tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:07 +0000Updates based on my m-learning journey while working on the MoLeNET project.http://www.xlearn.co.uk/blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)Blogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-8978745335757113656Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:00 +00002010-03-18T17:06:01.662-07:00 This blog is now located at http://lilian-mlearning.blogspot.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://lilian-mlearning.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default. http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2010/03/this-blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-7225618842655352504Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:03:00 +00002010-03-18T17:05:07.171-07:00firefoxm4adwhelperconverteriPhoneMacmp3voicememoHave discovered an easy way to convert m4a to mp3. I already have dwhelper installed on Firefox on the Mac, so after making a voice memo on the iphone, I email it to a blog account that will host it (I used Posterous.com in this case) and used dwhelper to download it as an mp3. Great stuff!http://liliansoon.posterous.com/lia-singing-in-french-0http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2010/03/converting-m4a-to-mp3_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-2157882916940078233Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +00002010-03-18T16:59:47.837-07:00Have discovered an easy way to convert m4a to mp3. I already have dwhelper installed on Firefox on the Mac, so after making a voice memo on the iphone, I email it to a blog account that will host it (I used Posterous in this case) and used dwhelper to download it as an mp3. Great stuff! http://liliansoon.posterous.com/lia-singing-in-french-0 http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2010/03/converting-m4a-to-mp3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-6953916620405662597Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +00002010-03-12T03:21:01.579-08:00At last! I have MMS enabled on my iPhone with t-mobile.Here are the settings in case anyone else needs them:Pop your new T-Mobile SIM card into your iPhone (the tool to do this is in the box!) 1.) Tap Settings on the Home screen 2.) Tap General3.) Tap Network4.) Tap Cellular Data Network 5.) In the Cellular Data section please tap each field and enter the following settings: APN http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2010/03/mms-on-iphone-t-mobile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-942381905767887787Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:41:00 +00002010-03-01T05:58:44.431-08:00flip camerasweb 2.0flipsecpdprezipspI've gathered some PDAs together 'oop north' and have learned quite a few interesting things from them which I am just going to drop into this blog post:1. @juecov has shown me http://www.memiary.com/ which is also available as an iPhone app. Seems to me this might make a good mini-reflective blog if used on projects. We've often suggested that Twitter could be used like this, but memiary can http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2010/03/some-interesting-web-20-tools-flips-and_01.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-5541734369406138618Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:38:00 +00002010-03-01T05:38:22.040-08:00I've gathered some PDAs together 'oop north' and have learned quite a few interesting things from them which I am just going to drop into this blog post:1. @juecov has shown me http://www.memiary.com/ which is also available as an iPhone app. Seems to me this might make a good mini-reflective blog if used on projects. We've often suggested that Twitter could be used like this, but memiary can http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2010/03/some-interesting-web-20-tools-flips-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-5995643991870291870Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:23:00 +00002010-01-23T15:43:48.945-08:00blogiTouchmicrophonemicbloggingscreen captureAt an Apple event organised by the Sheffield College on 26 Nov 2009 and sponsored by http://www.krcs.co.uk, I was lucky enough to learn a lot more about using Macs generally (Dave Foster's session was particularly good. He's the manager of the Leeds West CLC) and some new things about the iTouch that I didn't know about as a newcomer to these devices.Quite a few of my eCPD PDAs and MoLeNET http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2010/01/at-apple-event-organised-by-sheffield.