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Category Archives: technology in education


the fifth screen

October 19, 2008 – 1:19 pm

In his post ‘The fourth screen and counting‘ Wayne Hodgins links to a great ad by Nokia on the evolution of screens, not just how they have evolved technologically but to the way in which they contribute to how we see in, and how we interact with, our world. The ad shows how screens […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, sictasft | Comments (2)

Trends to watch out for

October 19, 2008 – 12:13 pm

Part of my work for SICTAS is supporting an online event on future technologies (more here) where we hope to engage people in interesting, provocative discussion on what emerging technologies may yield for us in education. As I started to think about this I realised I can’t just look at this area in isolation. […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, SICTAS, sictasft | Comments (1)

Tech truants - or just tech savvy?

November 8, 2006 – 8:19 am

‘If you build it, they wont come‘ is an article that attracted my attention recently. The basic premise behind the article is that technologies such as podcasting are responsible for the decline in student attendance at lectures. More worryingly is the implication that technologies are having some sort of adverse effect on the […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, tech truancy, podcast | Comments (2)