As it’s Friday, and it’s lunchtime, more Google fu As it’s Friday, and it’s lunchtime, more Google fun – here’s one i used to like: confidential “internal use only” filetype:pdf site:ac.uk - mik’s blog – Thoughts on Programming Education Out now: Joy of Code, Episode 4: Finally – some code! http://t.co/wdA0o1pa Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Last October Aleks Krotoski, presenter of of The Guardian’s Tech Weekly podcast, chaired a series of special “Tech City” talks. The first of these was on Skills and Education (Audio recording here) and the panelists, which included David Willets, all criticised to current Schools ICT Curriculum by stating that it didn’t actually include any coding. This issue has been raised recently by many commentators but was highlighted by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s criticism of British Education at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, and the fact that it was the “Google View” perhaps gave it more prominence than it would otherwise have had.

Why 3D TV Went From CES Darling to Consumer Reject | Gadget Lab | Wired.com It’s CES season, so of course we’re forced to talk about 3D TV. Again. Sigh … http://t.co/waviFU72 - Greenfoot An interesting experiment in a development tool for teaching Java programming. Aimed at Pre-University students and teachers it is similar in to Squeak and Logo in that it aims to “grab” interest by geting kids to program game-like simulations.

JavaScript Reference – MDN Definitive reference to the JavaScript language. Bookmark so you have somewhere to lookup the properties and methods of the JavaScript objects you are working with. Part of the Mozilla Developer Network, which is a useful resource in itself. The “learning” resources are worth a look. tags:javascript mozilla mdn reference resources eg-259 Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

haz.io › HTML5 & CSS3 Browser Capabilities A site which tests and reports your browser’s support for new and forthcoming Html5, Css3 and JavaScript APIs and presenting the results in a simple grid. Where a feature is missing, haz.io links to a fallback resource. tags:eg-259 html5 testing browser - HTML5 Forms Readiness Chart · Wufoo Nice test page for HTML5 form support. Includes browser charts and fallback (graceful degredation) resources in JavaScript and using widget libraries.

RSC Wales Teaching and Learning Blog Improving accessibility: don’t leave it to the fairies! http://t.co/0Ipmy1eg. My thoughts, with links to some training opportunities. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Doceri Remote – The Interactive Whiteboard for the iPad – iPads in Education Wow! You have got to try Doceri Remote for the iPad and Doceri Desktop for the PC/Mac. This app has one feature that I have not found on any other desktop remote. It allows you to annotate on anything. Basically, your iPad, PC/Mac and Projector becomes your digital smart board. There is no need to pay for expensive and bulky smart board systems.

Foundation: Rapid Prototyping and Building Framework from ZURB An easy to use, powerful, and flexible framework for building prototypes and production code on any kind of device. As heard on The Changelog http://bit.ly/vxND7J. tags:zurb foundation css javascript framework examples eg-259 HTML5 boilerplate responsive Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Comments: read write or think - Nov 4, 2013 the point about coursera is the enormous publicity value…i think the report from the previous edcmooc said that most participants had heard about the course via coursera

The Learning Black Market – David White Thought provoking blog post from David White. Some interesting ideas that have come out of interviews related to his Digital Residents and Natives and Open Edducational Resources research, viz the “emergency collaboration” 24 hours from coursework submission (I’m sure that goes on a lot in Swansea) and Google> Wikipedia> References which is a popular technique with students but is kept hidden because of the overt discouragement of academics for Google and Wikipedia as valid academic research tools.

I am going to teach a large online class in the Fall (650 students), what suggestions do you have? | LinkedIn Interesting discussion on the Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) group on LinkedIn (itself an interesting resource). You may need to be a LinkedIn member and join the HETL group to access the discussion. tags:group discussion [large class teaching](http://www.diigo.com/user/cpjobling/large class teaching) linkedin large class suggestions Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

JISC RSC > JISC Regional Support Centres tags:jisc rsc [wales RSC](http://www.diigo.com/user/cpjobling/wales RSC) Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Here’s a more useful set of ideas for exploring technology in e-learning for your personal development that the usual ones I see. “TEN WEB 2.0 THINGS YOU CAN DO IN TEN MINUTES TO BE A MORE SUCCESSFUL E-LEARNING PROFESSIONAL” a presentation by Stephen Downes, National Research Council Canada remixed by jago2009 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akAfCrOVhrM]Blogging this is related to tip 1 “Listen to a Conference Presentation” and 10 “watch a YouTube video”.