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-2855166307493012010Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:13:00 +00002009-12-02T09:13:44.887-08:00Just a quick post to say how excited I am about the possibilities ofusing Evernote and Dropbox with learners to communicate and shareresources.Set up an Evernote (evernote.com) account and download the app to yourpc, your mac, and your phone. Any note you create on your pcautomatically syncs to your phone (so reminders, to dos, directionsetc are easy to access).So if you have an account that you http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/12/evernote-and-dropbox-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-7055312330352896299Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:20:00 +00002009-10-03T17:22:31.833-07:00origami boxThanks to Dave Sugden for making the video on the spur of the moment and Di Dawson for showing me how to make the box in the first place!http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/10/making-paper-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-3039338969694742550Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:36:00 +00002009-09-04T09:22:36.052-07:00bloggerweb 2.0emailtwittervoxrssposterousI've been on the search for one ultimate site that will do all that I want it to do, and I still haven't found it. So either someone out there can suggest something for me to try, or I'll have to create it myself!The site has to be able to:1. Accept email input of text, photos, videos, audio and other files like PowerPoint etc. (Posterous is good for this, will even convert ppt to iPaper)2. http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/09/one-web-20-site-to-rule-them-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-2996544431395024265Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:43:00 +00002009-08-25T02:52:21.289-07:00email to blogfriendfeedvoxrssI had a fruitful session with a placement manager at Sheffield College yesterday - we discussed what she wanted the learners to be able to do:1. Easily upload pictures and videos that they had taken with the XDA Flints or their own phones to one place so they could view them in class or in their own time.2. Comment on each other's pictures and videos3. Rate themI was going to use FriendFeed but http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/08/using-email-to-blog-to-support-learning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-2538463964039322523Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:47:00 +00002009-08-04T02:49:48.624-07:00gabcastipadiomp3audioBTI used to find the BT 1571 service handy for recording to my home phone while I was out and about, then picking up the mp3 from the website (kind of like a poor man's Gabcast or Ipadio). However, on checking it recently, they've removed this feature from their website! Boo hiss!Wonder if anyone out there knows of other phone to web recording services?http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/08/bt-1571.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-2985291939437822628Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +00002009-07-29T14:13:55.301-07:00email to blogsharing photosblogI'd suggested to a tutor that they set up a blog site and give out the email to blog address to the learners so they could all add photos and reflections on one blog site. We're going to try this from Sept with a group so I'll update my blog later in the year with the outcomes of this.I was chatting to some friends in a kitchen today and people are already using this function in their everyday http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/07/great-social-use-of-blog-sites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-8831812186074898255Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +00002009-07-05T17:04:49.420-07:00ron mitchellsheffield collegeMoLeNETVideo captured by PSP by Ron Mitchell and myself at a recent (MoLeNET) Sheffield College event about the use of PSPs in education.Audio is a bit quiet, so turn up the volume.http://tinypic.com/m/4syw75/2http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/07/reflections-on-psp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-5699033001356197634Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:42:00 +00002009-06-21T13:59:12.352-07:00Went along to a friend's bbq last night and the little girl that was there had a DSi, so of course I pinched it and sat in a corner by myself to explore the new toy. Well, actually, I asked the 8 year old to show me how to work the camera etc because it was much faster to learn it that way. I had a blast with the photo editing functions - you could really have fun with it. And I can see the http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/06/i-had-play-on-dsi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-1853304559979647590Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:54:00 +00002009-06-13T10:21:32.905-07:00qr codessplashurletherpadWindows MobileThanks to various colleagues who have shown me these great tools recently:http://splashurl.net This takes the tinyurl concept and goes one further - it generates a large qr code on a web page as well so that at a presentation, people can simply point their phones at the screen to capture the is.gd url! For a recent workshop, I uploaded content onto my web space, created qr codes for them and at http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/04/some-new-fav-tools.