Colloquium - Can a handheld gaming device be used as an effective assistive technology tool?

My colloquium on the TechDis HEAT scheme project has now been published in the British Journal of Educational Technology 38 (3), 532–534.

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Can a Handheld Gaming Device Be Used As An Effective Assistive Technology Tool?

My TechDis HEAT scheme project report has now been published. The project aimed to investigate the use of the Nintendo DS and Brain Training package as a study support tool to assist students requiring help with numeracy skills during the autumn term of 2006. The outcomes were very interesting and it is hoped to continue this project in a wider context seeking the top up kit requested in our original bid to investigate further educational uses of the Nintendo DS Lite in the near future….

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TechDis HEAT Programme Report Submitted

Our TechDis HEAT scheme project report has now been submitted. The project aimed to investigate the use of the Nintendo DS and Brain Training package as a study support tool to assist students requiring help with numeracy skills during the autumn term of 2006. The outcomes have been very interesting and we hope to continue this project in a wider context seeking the top up kit requested in our original bid to investigate further educational uses of the Nintendo DS Lite in the near future….

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Charles Darwin Online

The complete works of Charles Darwin have been published online by the University of Cambridge. Mp3 versions of the work are also available. Since launching eight days ago the site has already been accessed over a quarter of a million times…..

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TechDis HEAT Programme Bid Approved

TechDis have approved my bid for technology under the HEAT scheme. The project aims to investigate the use of the Nintendo DS and Brain Training package as a study support tool to assist students requiring help with numeracy skills during the autumn term. This will hopefully broaden out to provide a case study of how a handheld technology tool for gaming can be put to use in an HE environment as a study support device which could aid students.

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Death Of The Lecture ?

Education guardian (you will need to register) has an interesting viewpoint on podcasting as a learning medium by Dr David Hearnshaw…

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How to podcast tutorial

A simple tutorial on podcasting

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iPods as language learning aid

Pupils given iPods as language learning aid. From Education Guardian in July - you will need to register to read this…….

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Get In Gear

Apple & Nike taking podcasting on the move…

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National Architecture Week Goes Podwalking

Interesting use of podcasts (or podwalks) as guided tours for the forthcoming Architecture Week 2006…

Wayne Hemingway Thames Gateway Podwalk

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