Categories
-
Recent Posts
Topics I find interesting:
1-1 audacity blogging cloud computing collaboration collaborative writing control creativity critical literacy digital citizenship ELH English free Google Google Apps Google Docs google reader government internet ipads iphone junior english Linux literacy mash-up metacognition mobiles Moodle multitrack recording music NewTechNetwork open source PBL Radiohead reading research review RSS scaffold thought of the week Twitter video web 2.0 web cams wikispace
Recent tweets
Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.
Blogroll
Category Archives: Academic
Further ideas from ELH 2011 : Digital Community, Digital Citizenship with Jason B. Olher
Digital Community, Digital Citizen – Jason B. Olher I’ve been lucky enough to spend a morning with Jason B. Ohler, author, educator and “nowist” (as distinct from “futurist”). Jason’s book Digital Community, Digital Citzen, explores cultural schism between the status quo … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Reflections, Weekly Thought
Tagged digital citizenship, digital storytelling, ELH, Jason B. Olher
2 Comments
Using Cognitive Organisers to Meet Students ‘where they’re at’ – Preparing for ELH
It’s been a frantic few weeks starting Term 3. I’ve once again been quite remiss in blog-postings, despite having a whole range of things to post about! Next week sees me heading off to present at this years ELH (Expanding … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Classroom Teaching, School Tech Administration
Tagged Cognitive Organisers, ELH, Google Apps, Google Docs
Leave a comment
LT Thought of the Week: The Problem with Literature Reviews
For this week’s LT thought, I’ve picked a post from elearnspace which seems to sum up my own thinking for the past six months. Recently, I’ve had the pleasure (read “pain”) of completing an 8000 word literature review of my … Continue reading
Head in the Cloud… and in the books…
I’ve been flat out over the past two months working on a literature review for my Masters, leaving precious little time for blogging and even less for relaxation! In any case, it’s been a fantastic experience to delve into the … Continue reading
Throwing Down The 1-1 Gauntlet?
I just finished reading Pamela Livingstone’s 1-1 Learning – Laptop Programs that Work (see earlier post for background info) and have begun to grapple with the enormity of what my colleagues and I aim to achieve for my school over … Continue reading
Exploring the ‘why’ behind 1-1 Learning
Over the past week or so, I’ve kept myself busy, among other things, reading Pamela Livingstone’s 1-1 Learning – Laptop Programs that Work (link to the book on the Hawker Brownlow website) and thinking fairly carefully about how 1-1 is … Continue reading
Leadership and Learning with Web 2.0
Just as well I have the time and patience to work on making this vision a reality, eh? Continue reading
Searching for a Web 2.0 Learning Framework
I just finished reading an inspiring article by my old Macquarie lecturer John Hedburg and two of his colleagues, Matt Bower and Andreas Kuswara. “Conceptualising Web 2.0 enabled learning designs” documents some of the seminal work being done by academics … Continue reading
