The Open Classroom

Evaluating the 365 photo project

2012-01-03T20:29:00.001+11:00

It is time for a reflection on the 365 photo project. Last year I wrote about my third attempt at this project which I called a "challenge" and predictably I was derailed as on the previous two attempts. In 2011 I reached day 55 which was on March 6th and then I stopped until day 325 on November 22nd. That's a lot of days not blogged. Strangely this is a post that a lot of people have been reading as more people start or restart the project.

Not sure why but I am trying again. I really do love the project for all the reasons so many have blogged about and which are encapsulated in the photos and discussions here. So for whatever reason, I am going again on at 365 Countdown. Hope to see some of you there. Here is today's photo:

Revisiting BYOD

2011-12-21T02:12:00.001+11:00

Just listening to this great podcast on the Edtech Crew. Tony and Darryl have brought together 10 passionate educators to discuss this issue of schools allowing students to bring and use their own devices to school to learn with. It is so interesting to hear such thoughtful people looking at the pros and cons and seeing the implications for schools and for pedagogy.

The point that really interested me was that of relationships and the way these are enabled (or not) by allowing students to use the devices from home. Discussions of equity and democracy enlivened the debate. Listen to the whole program to stimulate your thinking.

Effective 1:1 programs

2011-12-12T22:12:00.000+11:00

Today I went to visit a primary school in the western suburbs of Melbourne where the principal is launching her seniors (grades 4 to 6) into a 1 to 1 program. It is interesting in that the students having their own laptops is optional, but over 50% do have them at this stage. The school has some computers for the use of the students who do not bring their own to school.

The teachers who will be teaching in the senior school are all confident and accomplished in using ICT to facilitate learning, and I was really impressed with the principal's approach to the use of ICT. We went on a tour of the school and met some of the students to observe their work. I felt that this school was on the verge of some major breakthrough with regard to the learning of students. The interesting part is that next year their will be an open plan learning area in the part of the school that will be 1:1 and the principal has some interesting ideas about how the space can be used.

What I liked about this was the comprehensive and integrated vision of the principal, incorporating teacher professional learning, the hardware and infrastructure and the attention paid to the use of space and an expansion of the paradigm of what teaching and learning is. She actually mentioned that teachers and students would all be learners together. The students I met would make that prospect a really engaging one and I look forward to working more with this school and spending more time there.

Some interesting posts about preparing to introduce 1 to 1 programs in schools are these: PD in a one to one environment by Nick Sauers and 1 to 1 learning from the Queensland education department. I would love to know of other resources that would help schools who are about to embark on a 1 to 1 program in the near future. What have you found helpful?

Image attribution: Image: 'five' by woodleywonderworks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/3196112134

Visits to students on work experience

2011-12-08T22:28:00.001+11:00

Today I had the pleasure on visiting two students on work experience. VITTA, where I work, runs a program called ICT Achievers, which up to 20 students in Year 11 can apply for. They are matched with a mentor organisation while the students does three weeks at the workplace in some field relating to ICT. During this time the students keep a blog to reflect on what they are learning and at the end of the program there is a celebration of all they have achieved.

Today I met Bethany who has now finished her placement in the State Library of Victoria and was involved with some projects that the education manager is looking to implement. I was very impressed with this type of learning as the student is given room for a fair amount of initiative and creativity and the workplace benefits from the students' enthusiasm and creativity. Bethany was working on using QR codes within the library as way for visitors to the library to have access to interesting historical and other material about the library.

This is an interesting blog post about some ways that QR codes are being used in libraries.

Some interesting tools found on the journey

2011-12-06T20:36:00.001+11:00

Scrible : allows you to mark up web pages in your browser and manage and collaborate on them online. Having set up an account - free- I started using it. You can highlight, color, bold, underline text, add sticky notes, categorise your annotations (this is a great idea, especially in collaborations) and export them, save and share, organise and search your findings from the internet. I found it easy to use (with a bookmarklet similar to diigo's and I have thought that I will try this alongside Diigo for a different set of tags. It's in public beta and worth a look.

Simple CC Flickr search : By Dan Coulter. It really is a simple search. This tool searches Flickr’s database of CC licensed images and alongside the photo you choose it gives you either an embed code for easy attribution or an image stamp that puts the attribution directly on the photo.What a great tool to teach students about Creative Commons licensing and copyright

Jinni : A taste engine for film. As the creators say: We look at film through the lens of what makes you love or hate anything you watch. With a Taste Engine, you don't search by what you're looking for, you search by what you like. And recommendations are based on analyzing your preferences, not statistics." I wish there was one for books. Maybe there is and you can let me know in the comments.

Curatr : A great concept. First the idea of a curator of content who "define(s) the topic, add(s) the first content and create(s) the levels and gateways required to play the game. Second the focus on social gaming and encouraging learners to create and share their learning journeys. I love it. It uses the metaphor of a museum as "places of learning, bringing together a wide-range of learning objects to tell stories and create experiences that both fascinate and educate". This is definitely a tool that has great potential and I am following it up and exploring further.

Learnfizz is a new curation tool that enables you to find and organise the myriad of free learning resources on the web, to help you and your colleagues learn whatever you need to. It too uses a metaphor of building an academy around your favourite topic. It is still in private beta, but you can apply to be one of the first to try it out. I first heard about it on twitter in the context of the recent Online Educa Berlin Conference and this blog post does a good recap of the way it was presented.

Hope you enjoy some or all of these.

Some fabulous teacher blogs

2011-12-05T21:54:00.001+11:00

I would just like to give a plug to the best teacher blog awards for 2011. This is an awesome awareness raising exercise bring new blogs to the attention of teachers and stakeholders everywhere. This is just one category. There are 18 categories in 2011 and the nominations in each of the categories is well worth a look. It is run by Edublogs (since 2004) and aims to promote and demonstrate the educational value of social media, and the archives "create a fabulous resourcefor educators to use for ideas on how social media is used in different contexts, with a range of different learners.... Voting is open until 11:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, December the 13th – and the winners will be announced at the Edublog Awards ceremony on the 14th at 7pm EST."

Having been an on-and-off blogger myself for many years (and even a nominee one year) I know how much time and effort goes into these great blogs. And having been a reader of some of these nominated blogs also for years, I know just how much I have learnt from them. Do yourself a favour - go on over and have a read.

I was happy to see the category of best twitter hashtag and even more happy to see #pencilchat as a nominee. This hastag has inspired a number of blog posts and a newspaper article. There were even lesson ideas that came out of the shared experience on twitter over several hours.

Some tweets worth thinking about

2011-12-02T22:28:00.001+11:00

From the state of my twitter stream it seems there has been another great Conference happening, the Online Educa Berlin with the theme of New Learning Cultures. Joyce Seitzinger is there (aka catspyjamasnz) who has created a flurry of great tweets, as is Steve Wheeler who is having a great time with the #pencilchat conversation on twitter (and both of whom I met in Melbourne recently).

Lots of names and ideas to follow up on. One name is Julie Wedgwood on the topic of curation. I was taken with this quote "Learning happens where imaginations play" and questions such as "how do we record innovation, measure success, and communicate it effectively?" The tweets are in several different languages and the topics are broad ranging so there is a lot to think about.

And just to finish with: an example of #pencilchat from Joyce's blog:

Games in social media

2011-12-01T22:31:00.001+11:00

After yesterday's post I must have been looking for 'gamification' in my everyday life and it wasn't long before I found some evidence. I have just started to use Scoop it and was interested to see that they are using elements of gamification to make the experience more engaging for users.

There is a suggested list of tasks to perform and a progress bar that lets you measure how you're doing. There are numbers all over the place, statistics and a scoopit score:

"a new metric that indicates the excellence of your work (out of 100). It helps you, as a curator, to measure and increase your topic quality; and it helps to discriminate amongst various topics while searching, browsing or exploring topics. This Score is calculated based on your activity as a curator (edition, tag, share, etc) and on your audience engagement (views, reactions, etc)."

Everything is working to get you you to 'level up', to learn from your interactions with others. Like the idea of a Klout score (or previously a technorati score) I am not sure if this is a good thing, but I guess the creators of these metrics are trying to engage with a generation that likes the excitement of a game-like environment.

Can playing video games make you more productive?

2011-11-30T21:30:00.001+11:00

What do you think of this Ted talk?

"Can playing video games make you more productive? Gabe Zichermann shows how games are making kids better problem-solvers, and will make us better at everything from driving to multi-tasking."

He speaks very fast but what he says is thought provoking. He is visioning a different future and making educators think about the implications of the world that our students currently inhabit on schools. I found Jane McGonigal's Ted talk on Gaming making a better world also excellent, and it is interesting that the school systems seem to be so very far behind in neglecting gamification in their curriculum design. But is that true? What is your experience? Maybe your students use games to learn, maybe your school sees the points that these two speakers are making and are redesigning students' school experiences. I'd love to hear what you think. Please comment or let me know of discussions on your own blogs on this topic.

