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My advice to teachers: if you are using Web 2.0 tools or an LMS such as Moodle, you may not find a shiny new iPad is a suitable platform for creating and editing content.

If you want to use a Mac to get on with managing your life, work and information, you’re likely to find the bundled Apple software a bit disappointing.

Is PowerPoint the ultimate compensation for a weak premotor cortex? And what are the ethical issues if how we teach affects the structure of the learner’s brain?

The latest version of Tweetdeck (0.30.3) for the Mac does not appear to work properly with Greek characters.

Using directory structures to organise content files in Moodle helps keep the course front page uncluttered and provides easy access for students.

Although there is now a local number to access Twitter in New Zealand, it seems support for Twitter is still not available for many Telecom customers.

The beta version of bing. com, Microsoft’s new search engine, looks fast but it does seem to have a bug in handling language settings in the preferences.

Limitations of the available WYSIWYG editors mean some knowledge of wiki markup is very useful. Includes a handy table comparing the markup for a few common functions of Mediawiki and Moodle wiki software.

Loss of data can cause irreparable damage to a student cohort. Online services can prove to be very valuable components to teaching and learning, but we do need to take a few sensible precautions to ensure security of content and ongoing access.

Participants collaboratively developed a bilingual resource which provided a body of shared knowledge and helped establish an environment where the participants’ language and culture was valued.