A selection of web tools for online and/or hybrid courses
In this latest post we wanted to highlight a couple of web tools that might prove useful to those with (and even without) an online component to their papers. The first is a service called PearlTrees,...
View ArticleThe Future of the Book
The following video highlights three very interesting ideas about the future of the book. The move to digital reading and ebooks is happening at a staggering pace and how this technology develops is...
View ArticleHarnessing mobile technology in the classroom
A position paper was recently released by the National Association of Secondary School Principals located in the US. The position paper can be found at this link (the entire position paper has been...
View ArticleCloud-based file storage and management
With an ever increasing number of staff and students coming onto campus with laptops, netbooks, and wireless-capable smartphones and tablets, there is increasing recognition that cloud-based file...
View ArticlePhishing and Facebook
Around this time of year as our students learn all about their new email accounts and staff begin to prepare for teaching we often see a spike in malicious “phishing” emails. These messages purport to...
View ArticleDropbox two step authentication
Article originally posted on Mashable Dropbox has begun to add a two-step verification for all its accounts, the file-hosting service announced on its forums. The process, which is optional but...
View ArticleNew goodthink collaboration areas
The Faculty of Education is continuing with its expansion of technology in our informal learning spaces for staff and students. goodthink, an internally developed collaborative work environment,...
View ArticleIT Orientation presentation for new students in 2013
Many of the new and incoming students this year will get a live IT Orientation presentation during the new student orientation programmes. However, if you missed my talk or want to find out more about...
View ArticleDigital Citizenship Guidelines for Teachers
So much can be said on this topic and there are so many online resources that it boggles the mind. If you would like a one stop, reliable and useful site, to bookmark and use, then this is one I...
View ArticleWCEL Team Professional Development for June
Upcoming WCEL Workshops The WCEL Team offer a range of workshops to enhance the use of eLearning and technology within the University. Our workshops have a digital literacy focus, which means we assist...
View ArticleDefining Digital Citizenship – Google Docs & WikiEducator
Claire Amos, Deputy Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, needed to construct material for her High School re: Digital Citizenship and as she worked away on her own she realized that there...
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Share Docs, Slides and Drawings with people who do not have a Google Account
Re-posted from: http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/share-docs-slides-and-drawings-with.html Share Docs, Slides and Drawings with people who do not have a Google Account Posted: 07 Oct 2013...
View ArticleiOS Self Service for personal devices
There is so much in our Self Service for iOS Devices, that I thought it was time to post a version of Self Service for personal devices. So here goes: iOS App’s Apple Find My Friends Find My iPhone...
View ArticleGoogle announces new mobile apps for Docs, Sheets and Slides – UPDATED
Google announced on there Official Blog new mobile apps for Docs, Sheets and Slides. These new app’s will allow editing of Google Drive documents offline and without internet access, unlike the Google...
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