Tag Archives: macworld2010

Retromedia to transmedia – HyperStudio

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Ian

OK, so it’s 2010, and everybody who knows what’s what about state-of-the-art education is talking multi-media. But go back some 20 years ago, and how many of us realised what directions personal computing was heading in, and how important multi-media … Continue reading →

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Education nation

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Ian

How do children of the net generation, the so-called digital natives, spend their time? Do they devote endless hours to arranging their social lives on Facebook? Or are they up every night gaming until dawn? Are they totally geeking out? … Continue reading →

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The opinions that really count

Posted on February 13, 2010 by AllanANDIan

This was a podcast episode with a difference. First, I was asked to be interviewed by an articulate 13 year old student together with a classroom of peers located some 8 hours’ drive from San Francisco and who were connected … Continue reading →

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Broadcast learning from your classroom

Posted on February 13, 2010 by AllanANDIan

Can Podcasting be interactive? Does it really improve learning? What makes a good podcast for education?  These are some of the questions that Ian put to educational podcasting expert Burt Lo, from the California Technology Assistance Program, or CTAP for … Continue reading →

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Smartboards and iPhones … a match made in heaven?

Posted on February 12, 2010 by AllanANDIan

The BTB team are always on the alert for people talking about education here at Macworld. John Soward of the University of Kentucky and John Turner of Assistronics , LLC were just sitting in the common area and Allan couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Integration of Technology … it’s a people thing

Posted on February 12, 2010 by AllanANDIan

In any institution today, especially schools and universities, there is constructive tension between the innovative, ‘enveloping pushing’ practitioner and the oh-so-necessary ITS (Info Technology Services) Department. ITS Departments work hard to secure the networks, prevent technological meltdown, and try to … Continue reading →

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Out of the silent movie era

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Ian

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Les Posen is the king of Keynote. For those of you who haven’t ever heard of Keynote (where have you been?), I would be inclined to describe it as ‘Apple’s version of Powerpoint’, … Continue reading →

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sliDEISM

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Ian

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] If you could wave a magic wand and in the blink of an eye cause all slide presentation software to cease working, higher education in Australia would come to a sudden halt. Lecturing … Continue reading →

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I see! … today that means so much more

Posted on February 11, 2010 by AllanANDIan

Early in MACWORLD are the Powertools workshops, two intense days of hands on training using different software packages and applications on the Mac … a wealth of professional development.  Colette Giltrap, a graphic designer from Southern Cross University, and Trixie … Continue reading →

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Putting the ‘agog’ in ‘pedagogy’

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Ian

So after several  years of wandering opportunistically from URL to URL, BetweenTheButtons finally has what we hope will be an enduring home – on this very site. And what better way to celebrate than to pack our bags and head … Continue reading →

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