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Solid state hard drives, which we have in our machines at school, are touted as the way to go and soon to be available for education. Another example of how we are leading in ICT! Cloud computing information from Sean Tierney Microsoft.

Xbox kinect will change the way we see things on line and do things. It will have implications for education. Some thoughts from Ewan McIntosh:

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Sifteos might be worth investigating: []

[] thanks Ian for the heads up on this one! Data visualisation with Rob Flavell. [] Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about open data. [] learning walks

Charting student achievement: show the students a chart of their performance and ask them to explain changes. Visula tools prompt them to move forward.

Does not have to be straight graphics. Can be used to visualise the story of a book or film. Great one online showing Darwin's revisions in writing the Origin of Species. Zoomit [] [] cut and paste text into the box, it picks out locations, you select, then it maps. [|www.tables.googlelabs.com] [] was the xample we created. Gapminder [] Wolfram Aplha []

[|www.timetric.com] [|www.howbigreally.com] BBC dimensions [|www.manyeyes.aphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes] [|www.getpivot.com] ezines and online publishing []

Sean Tierney Microsoft and Nathan Bailey Monash University As teachers we need to keep our eyes on the pedagogical bar and only get into technology if it raises that bar. At Monash they found that students with laptops were distracted and worse off. To go to 1:1 technology needs a proper roll out incorporating the technology. One focus: read the screen or listen to me leads to a perception of deeper learning. PowerPoints that do not incorporate involvement are of little value. Take notes - it improves your learning. Dan Roam: Back of the Napkin makes an interesting point about low fidelity design. Passive experince needs to be replaced by active: use the tablet pen. Give them unfinished slides to complete by hand. Classroom Presenter free download [] which would work with a computer as well as a tablet. Could be good for setting up revision tasks. Download it here: []