K12 online conference 2011 is on now

2011-11-29T20:35:00.003+11:00

The K-12 online conference is on again for 2011. At midnight tonight EDST in Australia, the session by Jess McCulloch on The Black Line Mystery – a story about the most complicated Chinese character known to mankind and its community – will be published.

Already published are several presentations from the first day (yesterday), including one by Anne Mirtschin on The world is my classroom. So great to see the Aussies here. The conference goes through to Tuesday 13 December at 1:00 PM EDST in Australia when there will be a live event, a discussion hosted in Blackboard Collaborate (formerly “Elluminate Live”) including conference keynote speakers and presenters.

What a great service this is as all the presentations are archived for viewing in the comfort of your own lounge room, from 2006 until the present.
Thanks so much to the conference organisers for this:

2011 Conference Organizers

Peggy George
Susan van Gelder
Kim Caise
Jose Rodriguez (convening “Sandbox Play”)
Ginger Lumen (convening “Level Up”)
Darren Kuropatwa (convening “Story Time”)
Wesley Fryer (convening “Team Captains”)

I love the fact that the goal and core values for the conference are articulated, includes aspects such as Archiving, Non-commercial, Accessibility, Participation and Open Source and Free Tools.

Klout and education

2011-11-28T18:10:00.009+11:00

I have never known what to think about Klout. I check it but almost shamefacedly as if I was doing something I shouldn't (some people feel this way about doing a so-called vanity search - looking themselves up on Google - but I think that's important and necessary).

What is klout? According to their website the Klout Score "measures influence based on your ability to drive action. Every time you create content or engage you influence others. The Klout Score uses data from social networks in order to measure: true reach (how many people you influence), amplification (how much you influence them) and network impact (the influence of your network).

Bon Stewart writes in Salon that Klout is bad for your soul. Stewart sees that social media platforms are changing: "We are gradually being directed away from sociality and toward businesslike behaviors by the business interests that design and profit from the platforms we use." She suggests knowing when to take its metrics with a grain of salt: "Klout is good for letting you know whether you’re succeeding in your efforts to improve: It is not and cannot be a measure of success."

David Truss hits the nail on the head when he says: "TRUE influence comes with the delivery of good content, which adds value and is shared generously". He also shares this diagram:

Image via http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/

For another point of view which speaks highly of Klout have a look at The innovations Lab blog by Will deBock.

My links for today (weekly)

2011-11-27T11:35:00.001+11:00

Flower Bulbs For Bees

tags: flower bulbs bees
Phil Bradley's weblog: Google removes more search functionality

tags: google search functionality
Transition Culture | Scoop.it

tags: transition culture permaculture community
Melbourne Transition Initiatives | Scoop.it

tags: melbourne transition initiatives sustainability community permaculture
Google Code-in - Google Code

tags: google code-in code
Apps in Education: Google just used its Search app to sneak most of Chrome OS onto the iPad

tags: apps education google search app ipad
Geoff Lawton's latest Permaculture video | Transition Towns New Zealand Aotearoa

tags: permaculture video transition towns
Facebook Transition town news
Mission & Vision | Undriving & Undriver Licensing

tags: sustainability transport undriving
About This Site/Contact Details « Deep Green Permaculture

tags: site contact details deep permaculture
English Raven: Open English

tags: english raven resources
The Beekeeping Blog | A blog by, for, and about beekeepers and beekeeping

tags: beekeeping blog
More Technology and Beekeeping — YOURLS

tags: technology beekeeping
Educational Origami - BYOD and Digital Citizenship

tags: byod digital citizenship Andrew_Churches
Google: Exploring Computational Thinking

tags: google programming education ComputationalThinking computational learning thinking
Australian Labor - Blogs

Here's a detailed explanation of the #MRRT, what it means for Australians, & the Opposition’s claims, @edrosier http://t.co/JT44AoK4 TeamJG

tags: MRRT
Meeting Of The Minds Unconference 2012

tags: motm12 unconference
Plants For A Future : 7000 Edible, Medicinal & Useful Plants

tags: plants gardening sustainability database reference uses weeds
Klout is bad for your soul - Klout - Salon.com

tags: social media klout
Golden Hive, an interface between bees and humans - YouTube

tags: bees youtube
Themeefy - Create, Curate, Publish

tags: magazine publishing web2.0 curation themeefy tools newspaper writing
Ten Search Tools and Tactics Teachers and Students Need to Know

tags: search teachers search tools tools tactics students know free_technology
As We May Teach: Educational Technology, From Theory Into Practice - Download free content from Maine Department of Education on iTunes

tags: educational technology teach technology theory practice free education itunes
Beekeeping Video - Life Inside A Top Bar Hive

tags: time-lapse-video beekeeping topbar bees life inside video
Viddler.com - Honey Bees move into a Top Bar Hive - Uploaded by Garlydog

tags: time-lapse-video beekeeping topbar bees
Top Bar Beekeeping Advanced - Diploma Adventure

tags: beekeeping topbar bees
Bees - Diploma Adventure

tags: bees
urban organics | from the ground up

tags: organics ground urban gardening tips
planned permaculture garden plans - AOL Image Search Results

tags: permaculture garden plans image
Permaculture Forums at Permies

tags: permaculture forums
Feral Fruit Trees and Food Plants (Australia) - Google Maps
SOLAR DEHYDRATOR

tags: solar_dehydrator

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Are more teachers using Facebook with their students now?

2011-11-25T23:34:00.006+11:00

There I was browsing my diigo network links and I found something that caught my eye:
10 Beneficial Facebook Pages For Educators To Check Out, written by K. Walsh. While reading the list of some of the "many Facebook pages that have been created as a resource to collect, share, and disseminate information about education and education technologies" it triggered a thought about Vicki Davis' views on teachers using Facebook with their students. While this post does not advocate teachers using FB with their students (it is more of a list of resources for teachers' life long learning, K. Walsh does discuss this elsewhere.

I went over to the Cool Cat Teacher blogpost on the topic. Similar to my issue in yesterday's post it seems that there are respected educators on both sides of the debate. Vicki has thought and investigated many aspects of teachers using FB in their classrooms and the argument for the other side is that students are using this site anyway and why not add relevance to your classes by using a tool that they are familiar with. I won't repeat Vicki's thoroughly thought through arguments - please read the post at her site (or reread it), but it is worth thinking through the arguments of those who espouse using Facebook with students in secondary school.

Millie Watts in a recent article for school and college leaders says that for her Facebook is valuable as a teaching and learning for these three reasons: speed and ease of use, Facebook connectivity which enables her to post articles she finds to Facebook page without leaving the site she is reading, and community interaction as past students remain connected and interact with present students.

I always steered clear of using Facebook with my students but I do wonder if things are changing now. For a collection of links about social media and education I would recommend John Larkin's post which may make us think again whichever side of the debate you have come down on. I would love to hear about your experiences.

Bring Your Own Device

2011-11-24T22:28:00.006+11:00

This new post by Andrew Churches (who has done a lot of work on digital citizenship) is an optimistic and hopeful take on the notion of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) which students are doing anyway, even as some schools try to ban them.

He says: "I love the concept of BYOD (Bring your own device) on a number of levels. We have a successful BYOD program at the senior school and it works." He goes on to say that trust and strong education in digital citizenship is important in a school that has a BYOD policy. I think that this is the wrong way round.

Given that students will often flout the ban on personal devices anyway and that they are using them outside of school, isn't it important to be teaching them " a strong ethical and moral approach to the use of technology" anyway and what better way to do this than in the context of students using these devices in a place where adults' wisdom can guide the student. To do otherwise seems to me to be an abrogation of educators' responsibilities.

ReadWriteWeb reports on a survey of students
"The two major obstacles that students say they face at school (to their learning - my emphasis): filters that stop them from accessing the websites they need for homework and bans on using their own mobile devices (namely cellphones) at school."
A BYOD policy would help with this.

But not only that:
"The majority of parents surveyed - 67% - said that they were willing to buy their children a mobile device for school if the schools allowed it, and parents seemed particularly interested in their children using these devices in order to access online textbooks."

But there are nay-sayers. Gary Stager is looking at the issue in a different way:
Believing that expecting students to bring their own device from home "diminishes the otherwise enormous potential of educational computing to the weakest “device” in the room... Kids need a personal computer capable of doing anything you imagine they should be able to do, plus leave plenty of room for growth and childlike ingenuity," Stager believes that schools should provide those computers and not rely on the inequities caused by expecting parents to bear the full cost.

