As any teacher will tell you, the student is more advanced with technology than themselves. This is mainly due to the fact they were brought up using the internet, playing games and joining sites before they could write properly. To the student, online learning is simply child’s play. Students will adapt quickly to any new [...]
It’s a hot topic right now, what can the Apple iPad and education do? Answer, everything. The Apple iPad and education come hand in hand, it’s a perfect mix of easy to use technology, mobility, robustness and popularity amongst educators and students.
So what is it about the iPad and education?
Apart from being the first ‘proper’ [...]
Educators and students are to be moving into a new era in education, as learning software becomes more and more popular there is strong evidence that learning software not only aids the learning process it also helps connect individuals, enhancing collaboration, it increases the speed of which content is delivered and above all lowers the [...]
A question that many people ask “What is elearning?“, Elearning I believe is a simple concept in my opinion, it’s learning online. When we ask “What is elearning?” by definition it’s put across in an over complicated and it’s percieved as modern technology that we don’t yet know or understand. We answer our own question [...]
It’s been the busiest time here yet at CloudPollen, we’ve been working at full tilt just to get our online learning product onto the web.
So here’s the low down on what’s been happening:
We’ve created the first ALPHA version of the application, it works well but there are a few bugs which of course is expected [...]
I’m absolutely loving Googleplus. For education I believe this will be a powerful addition to learning online. Googleplus for education use is my opinion a fantastic open source solution for communication for educators and students.
Conference calling, Googleplus for education and communication
One item I believe is really going to make a big impact is the Googleplus [...]
Educators have fought the battle of controlling the use of mobile phones in learning environments in schools, colleges and universities for some time now, yet still this tool of communication yields its powerful grip on its owner.
How to use mobile phones in schools, colleges and universities
Schools, colleges and universities have in their grasp the most [...]
Creating exciting and thought provoking lessons is not for the faint-hearted. Like most teachers I run out of new ways to make lessons interesting. Technology, however, is never a waste with learners as they use technology on a day to day basis and embrace it fully.
Approaches are made on a regular basis within schools to [...]
To implement good teaching and create confident, independent learning, collaborative teaching and learning is a must. Whether in a tradition classroom setting or utilizing an e-learning platform, maintaining good standards of pedagogy to inspire learners can often become tricky.
Shared resources have always been the backbone of any good faculty and I can see no area [...]
The advantages are clear when storing educational documents in the cloud. It allows students to centralize their documents, the benefits to this are simple but effective. You never need to carry around a USB drive, so cloud storage will replace the USB drive in schools.
Cloud storage for students
This is great because the number of times [...]
