Nik's Learning Technology Blog

For years now I have been happily using EtherPad based services like http://primarypad.com/ and http://sync.in/ to get participants on the...

WordMagnets is a really useful tool that students can either use alone on a computer, or that you can use in class with a projector or IWB. ...

Yesterday on my Quick Shout blog, I wrote about a new tool called Xtranormal for creating text to speech animated movies. Since then I...

Here's something that's fun for the weekend and beyond. A site with a collection of image and gif generators that you can customise...

For a long time now I've really admired and been fascinated by the work of Amanita Design . They have a really unique approach and I lo...

Earlier this week I posted a short article to my Quick Shout blog about a new site called Virsona that enables teachers and students to d...

One of the things that I really like about Second Life is the rich visual imagery and the creativity that many of the builders there have p...

Well I never thought I'd say this, but I've become a fan of microblogging ! I have to say that it's mainly because of Plurk . Wh...

In my two previous features, I've looked at how to create a wiki and how to use them with EFL students . In this posting I'd like ...

In this feature I want to share another tutorial that you can use with your students showing how to edit your wiki and have a look at a live...

In this feature I'd like to show you how to create your own free wiki using 'Wetpaint' and look at some of the reasons for using...

A Picture's Worth is a really wonderful site which collects together images with short essays (300 - 1000 words). It's based on th...

This is the first in what I hope will become a series of tutorials on exploiting the teaching / learning potential of some of the more commo...