tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074271844855651082.post4338591032813482420..comments2023-02-10T11:23:37.405+00:00Comments on More Stress, Less Success: CESI Meet 2012: An 'Education Hack Day' for Ireland?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13726334168528203927noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074271844855651082.post-30679508606220551122012-02-29T11:02:44.528+00:002012-02-29T11:02:44.528+00:00Very much enjoyed your talk, and I share the desir...Very much enjoyed your talk, and I share the desire to enable / help people to work collaboratively. And I share your enthusiasm for technology.<br /><br />I fear hack-days are a bit like "Belling The Cat". They are a good idea, but finding someone to make them happen is the hard part.<br /><br />I don't have experience of 'hack days', but do know about hackathons. These are where people who are already collaborating on-line come together for a day to hack together. It's a different concept, but related, and 'easier' to organise. It might be a way to bootstrap to a hack day.James Crookhttps://plus.google.com/108018144800008544961/postsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074271844855651082.post-77994997822833737482012-02-27T16:07:37.300+00:002012-02-27T16:07:37.300+00:00Thanks for the comments folks - keep em coming. (S...Thanks for the comments folks - keep em coming. (Simon - internet safety is always somewhere improvements can be made)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726334168528203927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074271844855651082.post-24973405637895831322012-02-27T15:37:08.460+00:002012-02-27T15:37:08.460+00:00I think we need lots of ways to allow children to ...I think we need lots of ways to allow children to easily express their creativity - something like an all-in-one child-friendly Tumblr where children can blog, podcast, videocast, etc. in a safe environment. Maybe this exists already?Simon Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965584109464749079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074271844855651082.post-88533864378188044172012-02-27T15:05:39.128+00:002012-02-27T15:05:39.128+00:00In the Literacy focused era, and in trying to inco...In the Literacy focused era, and in trying to incorporate useful ICT into the classroom, I would love to see weekly spelling tests generated from pupils' spellchecked errors in e.g. MS Word. <br /><br />I am open to solutions.<br /><br />One option may be: The software would compile their personal spelling list for the following week. The software would speak the spellings through the pupils' headphones and they would enter the appropriate answers. Marking results would be emailed to the teacher.<br /><br />Background - I will have a class of 10 3rd to 6th class pupils next year and will have a laptop for each of them.Paul de Lacyhttps://twitter.com/#!/riomhaireschoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074271844855651082.post-34595289175654051622012-02-27T11:55:33.425+00:002012-02-27T11:55:33.425+00:00I think that #EdHackIrl is a great idea.
Somethin...I think that #EdHackIrl is a great idea.<br /><br />Something similar happened in Canada, where teachers wanted to get across the idea that teaching is more than a "9 to 3" job and in order to do so, they held a "Mark-in" at a local shopping centre for all to see what's involved.<br />Here's a link to it:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di0NKo9n4ow<br /><br />Not exactly a hack, but when I heard your initial idea, it reminded me of this.<br /><br />Looking forward to hearing the other ideas, wherever they appear, so will be following #EDHACKIRL on Twitter with interest.<br /><br />@fbossFred Bosshttp://fboss.edublogs.org/noreply@blogger.com