Gary McFarlane

Information is no longer owned - implications for teaching - Gary McFarlane

Ghana's Ministry of Education is running a trial to find out two things - firstly if the ereaders can pump up the percentage of Ghanian kids who read, and secondly whether opting for ebooks can reduce some of the spending on textbooks that its schools are forced into. - Gary McFarlane

"Professor Mitra’s current work began with his ‘hole in the wall’ experiment ten years ago, which inspired the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire and involved putting a computer with an Internet connection into a Delhi slum." Gary - Gary McFarlane

Not "big, bad, Microsoft"? Gary - Gary McFarlane

"Is there a class divide online? Research suggests yes. A recent study found that people in more affluent demographics are 25 percent more likely to be found friending on Facebook, while the less affluent are 37 percent more likely to connect on MySpace. The wealthiest users, however, are on LinkedIn." Note where Twitter is. Friendfeed? - Gary McFarlane

From the article: A federal appeals court ruling this week voided part of a Blackboard Inc. patent that competitor Desire2Learn was accused of violating, and technology experts say the end of the protracted legal battle could introduce an era of renewed competition in the eLearning sector. - Gary McFarlane

From Pete MacKay's The Teacher List: Boasting more than 6000 sounds and samples, Free-Loops.com has a wide range of sound effects from drums to animals. - Gary McFarlane

Great example of innovative teaching. - Gary McFarlane

". Although some of these tips apply to blogging with students, these tips are geared toward blogging as personal/ professional growth activity." - Gary McFarlane

May not be the best place to save this link? - Gary McFarlane

The value of self-testing - Gary McFarlane

Another option - Gary McFarlane

How things were - and still are? - Gary McFarlane

"A major stumbling block in both states is not all students have computers or broadband Internet access at home/" - Gary McFarlane