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There is plenty to explore here on my blog and I hope you find something interesting and engaging to help. If you would like to get in touch more directly please use one of the following.

email > thomasgeorgebarrett [at] gmail.com

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  • #1 written by Anonymous
    about 1 week ago
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    Hi Annick

    thanks for the message – please feel free to use any examples with
    attribution. Hope they prove useful. Please send a link where you have used
    them when you are done. Thanks.

  • #2 written by Annick Deblois
    about 1 week ago
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    I just found you website and I am very inspired by all the examples you give. I am responsible for the Teachers’ Centre of virtualmuseum.ca in Canada and I am developing a scenario for a short video on how to use social media in a classroom. Would you mind if I use some of your examples (mentioning you of course)?

    Thank you

    Annick

  • #3 written by Scott McKenzie
    about 1 month ago
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    Hi Tom.

    I'm adding a list of blogs by educators in the UK who are interested in Google Apps Edu and would like to add your site. We're at http://www.cloudcampus.co.uk. Would that be okay?

    thanks,
    Scott

  • #4 written by Kander13
    about 1 month ago
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    Hi My name is Katie and im Studying Primary Teaching at Edith Cowan University in Perth Western Australia, i recently discovered your blogs on using technology to Help your students with maths, as im doing an assignment for my technology unit. The basics of my assignments is to explain the benefts of using tecnology in maths to students from Kindergarten to Year seven. I was wondering if you could give me your oppinion on it and why you think it helps engage students better than simply doing textbook work and when you started using more technology in your lessons and wat types of technology you use. I have gained alot of information already from your blogs already.

    If you could help me that would be great.
    Thanks
    Katie Anderson

  • #5 written by Kimmyscave
    about 1 month ago
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    I recently purchased the new Wii Endless Ocean Game and a Wii Speak for my 7th grader. Is there a classroom that we could connect to where he can interact with other students? As homeschoolers, we try to make his education as interactive as possible. Any ideas would be greately appreciated.

  • #6 written by Lisa Robertson
    about 4 months ago
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    I'd like to add something to your interesting ways with the wii…

    My ESL classes create mii's and use them as a beginning lesson on appearance. We follow up with http://www.esltower.com/VOCABQUIZ/describing%20... on the SMART board and http://elpweb.com/materials/wp-content/uploads/... this worksheet.

  • #7 written by Julie
    about 6 months ago
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    This is such a great idea! That said, I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to get these to work, particularly the jump (#1) activities in Madrid Measures. Does anyone have any screencasts? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for this great resource!

  • #8 written by timbrook
    about 6 months ago
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    Hi Tom
    First: thank you very much indeed for your blog. It's been a source of excellent ideas, links and inspiration for this practising teacher, such as it's hard to find in our sadly over-regulated target-driven world of education. Selfishly, I really hope your promotion to management doesn't get in the way…

    Heartily sick of our learning platform (slow, featureless and poorly designed) I fell to wondering about plugging the gap between it and future plans to build our own moodle-based site. Google Apps seems to be the answer.

    * How did you go about setting up (from your end)?
    * Did you face much resistance from your LA?
    * Do you think really need a VLE if you are using Apps?
    * Have you come across any security issues?

    A brief anecdote will serve to illustrate the point:
    I've been using Kaltura's Management console to re-direct Youtube videos onto our learning platform – Kaltura gives you a nice player complete with playlist and isn't hit by filters… also it also has no onsite video outlet apart from embedded players which can be tucked safely behind a password . I updated a playlist, copied the embed code and pasted it to a nice new page on the VLE. It didn't work. I retried several times with no luck. For consolation I turned to the “experimental” Google site I've been playing with to see if it encountered any problems. It had already updated its video player…

    Hope to hear from you

    Tim Brook
    http://www.magiclanternlearning.co.uk

  • #9 written by jjford
    about 6 months ago
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    Zoomed in on my house in San Francisco. Awesome!

