This post is aimed at the parents (and students) at International School of Geneva – Campus des Nations following this week’s ‘Meet the Technology for Learning Coordinator’ session. The idea is to share with you 12 YouTube channels that I think are great for parents to watch with their children. Some are silly, some are … Read more
Just one thing to check out this week Each year (since 2013) Google has released a ‘Year in Search’ video on YouTube highlighting some of the highs (and lows) of the year through what ‘we’ searched for. For the last weekly post of 2020 – here is the ‘Google – Year in Search 2020’ video … Read more
Created to support a presentation being given as part of the Y12/DP1 Core session at International School of Geneva – Campus des Nations. A notebook works but there is also a huge range of digital tools to organise what you need to get done. Most of these platforms are based upon the need to ‘capture’ … Read more
Three things to check out Should we be showing Netflix in school? No… unless… We work with ProLitteris to be able to work with copyrighted materials in school – such as the playing of DVDs etc. ProLitteris has advised us that although the viewing of Netflix documentations in the classroom in Switzerland is permitted under … Read more
This post is the culmination of a period of research. It was prompted by a teacher’s request for her class (Year 7) to experience Yosemite National Park to stimulate discussion of it’s wonder and the part water has played upon forming the landscape. Our school has a BYOL policy and (most) students have smartphones. We … Read more
It was while I was participating in a photography workshop given by the talented and largely self-taught Steven Ashworth that I was introduced to the idea of the ‘University of YouTube’. If you want to find out how to do something a YouTube search is very likely to reveal a substantial list of video … Read more
All staff and students that use the Ecolint ‘Google Apps for Education’ domains (so anybody with a @ecolint.ch or @learning.ecolint.ch email address) has a YouTube account. YouTube playlists are a convenient place to curate a set of YouTube clips for a whole number of reasons. Maybe you want to provide a playlist to help … Read more