However, it seems that many schools are implementing or thinking of implementing a BYOD policy. The next two educational bloggers have been thinking about what would make such a policy truly effective on an educational level. Read what they have to say and join in the conversation on their blogs or on this one. Leave a comment if you are moved to do so. We need critical thoughtful voices and the voices of experience to move to the next level, whatever that is.

Doug Peterson says:
"So, while BYOD has all kinds of possibilities when working on projects and assignments, I think that a personal planner takes it one step further. If that device becomes a cornerstone to everything that a student is doing academically, it gets us closer to a vision of a connected student, firing on all cylinders."

Darren Kuropatwa goes further and makes over 10 practical suggestions and concludes:
"My class will teach the world what they learn with me. Everything will be accessible online and on a mobile device."

That sounds good to me.

Image attribution: Eye Phone by Jeff Meyer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97831130@N00/3536804299

Curation with Themeefy

2011-11-23T21:45:00.006+11:00

Today I learned about Themeefy via Judy O'Connell. It is a presentation tool that lets you create a magazine out of weblinks, photos, notes and embedded videos on a topic. The resulting magazine can then be shared or embedded on a blog or wiki. I like it and think it would be a great way for students to demonstrate their knowledge on a topic. Each magazine has a front cover, table of contents, description and then several pages of content and bibliography. There is also a library several Themeefy magazine on various topics in different subject areas.

Joyce Valenza sees it as part of teaching student to curate information. Curating is an exciting way for learners to discover how to manage their learning by consciously selecting and aggregating a variety of media and resources, and Themeefy could be one tool among many to do just that.

It would also be as well to teach students about copyright at the same time as from a quick look at some of the examples uploaded in the library it would be easy to break copyright by not attributing the photos (at the end of each magazine published is a disclaimer by Themeefy with a statement that "The curator has compiled the content provided in this Magazine and is completely responsible for any copyright violations.") A great opportunity I would think.

More professional learning

2011-11-22T20:51:00.001+11:00

Today I joined a session on Tech Talk Tuesdays on what is needed to bring eLearning to the next level. There were interesting discussions both in the chat and via the microphone and I bookmarked some links to look at later. It was interesting to see a wiki from a kindergarten in Hong Kong which has been set up to show off the work that they have each been doing this yearand to tell us how fantastic their school is.

I also saved a link on Ideas for Linking Preservice Teachers Across the Globe which may be useful for others.

The second experience I had today was that of following a link by Roland Gesthuizen to this video on thought leadership. There I was happy to see Mark Richardson, Helen Otway and Ray Nashar as well as others speak on the topic. After defining thought leadership there was a great discussion on how to advance this. Later Ray tweeted out a list of resources that he has found useful. I am particularly keen to look at the "the four-level approach to selecting, using, and evaluating technology in education that underlies Maine's "Roadmap to the 21st Century Classroom" and the TPCK and SAMR (the four level approach mentioned above) Models to Enhance Technology Integration. So much to learn.

Image from http://tpack.org/

The Global Education Collaborative

2011-11-21T21:34:00.003+11:00

At the end of last week I was privileged to be able to attend a few sessions of The Global Education Collaborative, an online and free conference facilitated by Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon. The aim of the conference was to "significantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting education activities and initiatives." (from the conference wiki). Sessions took place in multiple time zones and multiple languages over five days. I dropped in and out as pressures of work allowed and sometimes was so hooked I stayed late into the night.

It was great to meet a number of people I have worked with and shared conversation with on line and IRL. The sessions and schedule page worked really well with descriptions of each session, the presenters, the link to the webconference page and importantly the time for your time zone.

Fortunately there was a twitter hash tag which meant that I usually knew when a session I wanted to attend was coming up. It was great to meet Vicki Davis and Anne Mirtschin, both good friends presenting at different times. Luckily if you missed any of the sessions or did not know the conference was on you can still catch the recordings here.

Some sessions that I want to catch up with are Gayle Berthiaume on Connecting Kids Around the World, Gail Casey, Web2Where: Online Social and Participatory Media for the Global Classroom, Sharon Peters, Project Purpose: Students Making a Difference in Mozambique and Ewan McIntosh The Problem Finders: how design thinking is releasing learning.

And on Friday I went briefly to the Big Fat Edtech Tweetup at a bar near Federation Square.

I got to meet Joyce Seitzinger, Stephen Heppell, Steve Wheeler, John Pearce, Mark Smithers, Linda Ruff, Lois Smethurst, Jenny Ashby, and Shelley Gibb. So nice to meet up with them. I had an interesting conversation with Steve Wheeler (love his description of himself as a disruptive activist) where he discussed his experiment with twitter and identity which he has blogged about.

I was interested because I felt I recently had to take on another twitter identity to deal with my burgeoning interest in permaculture and beekeeping. I didn't want to bore people who have followed me out of an interest in educational technology with stuff about my other interest and so I have had to split myself in half. I don't think this is a bad thing, just interesting. It is a very new identity so I have to be humble in my new space and learn the ropes in another community. It feels like a bit of an experiment and a definite learning opportunity. Thanks for the discussion Steve and I hope you learn a lot from your experiment although it is different from mine. I will look forward to reading more of Steve's writing and I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet you.

My links for today (weekly)

2011-11-20T11:35:00.001+11:00

Really inspired by some of today's talks http://

Really inspired by some of today's talks @theyorkschool @TEDxIBYork http://t.co/Uve1FhIT
BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein

tags: programmes cottage garden bbc
Inbound Marketing Rising [Infographic] | Infographics Design & Promotion | Content Marketing | Voltier Digital

tags: marketing rising infographic
Social Network Identity: Anonymity, Pseudonymity and Accountability -Media140 | @SilkCharm | Laurel Papworth

tags: social social network network identity anonymity accountability
Apiculture For Every-body: Top Bar Hive - YouTube

tags: bees
Peak Into a Bee Hive - YouTube

tags: bee topbar frames
podcast 084 alexia allen | permaculture blogs, podcasts and videos by paul wheaton

tags: podcast permaculture
10 Reasons to switch to Hotmail if you use Outlook

tags: reasons outlook
applesforkids.org » Gathering Evidence With Challenge Based Learning

tags: gathering evidence challenge learning cbl challenge_based_learning
How to Build and Use Google Forms

tags: how to build google forms
Contribute - The History Blogging Project

tags: history blogging project
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011

tags: learning top tools 2011
What Everyone Needs to Know About Bee Stings

tags: bee_stings bees knowledge
Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education | Video on TED.com

tags: education ted technology learning sugata children mitra
TED Blog | Do you have a lesson to teach? Seeking nominations for TED2012: The Classroom

tags: TED nominations classroom
35 Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom

tags: twitter classroom students activities interesting_ways
Secondary English - Resources - TES

tags: secondary english resources grammar punctuation
The Education Technologies That Educators Believe Can Have The Biggest Impact On Student Learning (Survey Results) | Emerging Education Technology

tags: technologies survey emerging_tech
Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle - Telegraph

tags: facebook server farm arctic telegraph
Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine

tags: search education information literacy research information_literacy Google library

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My links for today (weekly)

2011-11-13T11:35:00.001+11:00

Perm-apiculture

tags: bees permapiculture Blog
The Story of Yes - YouTube

Australia now has a carbon tax

tags: CarbonTax sustainability video say_yes
a national food plan for australia

tags: national food plan australia permaculture
Digital Promise

tags: promise digital education future

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My links for today (weekly)

2011-11-06T11:34:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2011-10-30T11:35:00.001+11:00

About Me and My Hives « Top-Bar Bees

tags: bees top bar hives

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My links for today (weekly)

2011-10-23T11:34:00.001+11:00

- Free Education Apps

tags: ipad apps
Welcome to Melbourne City Rooftop Honey

tags: melbourne city rooftop honey

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My links for today (weekly)

2011-10-16T11:35:00.001+11:00

Revolting people | Education | Guardian Weekly

tags: weekly guardian education people language english
Online Stickies - lino

tags: stickies collaboration web2.0 notes tools productivity lino
Connecting in a different way - Videos for Teachers on Vimeo

tags: connecting videos teachers vimeo
Writing Resources to Inspire Students - LiveBinder

tags: writing resources websites
Ultranet Share N Tell - Educators' Guide to Innovation

tags: share educators guide innovation blackboard
change.mooc.ca ~ #change11

tags: mooc OpenCourse learning technology change education
FlipSnack | WebTool Mashup

Check out this flipping book! http://t.co/HoJ7Chhe @pipcleaves you are very clever #engchat #ozteachers #duedchat

tags: engchat ozteachers duedchat
Introduction to Permaculture - 40 hours of Free video lectures

tags: introduction permaculture free video lectures
Dancing with Bees Permaculture Research Institute

tags: bees permaculture research

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My links for today (weekly)