  • #10 written by Barbara Bray
    about 6 months ago
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    Your 3 educational ideas are great. I love the Storybook Earth – it makes so much sense. I had the same idea about Connect Collaborate Content years ago before all the social media and Web 2.0 and made it. It's My eCoach http://my-ecoach.com.

    We have over 15,000 members, 50,000 resources and projects, builders that let members collaborate and embed Web 2.0, tags that link people, resources, and projects, teams for coaching, surveys, quizzes, coaching and reporting tools, and more. This has been my passion for over 12 years. I'd like your feedback to see if this is kind of what you are talking about.

  • #11 written by Teresa Trimm
    about 6 months ago
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    In regards to http://edte.ch/blog/2007/03/10/uses-for-wikihow... would also make a good article. The steps that you have further down in the page fit it almost perfectly. There are similar articles, you would just need a different approach!!!

    I am an editor from wikiHow.

    Teresa

  • #12 written by Teresa Trimm
    about 6 months ago
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    In regards to http://edte.ch/blog/2007/03/10/uses-for-wikihow... would also make a good article. The steps that you have further down in the page fit it almost perfectly. There are similar articles, you would just need a different approach!!!

    I am an editor from wikiHow.

    Teresa

  • #13 written by Bob Harrison
    about 7 months ago
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    Hi Tom, Sorry I missed you at BETT..want to discuss possible sponsorship of TeachMeet?

  • #14 written by Robert_Alexander
    about 7 months ago
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    Hi Tom, trying to encourage a group of pupils in my Business Studies classes (ranging from S2 to S6) to put together an online business magazine focusing on all different areas of business. The main aims are to a) increase awareness and enthusiasm of business outside of the classroom and b) to focus on improving literacy and getting pupils writing for enjoyment. Obviously difficult to generate traffic, especially in its infancy when the pupils need most encouragement. Any ideas how to do this?

    You can see the first couple of articles they have published at http://mralexanderspupilblog.blogspot.com/

    Thanks in advance!

  • #15 written by Darren
    about 7 months ago
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    I created a website that allows teachers to create interactive review games for their students.
    http://www.bubbabrain.com Play the demo game on the homepage to understand how it works

  • #16 written by dianneyates
    about 8 months ago
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    Hi
    I am hoping to establish a class Blog for my Year one class next year but not sure where and how to start
    Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated as this is unchartered waters for me
    Regards
    Dianne

  • #17 written by evifrank
    about 8 months ago
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    Hello Mr. Barrett,
    I already once had contact and posted an idea on wordle. I have a question. Is it possible, that I can have access to all of your good-ideas presentations on google docs? I have some in my folder and everytime if there is a new idea I can see it, as it is showing up bold. But there are some that are just only copys, but they dont become updated. Hope you will understand what I am talking about, as my English is just basic and poor :(
    Best regards
    Evelyn Frank
    uhg.frank@googlemail.com

  • #18 written by evifrank
    about 8 months ago
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    Hello Mr. Barrett,
    I love all your Ideas how to integrate ICT into the classroom. We are also on the way and I follow your twitterpost as also your postings, wherever I can read something new. I have a question. I would love to have access to all your presentations in google docs. Is this possible? So that I can see if there are any new ideas? With some it is possible and I can see that there are latest entries or changes, but I have not access to all your good presentations. Hope you can understand me, as my English is just basic and poor :(

    Thank you in advance and best regards
    Evelyn Frank – Munich/Germany

  • #19 written by Richard Taylor
    about 8 months ago
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    Tom, Teachmeet and your involvement in it ahs changed education. Lots of people might not agree but this grass roots approach to propopgating the use of IT in education, is hugely important. I may not be a teacher or possibl;y even an 'educationalist', but after 20 years in the edu business I know change when I see it!

