Technology for Learning Blog

Thanks to those parents for their input in the discussion on the role of technology in our children's' lives. The conversation centered around how we can use positive examples of technology and how they can be used to structure conversations at home. Some of the resources we talked about can be found on the Padlet below. Please do add your thoughts as to what we could discuss at our next meeting, either to the Padlet, as a comment on this post, or directly to ptg@patana.ac.th.

I've recommended and used sites like Photos For Class and Flickr to find images in the past.

Now, even better is this site - you require no attribution. 

Nonetheless - it's a good habit to get into and you should mention at the start of any presentation that the images are from an attribution free source

Link: patana.fireflycloud.asia/mathematics/key-stage-3-1/enrichment-room

Great to see the 360 camera being used creatively by colleagues. More information on how to use and book it here: https://patana.fireflycloud.asia/gc/digital-citizenship/digital-literacy/digital-literacy-for-staff/technologies-at-bps/software-and-apps-at-patana/academic-ict-subscriptions/thinglink

There are many apps that can potentially be using the microphone on your device to be listening in to your surroundings. Here's how to opt out of those pesky-nosy-parkers using that information to determine which advertising may be delivered to you!.

Article mentioned in the video above: https://betanews.com/2018/01/02/alphonso-mobile-audio-targeted-ads/

Step by step guide on how to opt out: http://alphonso.tv/mobile-opt-out-guide/