Jott: Explore speech to text technology

www.jott.com Jott is one of the coolest application of speech to text technologies we have seen. Once you sign up for a free account, call Jott on your phone and you can leave a message which will be converted to text and posted on your blog, twitter speed or to do list. The conversion is Full Article…

Singing Fingers – lets you finger paint with sound!

Another fun-classic from Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver. Have been driving my family nuts over the weekend painting music with Singing Fingers (well, I think it sounds musical!). This could be the answer to teaching reluctant primary pupils the basics of composition. And if it doesn’t – who cares?? It’s a fabulous exploration of synthesis Full Article…

Teacher Safety Online

One of the questions we get asked most by teachers is regarding internet safety and using social media responsibly. Of course, no teacher wants students to see pictures of him the worse for wear after a night down the pub (#awkward), swanning around on Tenerife in a mankini (we’re not judging) or Morris Dancing (now we Full Article…

Death to VLE!

Regular visitors to the Taccle2 website will know my personal opinions about VLE or LCMS or whatever the catch all generic name currently is for those behemoths they call “learning platforms” (such as Blackboard, Moodle and so on). I have ranted on several occasions about their shortcomings – in particular they way in which they Full Article…