Sam’s Online Journal

This sounds like an amazing site. Just on Troy’s description I can see it has an amazing potential for use in the primary classroom. Obviously it could be used to show students Paris or Iraq or anything to do with geography. But I would also love to use it with students who have pen pals [...]

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Hi Lily,
Lily wanted to know what this comment mean: Social bookmarking tools also share this characteristic: the more they are used, the more value accrues to the system itself and thereby to all who participate in it.
This is a very interesting comment. When I read it (though keep in mind I haven’t read the rest [...]

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I think that this has enormous potential. Just from your description I can already see how this could be used for presenting group assignments. I think this is a tool that could very well replace Microsoft PowerPoint in terms of presentation.
For a teacher it provides quick and easy access to amazing resources that kids [...]

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The image of the little girl walking alone along the beach is an excellent metaphor for e-learning. The internet allows children (and adults) to wander freely and perhaps aimlessly … searching. Sometimes however it can all seem to much and I think the large flock of seagulls engulfing the little girl represent how the big [...]

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Gerry that table is an absolute goldmine, although I would have to say that perhaps it is a bit too broad, and I do hope that somewhere in the 2nd chapter they acknowledge this (I still haven’t got around to reading it).
My parents fit into the ‘Me Generation’ and that table pretty accurately describes [...]

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Leila, I fully agree with you about the article being interesting and relevant to us and other teachers (or soon to be) today.
I am beginning to get tired of the old question “Is the internet relevant today?” I believe that in today’s society that is an absolutely ridiculous question given that we are so technology [...]

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