Archive for March, 2009
- Anyone for tennis? :: “For those uninitiated with Layer Tennis, the premise is simple: two players trade a Photoshop document back and forth, each player has 15 minutes to iterate on the previous “volley†however they see fit. The matches are played live on Friday afternoons, and people follow along and comment via Twitter. It really isn’t about winning [...] :: Monday, March 30th, 2009 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- Mobile Slideshare :: http://m.slideshare.com/ is a landing page on Slideshare for mobile phones. The resolution of each slide is reduced to 240 by 180 (still in horizontal mode). I noticed that slides with white backgrounds and sparse content did not always render properly (big black blocks on some slides obscuring the image, as if the writing was ‘missed’ [...] :: Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- Magnatune embedding test :: Viva Mediva by Mediva Just testing Magnatune’s new embed this album function. Mediva play early music with a modern twist. Just what you need when spending your Sunday hacking through the marking (again). The only change I needed to make to the ‘embed’ code on the Magnatune page was to remove the new lines after each [...] :: Saturday, March 21st, 2009 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Graph grids :: Useful online graph paper generator allows you to save PDF files with a choice of grids :: Sunday, March 15th, 2009 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- Arrange the digits :: Download a jqz file with 8 questions about rearranging digits to make the largest and smallest numbers. You can also save a Web page with the questions about rearranging digits and use that with students. As usual, I have set the HotPotatoes options to remove all the buttons (the quizzes open in new windows in Moodle), [...] :: Monday, March 9th, 2009 :: Posted in 20 minutes, Maths | Comments Off
- Aquanauts :: Dr Sylvia Earle trying to convince people to not destroy the Oceans :: Sunday, March 8th, 2009 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- New camera :: Fujifilm Finepix J12 point and shoot makes nice classroom pictures. Battery has to be removed for charging. :: Sunday, March 8th, 2009 :: Posted in ILT, Photos | Comments Off
- Imeem test :: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: I. Allegro – Sorokin, Oistrakh, Bondarenko, Terian, Knushevitsky Just to see what happens… iMeem allows you to embed a music stream in your blog or Web site. The service appears to be paid for by some advertising that is embedded in the player above. Currently playing is the Allegro [...] :: Saturday, March 7th, 2009 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Play it again :: The students have realised why I’m YouTubing certain parts of the Maths course… I’ll do some more over the weekend. :: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 :: Posted in Notes, Web | Comments Off
- Nutrition Information Tables :: Numeracy teaching with a healthy eating message. :: Sunday, March 1st, 2009 :: Posted in Forensic, Maths | Comments Off