2011-10-09T11:35:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2011-10-02T11:35:00.001+11:00

A Whole Lotta Nothing

tags: blog tech design daily technology personal
MetaFilter | Community Weblog

tags: community blog social News blogging metafilter
Trampoline

tags: trampoline unconference
Kickstarter

tags: startup crowdsourcing community projects networking ideas
Pozible | Crowdfunding Creativity

tags: crowdfunding crowdsourcing
Twitter Strategies - Sayville, NY, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post

tags: Twitter strategies
Facebook Update Guidelines: 26 Tips for Enhancing Your Facebook Page | Social Media Examiner

tags: facebook socialmedia guidelines social media page social fanpage
5 Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Page | Social Media Examiner

tags: facebook socialmedia page
Facebook Page vs. Group | Social Source Commons Blog

tags: facebook page group social
writing prompts

tags: writing prompts literacy english storytelling language arts resources education
TEDxMelbourne: Innovation - TEDTalks - Technology- Eventbrite

tags: TEDxMelbourne innovation tedtalks
Eyewitness | World news | The Guardian

"The latest photographs from the Guardian's centre page Eyewitness spread"

tags: photography guardian inspiration news
Bad Apple spoils its barrel of shiny goodies | The Australian

tags: australian
Facebook’s ticker privacy scare, and what you should do about it | Naked Security

tags: facebook ticker privacy
Mari Smith - Google+ - Well, I triggered my new Facebook Timeline via the…

tags: facebook timeline

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2011-09-25T10:34:00.001+10:00

22Top 10 Education TEDTalks – 9SimpleK1236

Top 10 Education TEDTalks - http://t.co/sO8JOrQ - go and be inspired!
Why do Facebook users hate change? | ZDNet

tags: ZDNet facebook users change
Q&A: The Unappreciated Benefits of Dyslexia | Wired Science | Wired.com

Dyslexic? Be proud: It has impressive benefits. http://t.co/NgUbJeJ
teachers's Channel - YouTube

tags: youtube TEACHERS edtech education
12 Reasons Teachers should use Diigo | resourcelinkbce

tags: diigo social bookmarking resources teachers Education
Introduction to Permaculture - 40 hours of Free video lectures

tags: permaculture video lectures
Permaculture Media Blog

tags: permaculture media
Permaculture Conference 2011

tags: permaculture conference

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2011-09-18T10:35:00.001+10:00

Jordan IPC10 Update - Live Streaming is Good to Go Permaculture Research Institute

tags: IPC10 jordan ipc permaculture research institute
Rural Education: Rooted and Relevant - Innovative Teaching in Rural Schools - YouTube

Thx! “@matonfender: Check youtube Innovative Teaching in Rural US Schools http://t.co/FnQ4bXY7" Great to see!
Learning Conversations - YouTube

I uploaded a @YouTube video http://t.co/XBtAAw67 Learning Conversations
The Automated Twitter Scavenger Hunt « Mr Robbo – The P.E Geek

Automated Twitter Scavenger Hunt! Great idea by @mrrobbo http://t.co/vBFwTXhl
Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system | Video on TED.com

loved Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system | Video on TED.com on Boxee http://t.co/TUxYWyer
Video Games for Learning: Resource Roundup | Edutopia

RT @mrpbps RT @adriancamm: Video Games for Learning: Edutopia Resource Roundup - http://t.co/MxxTcjR #graddiped2011 @myen

tags: graddiped2011
Ramona Pierson - Mass Customisation and Personalisation of Learning

http://t.co/WuN3rp6
We need to provide all students with a personalized learning pathway and uncap their learning potential.
Twenty Tips for Managing Project-Based Learning | Edutopia

tags: pbl project based learning education ProjectBasedLearning edutopia
The Clever Sheep: The PBL Cohort at Learning 2.011

tags: PBL learning to-read
12 Most Effective Uses of the 120 on Twitter (Yeah, I Said 120!) |

tags: Twitter uses
Cool Infographics - Blog - The Flipped Classroom infographic

tags: infographic flipped classroom classroom
TED | Search

tags: TED sustainability
Reading: Twitter Is A Real-Time Information Network, Not A Social Network | Digital Citizenship in Schools | Scoop.it

tags: Scoop.it Real-Time Twitter information network social digital citizenship citizenship schools
TED Blog | What TEDTalk would you play to open the school year? We counted your (almost 1,000) responses …

tags: school TEDTalk inspiring
Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com

tags: gaming TED education innovation game
The Lowdown and Dirty on Permablitzing

tags: permaculture permablitz sustainability gardening
FilmOn Live TV - iPhone App Review - App Video Show: Frackulous

"Watch video on YouTube

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Video Transcript: 279 FilmOn Live TV - iPhone App Review

TVs. The problem is that they’re just not everywhere. Phones however - they are pretty much everywhere. Or at least they are in my life. If you find yourself high, dry and without the telly for company, you might want to download FilmOn TV. This app quite simply collects together TV channels from around Europe and streams them in pretty high quality. Whilst the first few you come to might look suspiciously like channels you’ve never heard of, get down far enough and you’ll find the likes of the BBC channels, E4, Film 4 and even Men and Movies, purveyors of Westerns and Action flicks. Where you see the TV icon at the side, you can access the day’s schedule, although there’s no where to store either reminders or recordings. For data hungry reasons, the app will only work where you’ve got WiFi. Combine this with the fact that it’s completely free, and you’ve got a very economical way of watching TV.
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tags: iPhone TV app review video

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2011-09-11T10:35:00.001+10:00

Extraordinary Pantene Commercial - YouTube

Thanks to @kevinhoneycutt for sharing this fantastic Thai Pantene commercial: http://j.mp/qa8RH0 So powerful
The Role of Mistakes in the Classroom | Edutopia

The Role of Mistakes in the Classroom http://t.co/PGwUkmU #Edchat

tags: Edchat
Cacoo - Create diagrams online Real time collaboration

tags: mindmap web2.0 concept mapping collaboration wireframe Web 2.0 draw mockup
We can’t let educators off the hook | Dangerously Irrelevant

tags: edtech technology teaching education innovation
VCE Environmental Science Online

How many VCE teachers and students are aware of this forum? #vicpln http://t.co/tovWrDi

tags: vicpln

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2011-09-04T10:35:00.001+10:00

GoogleWebSearchEducation

tags: google search lessons research education googlesearch googlewebsearcheducation
'We need more safe fails, not fail safes.'

tags: teachpg

'We need more safe fails, not fail safes.' #teachpg
Ramblings of an Australian teacher: VITTA 2011: What I learned on day one - First session

tags: VITTA resources conference 2011
Leading and learning from the edge – VITTA conference 2011 « a macgirl in a pc world

tags: VITTA resources conference 2011
VITTA « Inside Megan's Brain…

tags: VITTA resources
Just went to a fantastic session about Brave New W

tags: vitta2011

Just went to a fantastic session about Brave New World for open learning centers with Dan Mayes wonderful ideas #vitta2011

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2011-08-28T10:35:00.001+10:00

New Possibilities with Google+ for Education | The Instructional Innovations Blog

New Possibilities with Google+ for Education http://t.co/ZFXTexy #Edchat

tags: Edchat
100+ Google Tricks for Teachers | TeachHUB

tags: google resources edtech search web2.0 tools

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2011-08-07T10:35:00.001+10:00

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2011-07-31T10:35:00.001+10:00

Tech Talk Radio - Australia's Premier Tech Talk Radio Show

Come along and join the online chat, Australia Premier Tech talk show, http://techtalkradio.com.au

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2011-07-24T10:35:00.001+10:00

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Klout's not what it's all about

tags: Teacher twitter vicki_davis
The Google+ iPhone App Is Now Available Through iTunes - Techland - TIME.com

Google+ has an iPhone app - now available http://ti.me/pNffOW
‪How does carbon pricing work?‬‏ - YouTube

I favorited a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/fQd_DlkdQ1w?a How does carbon pricing work?
Revealing the elephant in the online classroom

tags: pedagogy online classroom
Education Week's Digital Directions: Educators Evaluate Learning Benefits of iPad

tags: iPad
Using Chatting and Instant Messaging in the Classroom

tags: classroom messaging instant chat education technology learning web2.0
Playing and Learning with Mobile Apps

tags: VITTA mobile mobile learning learning tania_sheko
Home - Create a Social Network for Your Event or Group

tags: events socialmedia socialnetworking conference web2.0 community socialsoftware

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2011-07-17T10:35:00.001+10:00

The Innovative Educator: Scoop.it! Lets You Create Beautiful Subject-Specific Reading Collections

