Category Archives: EdTech

BSoA Interview: Fred Delventhal

Posted on May 15, 2017 by niiloa

This was just tons of fun – except possibly the part where my Chrome browser tab (where I had the YouTube Live HOA running, of course) crashed.. However, I think we were pretty quick to get back on track! The interesting … Continue reading →

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BSoA Interview: Kimberly Mattina

Posted on April 22, 2017 by niiloa

It was Saturday and I drove to work – which really is not something that happens frequently, putting it mildly, but hey: it was totally worth it! Running a live YouTube show and connecting with colleagues in other time zones … Continue reading →

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DViSonAir #27: Publicera mera! Del 1

Posted on April 14, 2017 by niiloa

Fokus på webbpublicering – och inte vilken sorts publicering som helst utan på något som har hängt med ganska länge nu: bloggar. Vi hade en extremt kunnig panel denna gång – förutom prisbelönte blogg-gurun Alastair Creelman också Jonas Bäckelin och … Continue reading →

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BeSmartOnAir #27: Hello 2030

Posted on March 14, 2017 by niiloa

The 2030 episode title is straight out of the recent OECD Education policy report ‘Global competency for an inclusive world’ which, among other things, offers a very interesting view on the 2018 PISA assessment. We live in troubled times, as we stated in BSoA … Continue reading →

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eTwinningOnAir #18: 2016 Summer Special

Posted on May 23, 2016 by niiloa

What on earth is this guy pointing at? The answer: the missing ‘lower thirds’, the pro name tags that just would not show up this time.. We made it: eTwinningOnAir revival, before the 2016 summer holidays! Always fun and always great discussions … Continue reading →

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BSoA Interview: Nicholas Provenzano

Posted on February 3, 2016 by niiloa

Sometimes, even bad things can lead into something really good – just like when Nicholas Provenzano messed up his knee years ago while investing quite a bit of time, sweat and effort in (European style!) football. Well, instead of a career as a … Continue reading →

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Google Classroom: The Missing Features

Posted on September 8, 2015 by niiloa

Google Apps for Education – GAFE for short – is a superb, free digital platform for anyone working in education and Classroom is the latest and greatest entry into the GAFE kingdom. Classroom empowers the teachers and students to use Google Drive … Continue reading →

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BeSmartOnAir #18: Digital Literacy

Posted on June 3, 2015 by niiloa

Once again, it was time to wrap up the BeSmartOnAir spring season, this summer episode focusing on Digital Literacy and some of the related ‘hangaround definitions’ as well. Heavens, we also talked a bit about – now, brace yourself – analogue literacy!, well … Continue reading →

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BSoA Interview: Jim Collison

Posted on March 16, 2015 by niiloa

Jim Collison is a US podcaster with many HangoutsOnAir (live) hours at the microphone with his friends every week, he’s a Microsoft MVP and a long distance runner, works full time as a tech lead at Gallup – and somehow … Continue reading →

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Google Classroom: What It Is – And What It’s Not

Posted on February 3, 2015 by niiloa

Something pretty cool happened during the summer of 2014: Google released the beta of Classroom, their take on organising the edu assignments workflow through Google Drive for schools using the free Google Apps for Education (GAFE) cloud service package. Just prior to the … Continue reading →

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