I have had so much fun completing 23things and it has been quite an eye-opener for me. Before starting this journey I was convinced I would have at least heard of many of the tools to be used – surprisingly this was not the case. One of the things I particularly enjoyed was week three, looking … Continue reading Thing 23 – Reflection

Having looked at the different tools to explore I decided to have a go with Dubsmash as it looked pretty fun to use-something you could have lots of fun with friends. Unfortunately, after downloading the app and trying to record a couple of videos, it just wouldn’t work for me so I moved onto Snapchat. … Continue reading Thing 22

I had lots of fun with code monkey which was on https://code.org/ – in fact I probably got a little too carried away. Although the game was aimed at kids I was soon hooked on completing as many levels as I could in the time I had and was surprised at how quickly I picked things up. … Continue reading Thing 21 -Online games and learning

Linkedin has been a really useful site for me to keep all my professional and educational achievements together – unfortunately I have not kept my site as up-to-date as I would have liked to – maybe I should add it to my list of new Year resolutions!     Re-connecting with people who I have … Continue reading Thing 20 – Professional social networks

I admit this is something which I had not looked into much before now but after some background reading I feel it could be a really useful tool for academics and students. Personally, I don’t think I will be using it in my own work but is something which may be of interest to the academics I … Continue reading Thing 19 -Altmetrics

Starting this task by having a look at the SketchFab website, which contains images from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh. The images on here were really impressive and an advantage was that they could be viewed without a headset. I also downloaded Incell which still worked well even though … Continue reading Week 18 – Augmented and Virtual reality

At first I had a look at the Walking through Time  app and had a play about with the different maps available. Even though it was not a finished product I felt it had lots of potential – especially if it was expanded to other cities. It is fairly easy to use and look forward to hearing … Continue reading Thing 17 – Geocaching

Having used OneNote a while ago I have not been a regular user – mainly because I have got used to using the notes app on my iphone/ipad and Mac at work to quickly write notes/to do. As I have now had the opportunity to explore the application further I can see myself using it … Continue reading Thing 16 – OneNote

The site I would like to share is EdTechNews Tumblr, the site has recent articles which discuss latest technology in e-learning. This is the first time I have used Tumblr and can already see the benefits of it. It will help me to consolidate all the information I am reading/collecting whilst learning new skills or reading the … Continue reading Thing 15 – Tumblr

Podcasts are not really something which I use very often – if at all. Many years ago with my first ipod I downloaded many podcasts to listen to-mainly for entertainment and the odd occasional learning resource but it was something which I quickly lost interest in. However I have decided to explore Itunes podcasts again. … Continue reading Thing 14 -Podcasts

Having been using the Media Hopper service at Edinburgh University for a good couple of months  I feel pretty confident in using it. Recently I have started using the playlist feature – mainly because my media library is becoming very disorganised and taking a while to find the correct videos. The playlist option allows me … Continue reading Thing 13 – Video

I have been asked to find an open Educational resource and share it on my blog. After having a browse through various open courses I found one in particular which may be of use. The course is an introduction to becoming an open educator and could be useful to incorporate into a module on teaching … Continue reading Thing 12 – Open Educatioal Resources