Scoop.it..great tool...congrats @brittgow for being featured http://bit.ly/nhV7Fz #vicpln #edchat

tags: vicpln edchat
YouTube - ‪Madeon - Pop Culture (live mashup)‬‏

17yr's old impressive #mashup of 39 tracks in 3.5 minutes http://youtu.be/lTx3G6h2xyA Tool he's using is Launchpad http://is.gd/57Sj4F

tags: mashup
40 Google Plus Tips for Newbies - MarketingProfessor.com

RT @NMHS_Principal 40 Google Plus Tips for Newbies http://bit.ly/qxKchy #socialmedia

tags: socialmedia
The Innovative Educator: What Does Google + Mean for Education

The Innovative Educator - What Does Google + Mean for Education http://bit.ly/qlftOD
ISTE 2011 – The Conference

ISTE 2011 – The Conference http://nblo.gs/kfOB2

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2011-07-10T10:35:00.001+10:00

Making Hypertufa Troughs

tags: gardening hypertufa
EXQUAERO - Romans and Refugees

Romans and Refugees: Lessons from the past? http://tumblr.com/xuz3b49ocb #historyteacher #gobacksbs

tags: historyteacher gobacksbs
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: A Beginner's Guide to Tumblr

tags: tumblr blog web2.0 edtech socialmedia technology

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2011-07-03T10:35:00.001+10:00

FB 100 | Apps For Children with Special Needs

says here are 100 favorite special needs apps: http://a4cwsn.com/fb-100/ #edchat #spedchat http://plurk.com/p/cxyqjf

tags: edchat spedchat
Top Twitter Hashtags for Teachers (RT @russeltarr)

RT @russeltarr Top Twitter Hashtags for Teachers: http://tinyurl.com/3hm7mce

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2011-06-26T10:35:00.001+10:00

MUST MUST MUST Watch: Carbon Tax Spruiker Humiliated on Q&A - Menzies House

If you only watch one YouTube this week, make it this one: http://t.co/EPzjVSC - hilarious destruction of #CarbonTax stupidity on #Qanda

tags: CarbonTax Qanda
The Gen Y Qanda: Young Progressives Look Dumb and Earnest | newmatilda.com

Seen NM's two responses to the #GenY #qanda? @adambrereton says no http://ow.ly/5nrYh & so does @clothedvillainy http://ow.ly/5nrZs

tags: GenY qanda
Fun workshop today w/indep school educators in Chi

Fun workshop today w/indep school educators in Chicago. Will post our Google Site soon as I'm done tweaking it further...
ISTE 2011 Attendees | program | virtual workshops & Remote ISTE

My fellow Aussie PLN - don't forget that there is the Remote/Virtual #ISTE workshops you can attend: http://t.co/gDvbhTP

tags: ISTE
bad teacher trailer - Google Search absolutely ri

bad teacher trailer - Google Search http://bit.ly/iM7BsU absolutely ridiculous and demeans our profession.

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2011-06-12T10:36:00.001+10:00

STUXNET: ANATOMY OF A COMPUTER VIRUS | Hungry Beast

tags: hungry_beast computer VIRUS STUXNET
KILL THE NET | Hungry Beast

tags: hungry_beast technology internet
AATE National Conference 2011 in Melbourne: registrations now open

"LANGUAGE AND CREATIVITY IN THE AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH CURRICULUM"

tags: AATE national conference
Earlybird closing next week - Beverly Derewianka PD in VIC - Grammar in the Australian Curriculum

tags: Australian_curriculum english grammar PD beverly_derewianka
Language Arts Lessons :: Video Writing Prompts: Beauty Before & After

tags: lessons writing video prompts
Why Shakespeare never fails to get brains buzzing | Books | The Observer

tags: shakespeare literature english education guardian
Educational iPad apps showcase

tags: english apps educational iPad
Global Poetry Project | Kelli McGraw

tags: poetry project global
Children’s book apps: 2 review tools « NeverEndingSearch

tags: apps children’s book tools reviews
Our book passion – in an e-book age! « HeyJude

tags: book passion Enfglish ebooks SLAV librarians

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2011-06-05T10:37:00.001+10:00

Run a Facebook Page? Here are 8 Must Know Tips.

Run a Facebook Page? Here are 8 Must Know Tips. http://zite.to/lWltZ3
YouTube - ‪21st Century Education in New Brunswick, Canada‬‏

Nice....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJg9NfTXos&feature=player_embedded
#education #technology

tags: education technology
The Finland Phenomenon • VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control

This gives some actual insight to just why Finland performs well..value placed on ed, esteem for teachers..great vid http://bit.ly/l9m7HO

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2011-05-29T10:35:00.001+10:00

YouTube - ‪Man Booker International Prize 2011 Winner Philip Roth interviewed by Benjamin Taylor‬‏

MT @ManBookerPrize: Rare 1/2hour video i/v with Philip Roth, winner of Man Booker Prize International http://bit.ly/mPHuEm #mbi2011 #swf2011

tags: mbi2011 swf2011
Daniel Donahoo: Horizon Report K-12 Released: The Future of Education Is Mobile

tags: horizon_report
2011 Innovation Showcase

tags: innovation showcase 2011 lucy_barrow
(almost) Effortless Photo Blog - CogDogBlog

tags: photo blog effortless
About Fotobabble

tags: fotobabble photos photography
Technology Explained - ABC Technology and Games (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

tags: podcasting technology mobile socialmedia abc teaching explained

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2011-05-22T10:35:00.001+10:00

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2011-05-15T10:36:00.001+10:00

YouTube - Joe's Non-Netbook

tags: youtube humor books technology education textbook netbook jennylu
BBC - Domesday Reloaded: Explore, compare, update and share the Domesday Reloaded archive

Domesday Reloaded - snapshot of life in 1986 : http://bbc.in/iyOCiL
YouTube - Quantum Victoria Fly Through

RT @adrian_camm http://youtu.be/NV-1IXSSXkI - Virtual Tour of Quantum Victoria now available for viewing! #vicpln #deecd <Way Cool>

tags: vicpln deecd
Belles, Books, And Candor | Culture | Vanity Fair

tags: books belles culture
Clotted Cream Recipe - Making Clotted Cream at Home is Much Easier Than You Think ~ Cupcake Project

tags: recipe home cream clotted
Susan Rebecca White

tags: white susan rebecca boundsouth

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2011-05-08T10:35:00.001+10:00

Eat for $2 a day? You don't have to be lentil as anything to make a meal of it

tags: eat poverty $2aday
Cheat Sheet: Composting - Earth911.com

tags: composting
YouTube - Children's Literature Digital Resources: An Introduction to the CLDR Project

Full text #Australian children's #literature from 1851 - 1945 available online to schools - a superb resource. http://youtu.be/zD48Vqd4XhA

tags: Australian literature
Shuttercal - jasmont's Calendar

tags: shuttercal jasmont calendar 365project
How To Use An Apostrophe - The Oatmeal

tags: grammar apostrophe english writing punctuation literacy
Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

tags: grammar humor english funny language writing
The 75 Best iPad Apps | PCMag.com

tags: ipad apps best iPod iPadAPPS
Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong | Video on TED.com

tags: learning TED video failure

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2011-05-01T10:36:00.001+10:00

Iphigenia in Forest Hills by Janet Malcolm: review - Telegraph

tags: iphigenia forest_hills janet_malcolm
Passion-based learning in the 21st century: An interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach | Powerful Learning Practice

tags: learning passion 21stcenturylearning teaching Nussbaum-Beach
JISC Digital Media - Blog: Introducing JISC MediaHub

tags: blog digital media jisc
The New Geopolitics of Food - By Lester R. Brown | Foreign Policy

tags: geopolitics food
educational-origami - WEB 2.0 Tools

tags: education technology tools web_2.0 web2.0tools web2.0 web
What is the Value of a Tweet or Facebook Fan? | @SilkCharm | Laurel Papworth

tags: facebook twitter reviews influence value
About “Voices” | Powerful Learning Practice

tags: powerful “voices” learning PLP
The Changing Role of the Instructional Designer

tags: changing education learning teaching social
U.S. Teen Mobile Report: Calling Yesterday, Texting Today, Using Apps Tomorrow | Nielsen Wire

tags: mobile texting data research teen apps trends
Mobile Learning: Learners As Informed Consumers, Creative Producers, and Active Participants « User Generated Education

tags: learning learners mobile education
Do iPads Have the Capacity to Change Education? - iPads in Education

tags: technology iPad education eLearning
A NEW THINKING DIGITAL WEBSITE! | Thinking Digital Conference

tags: digital thinking conference
Speaking of QR Codes… | What Now? What Next? So What?