  • #20 written by loren
    about 9 months ago
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    Tom,
    Can you give me access to post some concepts about using google wave for collaborative note taking on your 'interesting ways' page? we have been exploring this concept over at http://edume.me

  • #21 written by Gail Robinson
    about 9 months ago
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    Hi Tom
    My colleague Mike Shaw pointed me in the direction of your blog. I work on the TES website. I wondered if you would be willing to add some of your interesting ways slides to the Resources section of the website. I know they would go down really well with our users.
    Best wishes
    Gail
    Gail Robinson, Web production manager

  • #22 written by Hugh Myott
    about 9 months ago
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    Hi Tom,

    I managed to get to your blog via Teachers TV. While I was watching the programme the pupils were collaborative work in maths involving times tables. Can you direct me to the site.

  • #23 written by Rhonda Carrier
    about 10 months ago
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    Tom,
    I am researching information to update a course at Beacon Educator: http://www.beaconeducator.com/

    I would like to add a link from the course, Enhancing the Classroom with Technology, to your google doc, Ways to use Google Earth. It is an excellent example of the use of google docs for collaboration – and of course, good examples of uses for Google Earth.

    I’m just beginning work on the course, so it won’t be updated for several months, but the content and links on it should remain active for a year or more from when it goes active. Would you mind if I link to your google doc and will the link to Ways to Use Google Earth remain active? Do you at some point remove or “unshare” docs, that would result in an invalid/broken link — or will the google doc remaining live and shared with everyone?

    Thank-you for your continued help and contributions,
    Rhonda

  • #24 written by Sebastian
    about 10 months ago
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    Hey great blog – I check it out everyday.

    saw that you are now on google wave! super cool.

    any chance you can invite me as well?

    sjoddo@gmail.com

    I would appreciate it,

    Sebastian

  • #25 written by mario aller
    about 1 year ago
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    I am a teacher of primary interested in the stories, the writing and the technology.
    It is a pleasure to read your post. Thank you from Galicia, Spain!

  • #26 written by Ian Hawkins
    about 1 year ago
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    Hi Tom,

    I just wanted to let you know that you are being featured on the brand-new communities section of http://www.mysmartspaces.co.uk as our blog of the week, due to your interesting insights into using the SMART Table.

    We’ve updated the communities section to let users find the best SMART and interactive technology content on the web. We’ve also launched the SMART Exchange UK site, which is a completely free forum-based resource centre and community network that provides a wealth of resources for technology-enabled learning.

    If you get a chance please sign up and start writing some posts! We’d love to get your input. It only takes a minute and it’s completely free!

  • #27 written by Richard Hainsworth
    about 1 year ago
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    Hi there Tom
    This is richard hainsworth from sydney australia. my year 9 class is investigating the possibilities of gaming online through the use of nintendo wii. It is hoped that through this technology, gaming with other students from around the world will develop communications skills and global communities. If you or you know of any school or college interested? please email me. We are after 10 schools from 10 different continents.

    Thankyou
    sincerely
    Richard.
    Brigidine College Randwick

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    about 1 year ago
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  • #29 written by Christine Meier-Reichel
    about 1 year ago
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    Hallo my name is christine. I am the owner of the website http://www.catlux.de. it offers online help for students in germany.
    There are a lot of documents for all typs of school. You can download it as a word documnet (for teachers) or as a PDF-file (most for privat users because I take a lot of school-fonts). Becaus there is a lot of traffic for downloading, I require a yearly fee of 29,– euros. You can download so often you want documents. Greetings from nürnberg

  • #30 written by Jack Sloan
    about 1 year ago
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    Hi Tom
    I am getting blogging going at my school in Manchester and would really appreciate some feedback if you have a moment. We are getting lots of traffic when I plug the blog, and our kids are using it very heavily (40+comments yesterday) but I want the kids to start generating the traffic. Any ideas?

    You can see our blog here:

    http://yeartwo.chorltonparkblogs.net/

    Thanks,
    Jack Sloan
    Manchester

  • #31 written by scaley
    about 2 years ago
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    Hi Tom Thanks for today at your school. now I want to get cracking on this and get blogging. Any tutorials?

    John SLICT

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