literacy' from the book of the same name by Paul Gilster
- Meeting with Ed.D. supervisor - 24 July 2007
- $100 laptop nears production
- National Christian Football Festival 2007
- My favourite lolcats
- Google Docs keeps getting better…
- Edit and merge PDFs for free
- Soundsnap: podcast-safe and free!
- How to get a GPS fix quicker on the Nokia N95
- NESTA 'Hidden Innovation' report
- The problems with Human Rights legislation
- Gelato: Wordpress for tumblelogs?
- Virtual Desktops: an update
- Twitter Screensaver
- Picasa Mobile
- Feedburner Pro now free
- TwitterGram
- Great annotated Web 2.0 links
June 2007
- Sausage Roll
- Heavens open, schools shut
- Free and Open Source educational Mac software
- Google Docs update
- Apple iPhone vs Nokia N95
- OpenSUSE to compete with Edubuntu
- Facebook vs. MySpace
- Death by Powerpoint
- Web 2.0 Backpack
- HOWTO: fix your Xbox after messing about with the EEPROM
- Ed.D. thesis proposal failure
- YouTube Remixer
- Getting GPS working for Nokia Sports Tracker on the N95
- Visit to London village
- Google Powerpoint support
- RSS Toolbox
- Minor update to blog design
- How NOT to upgrade your Xbox
- GMail for universities
- Google Custom Search updated
- The end of power cables?
- Pageflakes Student Edition
- Philosophy
- Podcast directory
May 2007
- Nokia N95 tips, reviews and software all in one place
- Microsoft Surface: imagine the edtech possibilities!
- Google Street View
- My first GPS-tracked run
- The 3 quotations I live by
- Zonbu: the linux-based school computer of the future?
- coRank: make your own edtech Digg clone
- Google Calendar now mobile
- Coursework 2.0
- Nokia N95: the solution to problems I didn't even know I had...
- MindMeister
- Virtual Desktops: really useful when teaching!
- Book review: Wittgenstein's Poker
April 2007
- Mojiti
- Ben in his bouncer (video)
- Wordpress Theme Generator
- More photos of Ben
- iQuiz: learning games on an iPod
- Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
- Offline Wikipedia
- Ed.D. thesis proposal bibliography
- Ed.D. thesis proposal finished!
- Lenovo 3000 N100 and Windows Vista
- Google Spreadsheets now with chart capabilities
- 21Classes
- HOWTO: Collaborate Online
- Pay Attention: your students are Digital
- RoboBraille
- Geekifying my run
- Thesis proposal mindmap
- References to follow up - 2/3 April 2007
March 2007
- Office 2.0 Database
- CommentPress
- TeacherTube
- Tumblr - a great way to get your students (and colleagues?) blogging!
- Schoolr: useful search engine
- Happy Mother's Day Hannah!
- Wordpress Plugin Repository v2
- Jersey job and the return of the Mac
- Picasa Web Albums vs. Flickr
- The Curse of Our Society
- Scribd: YouTube for documents
- Technology in exams?
- Return of the Mac
- Ralph Wiggum: boy genius
- Introductory quotation
- Another definition of literacy
- References to follow up - 3/3/07
- 21st Century Literacy
February 2007
- Firefox Extension: Tab Groups
- Voice chat for Second Life
- xFruits - the Swiss Army knife for RSS feeds
- Steve Jobs outlines his vision of a textbook-free future
- More people reading my teaching blog than I thought...
- Writing tips from George Orwell
- 1 million OLPC laptops already on order!
- Intelligence vs. Wisdom
- Macbook vs. my new laptop? No contest...
- The BBC are Twittering
- Sidekiq: all your search belong to us
- Macbook woes
- My (finely crafted) information environment
- GMail now available to everyone!
- Picnick: photo editing on the web
- Photoshopped animals
- PSPs as learning tools
January 2007
- DVD Flick - burn any video file to DVD!
- Ed.D. Thesis Proposal, v2
- Open Word documents through Google Docs in GMail
- Google Book Search now includes Google Maps
- The Half-Life of Knowledge and Structural Reform of the Education Sector for the Global Knowledge-Based Economy
- Run Doug run
- OpenDNS
- bubbl.us
- Easy conditional formatting in Excel
- Contact
- Hannah and Ben back home
- BBC plans online children’s world
- Flickr slideshow of Benjamin Daniel Jonathan Belshaw
- Wordpress 2.1 “Ella” released
- RSS feeds = homework?
- Human-computer interfaces of the future
- Kinaesthetic Data
- Pre-release review of the LG Shine (KE970)
- The threat of mobile technology
- References from 'Breaking Down the Digital Walls'
- Edublogosphere survey results
- Learnscaping
- Is Podcasting the new Powerpoint?
- How computer games help children learn
- EDUCAUSE articles
- Stacks of Books vs. a Search-Engine Culture
- Too much technology in the classroom?
- Top Firefox 2 extensions for educators?
- Wikiseek
- Articles on technology and the future of education
- References from ‘Schools and the Changing World’
- References from 'Reclaiming Knowledge'
- Systematicity
- References to follow up from today's reading
- References from 'Knowing Knowledge'
- Open Thinking & Alec Couros' PhD dissertation
- Expanded thesis proposal outline
- Knowledge Jolt with Jack
- Resources r.e. Dan Pink & 'A Whole New Mind'
- Knowledge Management & Networks
- Links to training sites/blogs from Jim Belshaw