tags: qr blog
Fruit Trees - Fruit Tree Nursery in Yalca Victoria. Apple Trees, pears, plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, quinces, cherries, figs, persimmons, mulberries, cider apples, perry pears, citrus, almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts, pine nuts, b

tags: trees walnut orderform
Your contacts' calendar | Lanyrd

tags: contacts calendar lanyrd
The Teacherprenuer. They exist. The trick is to keep them in our classrooms. | Powerful Learning Practice

I learned from @jennyluca about teacherpreneurs http://bit.ly/hJoVT8 Highly recommended reading and thinking

tags: teacher classroom theory practice
Brainstormin Online - National Public Radio done RIGHT

http://goo.gl/pbE5s Live interview in 2 min #gtasyd #gct #edtech Come listen!

tags: gtasyd gct edtech
Alan November: The Emerging Culture of Teaching and Learning » Video » Iowa Public Television

RT @datruss: Sharing Alan November @globalearner with staff in an email http://2di.me/eENCIW I love Alan November! INSPIRING
Flickr CC Attribution Helper for Greasemonkey

Why oh why haven't I been using @cogdog's Flickr CC Attribution Helper before now? I've known about it for ages. http://bit.ly/xgkmV

tags: flickr attribution creativecommons photos creative_commons copyright CC
Tiny Bursts of Learning | Betchablog

Reading @betchaboy's blog http://bit.ly/hVAc3l. Great answers for when colleagues ask you why you tweet #Ultranet #vicpln

tags: Ultranet vicpln

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2011-04-24T10:36:00.001+10:00

Google Teacher Academy notes #gtasyd

tags: teacher google academy
What Do We Mean by Authentic Learning? | Powerful Learning Practice

tags: authentic learning PLP
Generating New Ideas - Creativity tools from MindTools.com

tags: creativity tools ideas generating
Google Apps Education Training Center

Google Apps Training Centre: http://edutraining.googleapps.com #gtasyd

tags: gtasyd
RT : Google Earth Education Gallery . Thx for sh

RT @jasmont1: Google Earth Education Gallery http://bit.ly/JbmJZ #gtasyd. Thx for sharing your discoveries :-)

tags: gtasyd
Materials - Google Teacher Academy Resources

Looks good though nothing too new with each pdf and little Oz focus - would be more value in being there #gtasyd http://tiny.cc/bb1tg

tags: gtasyd
I'm enjoying listening to the Inspiring Ideas at

I'm enjoying listening to the Inspiring Ideas at #GTASYD https://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/events/2011-04-20/idea3

tags: GTASYD
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

tags: shakespeare hamlet tragedy comic
HechingerEd Blog | What video games can teach us about the educational process

tags: education technology learning video_games
Five Alternative Devices To Replace The Now-Dead Flip Cam - 10,000 Words

tags: flip devices alternative technology education learning

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2011-04-17T10:35:00.001+10:00

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2011-04-10T10:35:00.001+10:00

10 ways for teachers to save time… « What Ed Said

tags: time_management twitter GoogleDocs blogs
Education Article :: 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers

"From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar"

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2011-04-03T10:35:00.001+10:00

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2011-03-27T11:35:00.001+11:00

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2011-03-20T11:35:00.001+11:00

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Online social protocols

2011-03-16T15:46:00.002+11:00

Two weeks ago I was privileged to be able to present briefly at the VITTA VCE IT day on ITA Unit 3 Outcome 1. This new study design has a concept called Online Social Protocols that are (as the study design says: "Accepted ways of behaving on websites that support communication. Protocols usually relate to identity, the nature of information exchanged, language used in communications and the rights of members. Examples of breaches of social online protocols include fraudulent identity, cyberbullying, harassment, posting of inappropriate information and use of inappropriate language." I was delighted to talk about the "online social protocols" that I have learned about in my five years online. Mostly I wanted to express that though the study requires that students learn about online communities and what meets an online community’s needs the most important thing is that an online community is a human community. It is our job as teachers to guide students in their life online in the same way that teachers and parents guide students in the playground. This requires that the internet's "anonymity" is not the important thing but the ethics is more important.

How to live_online_

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2011-03-13T11:35:00.001+11:00

All In The Mind - 12 March 2011 - Sit with Me: an anatomy of depression

Radio National: All in the Mind: Sit with Me: an anatomy of depression http://bit.ly/f70Qme
Want to know about QR codes? « HeyJude

tags: qr codes qrcode QRCodes
8 Free Tools For Live Website Visitor Tracking

tags: analytics tools free website_tracking
Official Google Australia Blog: Digitising The Dawn

We did it! #digitisethedawn - 112% of target with a little help from some friends http://google-au.blogspot.com/2011/03/digitising-dawn.html

tags: digitisethedawn
b1Facebook Comment Flowchart | Getting viral with Oddcast

Funny "Facebook Comment Flowchart" http://bit.ly/g46nce
Don't confuse data with intelligence | TechRepublic

tags: data intelligence
Teach Yourself to Teach with Tech: The first 10 | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC

tags: teach technology tech web2.0 education

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2011-02-27T11:35:00.001+11:00

1000 Ways to teach with technology «

http://bit.ly/esRpd1 - 1000 ways to teach with technology: Go - esp you lot that are sitting at the top of the food chain!
Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Top 10 YouTube Goodies

Top 10 YouTube Goodies (handy list by David Kapuler!) http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-10-youtube-goodies.html #tlchat #edchat

tags: tlchat edchat
Google Fast Flip

tags: google news fastflip media search Newspapers aggregator research
Home - Trove

tags: australia library history searchengine libraries archives trove research
dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Application Video For Apple’s Distinguished Educator Program

tags: blog math ADE education application dan_meyer
Teachers for Google Teacher Academy Sydney #gtasyd

tags: google academy teacher
TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - #aitsl

tags: pedagogy technology tpck education research wiki tpack resources
acmi educators lounge

The Educators Lounge network that provides a space for dynamic exchanges of ideas to take place. Providing an educative space for teachers to explore the theory and practice of digital technologies

tags: educators lounge acmi
Teaching with web 2.0 tools - Ms. McGraw's English Wiki

tags: teaching web 2.0 tools wiki
50 Great Examples of Data Visualization | Webdesigner Depot

tags: visualization data design web tools statistics graphics information VCEIT

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2011-02-20T11:36:00.001+11:00

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2011-02-13T11:35:00.001+11:00

Justin Tarte - Life of an educator...: 10 videos that will IGNITE a discussion - Part 2

tags: discussion education learning life educator justin tarte videos

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Meet the Blog’s Brain! ME

2011-02-01T18:14:00.010+11:00

I am bit behind in my blogging challenge. It has taken me a while to do this fourth challenge of the Teacher Challenge. I think it was because I have never made an avatar of myself and I feel in a way that it is unnecessary for me to do so as I am very comfortable having my photo represent me.
I feel that Leslie Raffelson expresses it well when she says "Over the past 10 years or so, I have developed an online presence that is me. It isn’t an alter ego or someone different. I don’t behave differently online and therefore am not going to create an ‘alias’. I want people to be able to connect me through whatever site they are on."

As the author of this blog I use the image that my daughter took of me and that I used in the 365 photo challenge to indicate me and I also use it on Twitter, Facebook and Diigo. This ensures that I will be recognised, as Murcha says: "What do you look like? Will I remember you next time you visit? How do I know it is you? Will you look the same everywhere in the cyberworld?"

This is the very important issue of creating a digital identity that is part of the words you write, the comments you leave and the links you save. I admit that I will have to change the photo as I get older as already I don't quite look like this anymore.

However, like Leslie, I think that it is appropriate to teach students to be wise as to what images of themselves are associated with their online presence. I taught secondary school students when I was in the classroom and after they understood what it was that I had to teach them about this issue (and not just me but other teachers and influential adults in their lives) I left it up to them as to whether they made an avatar or used a suitable photo of themselves, or a favourite pet. I think the skill of knowing how to make an avatar is a good one and so I have made this one so that I can teach other teachers who have younger students or who teach in a school where it is policy that a student's photo is not allowed to be used. And in completing this challenge I learnt things, as I always do when I blog.

I found a list of avatar making sites. I found that zwinky cannot be used on macs. In the end I used Be Funky and had lots of fun with this.

Pages on my blog

2011-01-18T22:45:00.007+11:00

For the extension activity I made a mindmap using bubbl.us and like mindmapping generally the very act of doing it generates ideas you wouldn't have had without doing it (even when you are convinced you have thought of everything already and you don't need to do it). Here's mine (click on the image for a larger view):

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Adding a page

2011-01-18T22:14:00.004+11:00

Wow, this was a difficult part of the challenge, but very necessary for me. Using blogger I had never considered a separate About me page as there was a brief profile of me on the page. But that was a blogger profile and when I changed it for one of my blogs it ended up on all them. Obviously not satisfactory. And just when I was wondering about all this comes this post from Anne. Now another dilemma, a much harder one. Who am I now? Who am I really? That took some time to write.