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-3850066881428963373Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:44:00 +00002009-03-05T14:13:49.279-08:00dave foordmobile learningjpeg quizFor some reason, I made these videos and never blogged about them. Luckily, Dave Foord has so it saves me having to say anymore: http://tinyurl.com/dfjpegquiz A tutor came across Dave's blog and ran with the idea to produce a set of 92 quiz cards. Superb!http://tinyurl.com/tesljpegquizHope to gather more resources like this in future. Regarding transfer of these files to a learner's mobile phonehttp://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/03/making-jpeg-quizzes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-1339806948520344982Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:49:00 +00002009-02-08T15:50:09.629-08:00iPhoneHTC TouchMoLeNETAt the risk of being the only person in the world not enamoured with the iPhone, I'd like to share my thoughts on my recent trial of it.A bit of background first: I've been using a Windows-based touchscreen mobile phone since 2006 and have had mobile Internet access all this time. I am also very into Apple-based products so am not out to 'diss' it for the sake of it. I am merely making a http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2009/02/my-thoughts-on-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-68774961664145273Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:16:00 +00002008-10-23T06:02:19.070-07:00pictochatnintendo dshhl2008R4My current favourite m-toy is the Nintendo DS Lite. I received mine after signing up early for the 2008 Handheld Learning conference (what will they give away next year? PSP?), proceeded to buy a few games for it to get to know its functionality. Games like My Word Coach include opportunities for you to write the letters to fill in blanks, which is a great bit of interactivity. I also have My http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/10/nintendo-ds-lite-pictochat-handheld.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-1865827695788300260Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:07:00 +00002008-09-09T15:10:46.376-07:00cab fileHTC TouchfixOk, this must be the weirdest technology fix I have come across to date that works. It's almost like asking someone to sneeze three times and the thing that wasn't working, will work again!Basically, my HTC Touch on Windows Mobile 6 was refusing to let me install anything on it, either by download or via Activesync. I was getting very frustrated and had this problem for months. I finally came http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/09/weird-technology-fixes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-4403221771247241670Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:54:00 +00002008-07-23T05:06:15.445-07:00mobileqr codesHaving heard about QR codes from James Clay, Carl Smith of London Met etc, I thought I'd have a go at it myself.I couldn't Bluetooth the software to my phone, no matter how I tried (the .jar file went across but not the .jad file), but with my Sony Ericsson, I managed to transfer the .jad and the .jar file on to the memory card via a card reader and install the software on the phone that way. I http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/07/qr-codes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-6533059045920314422Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:03:00 +00002008-07-23T04:51:10.014-07:00wii Two blog posts in one day! Blimey!I decided to try out my idea of using cut and paste on the Wii (instead of doing some proper work) and here's the video of my result.Some of the features I really like about this is the way you can zoom out to see all the photos on your SD card. You will see me choosing the Road Signs picture on the Wii, then cutting the text from the right and pasting it underhttp://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/07/cutting-and-pasting-with-wii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-5163861682786113814Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +00002008-07-17T06:17:28.596-07:00wiiHere are some reasons for using the Wii for educational purposes that I have witnessed in various colleges:1. The games encourage hand-eye coordination2. The learners enjoy the interactivity and for under £200 compared to a £3000 Smartboard, it buys a lot of engagement.3. The games can allow people with disabilities to join in an activity that would not be easy to do in real life: bowling, http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/07/using-wii-for-educational-purposes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-3499096257148399688Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:44:00 +00002008-07-10T14:56:14.135-07:00I have a Samsung Q1 Ultra which is a nice ultra-portable PC. However, it does not have mic input and relies on the built-in mic, which records too much surrounding noise to be effective. Having used Dave Foord's USB headphones and mic at the RSC YH summer conference (and suffering the Princess Leia effect), I thought I'd buy some for myself. A little bit of research later, I bought these from http://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/07/usb-headphones-and-mic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154315790742363032.post-3420933676796713436Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:39:00 +00002008-06-27T09:45:12.723-07:00channelsjaikuSet up a channel for the first time in Jaiku yesterday. Did this for Techdis, so if you use Jaiku and want to follow the news from Techdis, join the channel by starting a post with #techdis.To start your own channel, you click on the channels tab at the top of the Jaiku page.Some ideas for using channels:Say you're a tutor and you have 3 classes that you want to use Jaiku with. Rather than havinghttp://www.xlearn.co.uk/2008/06/channels-on-jaiku.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lilian)0