EdTech Challenges - Expert Professional Development Anywhere in the World

Teacher Skills in a Digital Age

Testimonials

Ania
Alan is a true gem happily floating in the ocean of IT wisdom Alan’s PD sessions are highly practical, efficient and fun! I really appreciated his approachable and positive personality Ania S, English faculty in a tertiary institution in the United Arab Emirates

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Sarah
As I explored ways to use the iPad in a paperless classroom, Alan was a fantastic resource. He showed me a great way to engage my students in reading activities using the Side by Side application. I am grateful to Alan for anticipating my needs in the classroom, and finding innovative solutions....

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Naomi
Alan Pollock has been an inspiration to me and my teaching. His years of experience and professionalism shine through his delivery and his accurate constructive feedback helped me continuously improve my skills and focus in the classroom. He encourages innovative and creative techniques and helped...

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Lucy
Teachers do not have the time to always keep up with the latest developments in educational technology, so it is a relief to have Alan to give us what we really need in concise yet informative workshops and presentations. He has helped simplify and illuminate so much of my technology work life,...

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Edtech-challenges can deliver professional development to anywhere in the world that has an internet connection that can accept video streaming.

Services for teachers offered:

Digital Skills for Teachers Course
iPad Training
Webinars on specific topics:
- What can eLearning do for your institution?
- Best online games to increase student engagement.
- Google Apps - a complete educational ecosystem.
Other services tailored to specific school requests - just ask!

The webinars offered will be delivered by Zoom video conferencing technology, not by Skype. Zoom offers world leading web conferencing technology.

My Edtech-Challenges Blog
22 October 2024 Commenting on education and technology …. and perhaps a few rants tangential to these topics! Engaging students online: Going beyond BB Collaborate and Zoom BlackBoard Collaborate and Zoom are both excellent as web conferencing tools to link teachers and students, but educators need to expand their repertoire to include tools outside the web conferencing software to get engagement once the initial novelty wears off. … Continue reading → Demise of Windows 7 and the digital divide at schools As school begins for a new year in Australia, parents are doing their best to provide their children with as modern a computer as they can afford. Many will still have Win 7 as their operating system (as many tertiary … Continue reading → Think again before buying a Windows 32 GB laptop With the power of hardware these days, it is tempting to just buy a cheap lightweight laptop. After all, you can cruise the internet, check your email, and watch videos on them. Windows 10 is a great operating system for … Continue reading → New quizmaker software: Swency If you find Kahoot too much hype and over competitive, with too many options that you never use, then there is a start up that has produced a simple down to earth quiz maker. It is web-based, called Swency (https://swency.net). … Continue reading → Macbook abandoned by Apple, embraced by Linux Installing Ubuntu on a mid-2007 Macbook For the last couple of weeks I have been fighting a losing battle trying to get Linux to work on an Macbook. I was happy enough to use the Macbook with the original software … Continue reading → Two more online clipboards worth knowing about Since I move around a lot of different campuses and venues, I talk to a lot of groups that I want to give links to so they can see online resources I have created or want to share with them. … Continue reading →

My Edtech-Challenges Blog

22 October 2024

Commenting on education and technology …. and perhaps a few rants tangential to these topics!

Engaging students online: Going beyond BB Collaborate and Zoom
BlackBoard Collaborate and Zoom are both excellent as web conferencing tools to link teachers and students, but educators need to expand their repertoire to include tools outside the web conferencing software to get engagement once the initial novelty wears off. … Continue reading →
Demise of Windows 7 and the digital divide at schools
As school begins for a new year in Australia, parents are doing their best to provide their children with as modern a computer as they can afford. Many will still have Win 7 as their operating system (as many tertiary … Continue reading →
Think again before buying a Windows 32 GB laptop
With the power of hardware these days, it is tempting to just buy a cheap lightweight laptop. After all, you can cruise the internet, check your email, and watch videos on them. Windows 10 is a great operating system for … Continue reading →
New quizmaker software: Swency
If you find Kahoot too much hype and over competitive, with too many options that you never use, then there is a start up that has produced a simple down to earth quiz maker. It is web-based, called Swency (https://swency.net). … Continue reading →
Macbook abandoned by Apple, embraced by Linux
Installing Ubuntu on a mid-2007 Macbook For the last couple of weeks I have been fighting a losing battle trying to get Linux to work on an Macbook. I was happy enough to use the Macbook with the original software … Continue reading →
Two more online clipboards worth knowing about
Since I move around a lot of different campuses and venues, I talk to a lot of groups that I want to give links to so they can see online resources I have created or want to share with them. … Continue reading →