Some ideas I found helpful were fellow #ksyb participant Elaine Willis' list of blogs she's commented on. This has become a repository of interesting reading and I have taken it on as well. Elaine got the idea from Hadley Ferguson who says: "I have created a page to keep track of the blogs that I comment on. I will update it each time I leave a comment. Come and join the conversation. Let’s get to know one another!"

Other useful posts were this one (I used some of these ideas to tweek my About page after I'd written it) and Britt Gow's great post which I also used.

Like Paula Naugle I had to learn how to add pages to my blogger template. Also like Paula I had to change my template which I have had for over 5 years - guess it was time for a change, huh?

Technorati Tags: #ksyb, blogger

What makes an effective blog post, or how to write so readers want to read

2011-01-14T09:33:00.004+11:00

I am participating in the teacher professional PD on blogging and am enjoying it very much. The second challenge is to write about effective blog-posts. I have heard it said that reflective blogging and reading blogs are the best ways of learning anything - whether learning and teaching, gardening, photography or writing to name some of my areas of interest. I think that blogging is just another name for learning.

So I don't even need to ask: Why blog?

But in case you're not convinced - maybe you're a reader of blogs but wouldn't think that you could write one - here are some reflections garnered from some influential blog- posts on why blog.

One blog post nominated as most effective is from Shelly Blake-Plock. He says: "My blog represents me not as an edited professional voice, but as a human being struggling to express ideas, thoughts, reactions, dreams, and general b.s. via a means that uncompromisingly allows for the immediate feedback of strangers and fellow wanderers." This is the characteristic of transparency. He goes on: "Because real maturity is not about having the right answers, it's about having the audacity to have the wrong answers and re-address them in light of contemplation, self-argument, and experience." This is the characteristic of honesty.

Chris Lehmann has said: 'Blogging for me has to be about reflective practice. It's about putting ideas out there, exploring them, sharing them, and taking part in a larger community. Sometimes, yes, it's just about an announcement or two, but at its best, my blogging helps me think, brings others into my thought process and improves it because of their input and forces me to make sense of my thoughts -- which is why it's so damned hard sometimes." This is the characteristic of reflection

So now to my 5 steps of an effective blog post (or 5 steps to be an effective blogger)

I have to say that this is what, in theory, I aim to do. So often in practice I take the easy way out.

1. Find your voice
Whether it is cheeky, refreshing, serious, humorous or anything else it is uniquely yours and readers appreciate it. When I find it hardest to blog it is because I can't find the voice to write in. I have found the reading the blogs you enjoy is often a way to overcome this problem.

2. Write with honesty, transparency, compassion and reflection
As seen in the examples above, to write with these qualities is not easy. It takes time and it is a struggle. But it worth persisting.

3. Leave comments
Writers love to be read, and the best way to show you are reading what others have thought about and crafted is to leave comments.

4. Link to others
Link love, most important in a community. It is spreading the influence of those who write well.

5. Find out where your readers are from and read them, understand them and communicate
Who is your community? I remember putting in Sitemeter (free) and finding what percentage of my readers were from which different countries and what had referred them to my blog. I have discovered new blogs that had linked to me or the search terms on google that had led them there (very strange, some of them). You can find out what links in your post were clicked on or even what browser they were using. But mostly like blogging itself it is a way or tool of communicating.

So now what blogs am I enjoying at the moment:
A new discovery: Josie speaks up, a teacher musing about life
An oldie but a goodie: Lucacept – intercepting the Web A very inspiring blogger and educator
A infrequent poster but one I always learn from: The Fraudulent Teacher

Technorati Tags: effective blog posts, what makes effective blog posts, #ksyb

It's all about the connection

2011-01-10T22:02:00.006+11:00

This post is in response to this one: Down Blog's Memory Lane and what fun it was to write.

10 questions to ask my blog

1. When did you start?

Well, thank you for this opportunity to speak after all these years. It is amazing to consider but I have been the medium of communication for my author now for 5 and half years (since July 2005). Of course the quality of communications have varied over the years. I really think I was better in the early days, but perhaps it's not too late to get back into some quality writing. I think my author still sees me that way.

2. Why did you start?

I have reflected on this a few times in my existence: Let me see now... yes I can just lay my hands on the appropriate passage: This is from December 2005 - "I started reading blogs about 18 months ago starting with my friend Scott’s blog and just kept reading. Sometimes I read from his blogroll as well but I felt a little bit like that was o.k. for these people: they were young enough, techie enough, maybe radical enough, but I wasn’t anything like that. Scott seemed, however, to assume that it was not totally impossible that I might one day start a blog but I was fearful. What if I made a mistake, what if I wrote something wrong, what if …. Oh well I’m sure you know the kind of thing. Then one day in May I stumbled across a podcast by Steve Dembo (I wonder if it was the same one, Graham) and through him found Will Richardson and David Warlick (it must have been the same one) and all of a sudden the world seemed to open up. At one particular point when faced with the Blogger home page it just seemed easier to start a blog than to continue to resist."

And yes this still rings true. It was the example of others that encouraged me to start. I didn't know many bloggers in Australia at that time even though there were many, and my community was very North American. I feel honoured to have been nurtured by so many of these very generous and wonderful friends. I know my author was thrilled to meet many of this community f2f in 2008 at ISTE in San Antonio. Any now my community is full of great Aussie educators and there is lots of cross fertilisation happening.

3. What is your most exciting moment?

There have been so many. Introducing blogging to successive classes of students in my author's English classes. So many stories of learning (chronicled in my many posts over the years). Another is meeting the bloggers who have meant something to me f2f at our bloggers' feasts. Often when bloggers (or later twitterers) have been coming to Melbourne for a visit or a conference we tried to set up a meal at a restaurant in Southbank in Melbourne. These have been fun over the years. Have to thank Sue Tapp for initiating these.

4. Where does your future lie?

I'm sure I will keep going. My author says: "I want to keep blogging even though when I started it was mostly reflecting about my experiences as a classroom teacher. I felt that it was helping me be a better teacher and giving my students better learning opportunities through the sharing by teachers. And that was true. But now I am no longer a classroom teacher, I want to reflect on my lifelong learning and that of others. I am so impressed by my husband's learning to swim aged over 50 and now swimming 15+ laps regularly. We are all learning all the time and reflecting on our experiences can help them be better experiences."

5. What have you learnt?

Again, I better let my author have a say about this one: " Every day when I connect to the community I have been privileged to know though blogging and twitter I learn something. Information, ideas and ways to solve problems. I also hope I have learned to be a better writer and more reflective person.

6. How have you changed?

Looking back it was easier when there were planning student experiences and classes to write about. The blog title "The Open Classroom" and the content matched. But when my author stopped being a classroom teacher she had to have a long think about how she related to the education community and what she would continue to write about. The blog changed as my author changed, and as her job (role in life) changed. You can read about that here. To accommodate the changes my author has branched out with 2 extra blogs: one is on the 365 photo project and one is about her garden.

7. What do you think of your author?

I have to pass on that one.

8. What is most exciting about being a blog in this new decade of the 21st century?

Is it a new decade in 2011? Didn't it start in 2010? Oh well, maybe we'll have to agree to disagree there. Reminds me of the millennium debate. But there is sure a lot going on. The network is the most important thing and that is connected through the tools available but also the desire of individuals to get involved. I loved this google doc I learned about today Why Networked Learning Matters by Alec Couros

9. Twitter, facebook, diigo... do they affect you? and how?

Well yes, I have to say that they do. Twitter is an easy way to let people know what you're thinking about, to say nothing of the like button in FB where you don't even have to articulate a thought. It takes more time to compose a blog post and of course in taking the time the learning and reflection happens. I suppose in a way twitter and FB are about more instant gratification. But they are a great adjunct to blogging. I must admit that my author was very lazy for a long while there and all her blog posts consisted of links to her diigo page. Oh well, a lot of readers lost that way I guess. But there was always hope that some more reflective and connected writing could still happen and I am hoping that this is the start of a new era.

10. Why will you continue?
Definitely the community. And it's been fun and there are always new things to learn. Like this challenge. I am so looking forward to it.

Image attribution: Image: 'X-Factor'
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The 365 photo challenge

2011-01-01T22:23:00.002+11:00

This is the 3rd year I have started this project which is called 365 Countdown. I am still interested even though I have had months go by without doing what it was I set out to do. But persistence is one way of learning, right?

