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AccessApps – a collection of open source and freeware assistive technology applications

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

AccessApps is a collection of over 50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications for Windows PCs, that can be used directly from a USB memory stick without the need to install anything onto your computer.
The applications have been collated by the two Scottish JISC Regional Support Centres (Scotland North & East and Scotland [...]

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Tags: Learning · Open Source · Technology · Web 2.0 · teaching · tools

Making it happen: teaching the technology generation

July 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

This is a video of my presentation to the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber on June 10th at Bradford University. The sub-title of the presentation was Beyond “no significant difference”, on the basis that, in education, we use technology to do things the same way as we have always done rather than [...]

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Tags: Learning · Technology · Web 2.0 · changing culture · teaching · tools