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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Stealthy Strategy for Taking Over Education Technology?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next 3 years or so, I would not be surprised if Microsoft were to become the dominant player in the education technology field. Okay, so this post is going to be full of silly predictions like that. I have sometimes argued that one thing we need for the future would be to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Rid of the ICT Suite</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia A couple of primary schools I&#8217;ve visited recently have both taken the decision to remove their ICT suites. This seems like a good idea, as you may know, I am not a great fan of the ICT suite (see this post). In the case of these two schools, though, the removal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPods, iPads and SEN Learners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you will know that I used to be an SEN teacher and I still maintain an interest in using ICT to teach Special Needs learners. My attention was, therefore, drawn to a website that claimed to have information on using ipod touches and ipads with SEN learners. The work was based over in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handheld Learning gives a Glimpse of the Future</title>
		<link>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/handheld-learning-gives-a-glimpse-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Handheld game console]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is always difficult and a bit dangerous to try to predict the future of ICT in education, nevertheless, I believe that at the recent Handheld Learning Conference, we might have had a glimpse of that future. Let me try to explain what I mean.   It does not take great insight to see the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Game Based Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[games based learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Handheld Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transforming Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a lot to inspire at the 2010 Game Based Learning Conference, it was a shame it was only 2 days as I would have loved to have heard more from many of the presenters. GBL I take the view that games have always had a place in learning, so why not computer games? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put your iPad on Your Desk</title>
		<link>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/put-your-ipad-on-your-desk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 17:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple iPod Touch Portable Audio Device]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have an iPad But I have seen people using them and the first thing that strikes me is just how awkward and cumbersome they seem to be. I daresay that when people first used a mobile phone or a video camera, they may have felt that it was cumbersome but soon got used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Davitt speaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always a pleasure to watch John Davitt giving his presentation. Unfortunately I missed it at this year&#8217;s Handheld Learning Conference, so it was great to see the video made available on the web. You can find more videos of the handheld learning conference here May 2010 update. I&#8217;ve heard John speak a few times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handheld Learning Conference 2009</title>
		<link>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/handheld-learning-conference-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/handheld-learning-conference-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/?p=54</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an early post, http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/handheld-learning/ I mentioned that I was attending the 2009 Handheld Learning Conference in London. I also mentioned that I was looking for four things; the chance to see new ideas and innovations opportunities to meet with people using technology in interesting and successful ways information to assess the future potential of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Thoughts on ICT CPD for Teachers</title>
		<link>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/three-thoughts-on-ict-cpd-for-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/three-thoughts-on-ict-cpd-for-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ICT Support and Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training INSET and CPD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Currently there appears to be a great deal of work behind the scenes preparing for an initiative to promote the use of ICT by teachers. This has prompted me to quickly put together a few thoughts about training teachers in the use of ICT. &#160; Some of these thoughts are clearly born from my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sledgehammer as ICT Innovation Tool</title>
		<link>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/the-sledgehammer-as-ict-innovation-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://dougwoods.co.uk/blog/the-sledgehammer-as-ict-innovation-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BSF]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Handheld Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d like to introduce you to an unusual innovation tool for ICT; the sledgehammer. Before you all turn away, you might like to consider what you could do with a sledgehammer to improve ICT. The sledgehammer is not usually considered an implement of innovation, indeed it is more often thought of in terms of destruction. [...]]]></description>
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