Wikis – We’re on our way
It’s 2am in the morning and I can’t sleep after my son woke me up. I’ve been lying in bed thinking about all manner of things. Do you remember ‘The Proclaimers’? They were two geeky looking Scottish...
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Todd Ritter from Download Squad attended the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference and heard David Pogue speak. He was amazed by the reaction of the audience to ideas David...
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I was exhausted last night when I finished writing yesterday’s post. Had about six hours sleep then had to get up early to take one of my kids to an early morning swim session. Arrived very early at...
View ArticlePutting out the call – how do we break down the walled gardens?
Right. I need help. There, I’ve said it. Today I have struggled with how I am going to go about creating a form for our parent community to sign regarding use of what we are calling ‘connective reading...
View ArticleWikis – Susan shows you how.
Susan Bentley is the eLibrarian at the school I work at. It’s great having her on staff - in her role she is responsible for maintaining our Library’s online presence. I first heard the word Web 2.0...
View ArticleTelepresence – is this the future for presentations and maybe education too?
I came across this fascinating presentation via Garr Reynolds Presentation Zen blog. If you’re not reading Garr yet you should be. He’s coming to Sydney in a couple of weeks and I’m hoping to get...
View ArticleDebatepedia – a resource worth looking at.
Someone sent the link through for Debatepedia on Twitter last week. I can’t remember who it was and that’s a shame because I would like to give them credit for alerting me to this resource....
View ArticleWhy Ning needs an ad free education platform.
I love Ning. I really do. I’m just not all that happy with them right now. Those of you who follow this blog will know that I started a Ning for our Yr 9 English classes in February this year. It’s...
View ArticleThe tweet that led to Mirka Mora.
On Tuesday evening I put out a tweet on Twitter asking if anyone had a connection to Mirka Mora. My daughter was doing a project based on her life and she would have loved to get the opportunity to...
View ArticleGuest post: Liana’s making Wikis (with the help of Year 7)
You know that feeling when you think things aren’t happening, but then all of a sudden you realise that your efforts are starting to pay dividends? Well, that’s what’s happening at my school (Toorak...
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