Wow! A special section for videos in eSchool News and a good long list of sites on video in education! Will need some time to go through them …
[source: eSN]
Can video replace the written word?
Read this article and now that we have one IS school going into video and media literacy, perhaps there’s something in here that we can think about, especially:
So many people today get vital information in video format that an educator must also be a trainer in media savvy.
– if learners learn thru watching video, how can we go abt assessing the level of learners’ understanding by allowing them to create their own video
Unless viewers make the effort to pose critical questions while they watch – and also make time to reflect on what they’re seeing …
– reflection … critical questions … blogs !
programming that shows young people a possibility, such as a child doing a skilled activity, has proven to help unsure watchers “to believe they could do it.”
– can video creation by students themselves bring about similar effect?
[source : the christian science monitor]
OpenOffice Beta 2.0
Want to learn more about OO? Found this article at edugadget, check it out.
ObjectDock – A good software for TabletPC users
This software by Stardock is a good to have. To maximise the usable space on the (relatively) smaller TPC screen, squeezing more than 2 shortcuts in the Quick Lanuch area is not feasbile.
ObjectDock virtually gives you another quick launch bar on top of the screen for your favourite software. Try it if you have face the same small-screen problem like me 🙂
Mini-tablet PC
Smaller than the current TPCs, bigger than the current PDAs, not sure how you’ll like this, but I believe the weight is definitely an attraction for on-the-road traveller.
Take a look here 🙂