• 16 ways educators use Pinterest 11-Apr-2012

    Pinterest is a pinboard-styled social photo sharing website. Users create and manage boards:  theme-based image collections, they can also browse other pinboards for inspiration,’re-pin’ images to their own collections and/or ‘like’ photos. The site’s mission statement is to “connect everyone in the world through the ‘things’ they find interesting.” The website

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  • It’s time to start tweeting! Follow me and tweet with me! 19-Oct-2011

    After getting hooked on blogging and Facebooking the time has come for Twitter. I suppose that it is better later than never and I set up a Twitter account

    Twitter is a brilliant place to quickly exchange ideas, and comment on whether what’s around us is funny,

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  • Online classes with Dimdim 17-Nov-2010

    Dimdim is a very cool bit of software that works a bit like Skype in that it allows you to send text and documents, as well as speak to people online. The difference is that with Dimdim you can also have online meetings with groups, not just

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  • LearnCentral 12-Aug-2009

    MEC Training Coordinator, Sarah Milligan, writes:

    Click here to find a new social networking site dedicated to teachers and learners. It’s called LearnCentral and is free to sign up to.

    Once you’ve registered you can share material with other teachers, attend live webinars and best of all

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