We need more power scotty!

PhoneLaptopCharger

Originally uploaded by Dave Foord

Mobile learning is sweeping across education. At the same time a large number of schools and colleges are being rebuilt and have been designed to serve the next 50 years, but a lot of these rebuilds are not thinking about how people are going to charge their personal mobile devices – [...]

The language of images – quietzone

Welcome to the Quiet Zone

Originally uploaded by Dave Foord

Whilst traveling on a train yesterday I noticed this sign, identifying a carriage where phones and music players are banned however looking at the image it occurred to me, that the language of the image suggests that it is a place to use headphones and mobiles.
As I [...]

Disabled viewing

Disabled viewing
Originally uploaded by Dave Foord
Whilst having lunch at Newbury Racecourse, I noticed this sign, and thought it a bit odd. When I first saw the sign, my first instinct was it was somewhere to go to view disabled people (bit like being at a zoo).
I am guessing though that it is a raised platform [...]

Sending images from phone to Flickr, then to blog

Newbury Racecourse
Originally uploaded by Dave Foord

Today I am running a training session on the uses of m-learning for Abingdon and Witney College. The day is being held at Newbury Racecourse, and I am using this image (that I have taken on my phone) to show how easy it is to get an image from the [...]

Colour Combination Chart

When I run training session on topics like PowerPoint, I have a simple sheet which shows different colour combinations of background and text, which I give to attendees. I have now put this onto my website for others to download and use if they wish.
It is the bottom link on the page
http://www.a6training.co.uk/resources_powerpoint.php