The Age of the Petabyte
Credit to The Mozy Blog and Steve Clayton for originally sharing.
Archive for July, 2009
Twitter – Let’s Not Get Too Excited
There’s a lot of hype around suggesting that Twitter is the new king of social networks. These graphical representations by mkandlez knock such claims on the head. Since my first tweet in November 2008, I’m now in regular contact with some of the leading figures in the British and international education IT community. I doubt [...]
Life in Atherton
While I work with schools in Bolton, I live in neighbouring Atherton. This video describes how tough life used to be in Northern England! If no video is displayed, you’re either reading this article via an RSS feed or YouTube is blocked by your establishment’s web filtering policy.
SIMS Annual Conference 2009
This year’s SIMS Annual Conference was held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham University on the 22-24 June 2009. Over 330 delegates attended representing 115 local authorities. The focus of the conference was the 21st Century Local Authority, following on from last year’s 21st Century School theme. In a departure from previous years, the [...]
The Ultimate Peaceful Competition
For more videos on this truly fantastic subject, please visit the BBC News website.
Fasten Seat Belts to the World
Are you travelling in Europe this summer? If the answer is yes, you might want to watch this video in order to avoid potentially awkward situations. The advice given for the UK is news to me! I’m obviously not very well travelled, even in my own country! Thanks to Tina Roth Eisenberg (who is very [...]
Interactive Recreation of Apollo 11
We Choose the Moon is a real-time, interactive recreation of the Apollo 11 mission, 40 years after the dream became a reality. Using audio, video and photographs from NASA archives, as well as computer animation, the site recreates the four-day trip to the moon’s surface. Real-time transmissions between the astronauts and NASA flight control will [...]
Office 2010: The Movie
Presented in HD (720p high definition). Thanks to Microsoft’s Steve Clayton for sharing. If no video is displayed, you’re either reading this article via an RSS feed or YouTube is blocked by your establishment’s web filtering policy.
Essa Academy – Manifesto for Change
I attended a meeting at the Essa Academy in Bolton yesterday to discuss how I could help the senior leadership use SIMS to record lesson attendance. Earlier in the week, I was lucky enough to attend the Heads & School Leaders’ ICT Conference in Bolton. While my colleagues and I were exhibiting at the event, [...]
