Archive for August, 2008

gOS - getting there :: gOS is a version of Linux that is intended to be easy to use and designed around what most computer users want to do (Web, ...
Tags ILT, Ubuntu

Exploratory learning, 1967 :: A school in Dagenham was loaned seventeen Summa 20 and six Divisumma 24 [calculators] in an experiment to teach maths. The Olivetti machines replaced log ...
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Passing notes outside class :: "Many of the students we spoke to are making some use of their own tools to socialise and network in personal and public spaces, and ...
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Rules :: It is that time of year again, teaching will be under way in a month or less. This photo makes me think about negotiating the ...
Tags Learning, Photos

Proper Museums :: The Pitt Rivers Museum is closed until 'Spring 2009' (read sometime after Easter) but then my favourite museum will be restored to its Victorian splendour ...
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Partial eclipse :: Today's partial eclipse of the Sun viewed in projection through one half of a pair of binoculars. I had to work quickly - no time ...
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