Have just spent half of Easter weekend making these amazing little spiders with eyes that blink! The idea came from Ken Murphy and I have adapted a few bits – check out his website for more maker projects. This is the finished product: What is a Blinkybug? Blinkybugs are simple little electro-mechanical insects that respond to Full Article…
Game based Learning – QuesTanja
Auf den EduDays in Krems habe ich ein paar der Leute hinter Learningapps.org kennengelernt – hier der Link zu diesem tollen Tool. Sie arbeiten gerade an einer neuen Seite http://www.questanja.org/, die in meinen Augen eine wirkliche Bereicherung für alle sein wird, die Game-based Learning ernsthaft ausprobieren wollen. Momentan wird noch kräftig daran gearbeitet, aber im Herbst Full Article…
Inventions and their inventors in the industrial revolution
Overview Collaborative history lesson for students learning English using Prezi as presentation tool. Description As a warming up activity the students are invited to turn on their smartphones and launch Kahoot to do a short quiz on the main inventions and inventors of the industrial revolution. Then the teacher presents the Prezi template that he has Full Article…
Adult Digital Literacy project
The project Adult Digital Literacy (LIDIA) stems from the award attributed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (TIC and Society Network) in response to the proposal of extending the work carried out within the scope of the project TACCLE2– Teachers’ Aids on Creating Content for Learning Environments, a European project in which participated a Full Article…
Squishy Circuits
I’m not sure this is actually e-learning but it’s the best bit of fun technology I’ve used for ages and at minimal cost. Basically, it is about using play dough to make electrical circuits. (Given a few days, I’m sure I can justify the e-learning bit by connecting my circuits up to an arduino board Full Article…
21 everyday objects you can hack.
Just found a great set of videos on the TED Blog each one demonstrating an innovative use of Makey Makey. For those of you who haven’t discovered this amazing piece of kit, check out our earlier post on this site.