What I love most about it is the community. There are places to gather here on this wiki 365 Photo Project and in Flickr 2011/365photos and through Twitter by following #365photos There also Daily Shoot and the associated twitter community: @dailyshoot with the hashtag: #ds412

Irmeli is looking to find out if there's been any research made on using the 365 method within learning, teaching, innovating... Will be asking that via twitter during next week after the holidays. This particular wiki would be a good forum for collecting also possible articles, blog posts - and later on, maybe joint research papers on the process and method itself and in general in addition to the 365 core photo collections & blog sites." What a fantastic idea this is.

I learned today that you can get a free iPhone app for the project which sounds great.

Wish me, wish us all luck as we try, try and try again. I think Allanah was one blogger who completed the challenge with an excellent collection of photos. There is so much to learn and to do. Here is my first photo for 2011

In response to the delicious announcement

2010-12-29T08:11:00.004+11:00

Just heard about Trunk.ly on twitter (via Safina Noorani) Trunk.ly automagically collects links you share on Facebook, Twitter and Delicious, ... and makes them searchable. Trunk.ly has a blog as well.

As their About page says: "The world is now more social. We share, we like, we tweet, retweet, link and generally exchange information on the social web. But how do you keep track of the things you like?

Trunk.ly takes care of that for you. By connecting into your social networks, Trunk.ly monitors and collects the links that you find interesting across the social web.

More importantly, it indexes the web pages these links point to and builds a personal search engine, so you never have to tag or describe a link again, you just search and Trunk.ly will find it again for you.

We've been in closed beta, but opened up in response to the delicious announcement, there's still LOTS to do and we'd love to hear from you as we work to build something great."

Seems pretty good to me.

Image attribution: Image: 'Web 2.0'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29931767@N00/146865077

My links for today (weekly)

2010-12-26T11:35:00.001+11:00

Bloomingfields Farm Garlic - - How To Make a Garlic Braid (illustrated) - -

tags: garlic braid how-to
YouTube - Garlic: How to braid it

tags: youtube garlic braid how-to
International Society for Technology in Education - Blog > A Guide for New iPad Owners: Must-Have Apps for Education, Productivity and Entertainment

New Post: Guide for New #iPad Owners: Must-Have Apps for Education, Productivity and Entertainment http://bit.ly/gdaoPa #edchat

tags: iPad edchat
Wordsmyth - The Premier Educational Dictionary - Thesaurus

Wordsmyth dictionary & thesaurus. While since I've used it - new literacy tools & more http://bit.ly/cxoILF #literacy #austl #tlchat

tags: literacy austl tlchat
How to use Facebook for Social Learning

RT @MoodleMcKean How to use Facebook for social learning http://bit.ly/fNoll1 #esafety #cybersafety #socialnetworking

tags: esafety cybersafety socialnetworking
The Drum - Wednesday 15 December - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

In case U missed it: @annabelcrabb @latikambourke @chaslicc & @mpesce on Drum TV http://myab.cc/eWui8F talk best of Twitter 2010 & Kinnect
YouTube - Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four

RT @quentinchevrier: L'évolution du monde en dynamique - infographie... http://youtu.be/jbkSRLYSojo merci la @BBC .
YouTube - twitter in 60 seconds

Great video intro to Twitter for edu by @jgates513: Twitter in 60 Seconds: http://bit.ly/eYtgzK Perfect for teachers! Thx @captainc
The 5 big mistakes in virtual education

RT @houshuang: Wow, beautiful pres about wonder of teaching, and down-to-earth approach to virtual teaching. http://j.mp/fGIosk #p2pu #yam

tags: p2pu yam
The more you learn, the more you want to learn! | NovaNews

What does everyone think about their last PD?...read Bev's great post...http://bit.ly/9Vs8qN #vicpln

tags: vicpln
The political brain by westin. Recommended by bill

tags: vitta2010

The political brain by westin. Recommended by bill clinton. And rev. Tim costelllo #vitta2010
The Spirit Level: Summary and book reviews of The Spirit Level by Kate Pickett.

the Spirit Level http://is.gd/hXOFz #vitta2010

tags: vitta2010
The Political Brain by Drew Westen

http://www.thepoliticalbrain.com/videos.php #vitta2010

tags: vitta2010
The Quest for Increased Student Achievement - York Region - Rogers TV

Videos from yesterday at #yrdsbquest including my keynote available here: http://is.gd/hlPH4

tags: yrdsbquest
Incompatible Browser | Facebook

RT @TEDxMelbourne: Looking for a ticket for #TEDxMelb? Try your luck on our new Facebook Page http://on.fb.me/cAS9lY #vicpln

tags: TEDxMelb vicpln
Alexander Howard: Can the Power of Web 2.0 Solve the World's Most Pressing Problems?

Can the Power of Web 2.0 Solve the World's Most Pressing Problems? (incl. great video of Tim O'Reilly) http://huff.to/cBiWzt
Talking about Place

Crowd-Sourcing Human Knowledge on Spatial Semantics of Place Names http://bit.ly/9TMKpR at the VITTA Conference http://bit.ly/XAB2L
How The Military Is Utilizing Online, Interactive Training | Mindflash

How is the military using online video games? Why not find out - http://bit.ly/dd6jXN #edugaming

tags: edugaming
Gifted Resources - GiftedResources.org

Gifted Resources October newsletter can be read online at http://www.giftedresources.org/ #gtchat #vicpln

tags: gtchat vicpln
E-Learning Journeys: Acoss My Desk (weekly)

Acoss My Desk (weekly): Creative Commons: What Every Educator Needs to Know K12 Online Conferenc... http://bit.ly/avY6XN
for the love of learning: Ask Sir Ken Robinson

Ask Sir Ken Robinson...Sir Ken Answers questions. via @joe_bower 's blog http://bit.ly/8YJSz9
Reading more of Boettinger's 'Moving Mountains: Th

Reading more of Boettinger's 'Moving Mountains: The Art of Letting Others See Things Your Way' Legendary on successful presentation methods!
The Complete List of iPad Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials - How-To Geek

tags: iPad tricks apps tutorials how-to list tutorial
BoxTop | free broadband

tags: boxtop free broadboad
Social bookmarking sites - Google Docs

tags: bookmarking social sites crowdsourced GoogleDocs alex_couros

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-12-19T11:35:00.001+11:00

Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption | Video on TED.com

tags: TED collaborative rachel botsman collaboration consumption sharing
10 Creative Uses of the New Facebook Profile [PICS]

"Facebook users are showing off some serious creativity by taking advantage of the new profile page photo layout."

tags: facebook creative photos
1989 NISSAN SKYLINE GTS-T HR32 Private Cars For Sale in VIC - carsales.com.au
Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks | Video on TED.com

tags: wikileaks julian assange journalism Ted
YouTube - iPad's Hidden Keyboard Functions: Tips & Tricks via @ramblingteacher

tags: ipad youtube education technology learning web2.0 teaching tools
iPad apps – favourites so far | Here They Are!

tags: apps ipad
iPads and iPods for Special Needs Students | Teaching with Technology

tags: ipads ipods special_needs students autism technology

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-12-12T11:35:00.001+11:00

Futurelab - Projects - Console Games

tags: games futurelab projects

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-12-05T11:35:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-11-28T11:35:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-11-21T11:35:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-11-14T11:35:00.001+11:00

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Diigo: a favourite collaboration and learning tool

2010-11-11T10:06:00.013+11:00

Cross-posted from Learning anywhere, any time.

Just reflecting on my favourite Web 2.0 tool and I would have to say that Diigo is one of the best. It brings together the best of social networking and social bookmarking. Its web 2.0 qualities are seen in the idea of collaboration that is embedded in it. The groups feature is one of the most helpful in that you have your outboard brain working for you (namely the community of people who are on the same search as you). It really is a case of many hands make light work. The name “Diigo” is an abbreviation for “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff” (from the About Page of Diigo). With Diigo you can add highlights and sticky notes, in situ, on any web page they read. Imagine a giant transparency overlaying on top of all the web pages. Users can write on the transparency as they wish, as private notes or public comments. And they can read public comments on the transparency left by other readers of the same page. VITTA has a diigo group that you can save bookmarks to, and also subscribe to the findings of others who save their bookmarks to the VITTALearning group. Accessible from the front page of the VITTA website this group is well worthwhile subscribing to.

Or join it here:

VITTAlearning
VITTA (Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association) a non-profit organisation supporting information and communication technology teachers at primary & secondary schools.

30 members Join now

My links for today (weekly)

2010-10-31T11:35:00.001+11:00

Web 2.0 Workshop ~ Web 2.0 guides and resources for teachers

tags: web2.0 resources technology education teaching workshop
How Google works

tags: google tutorial technology application flash
What is Web 3.0? Semantic Web & other Web 3.0 Concepts Explained in Plain English
"Web 2.0 – This is about user-generated content and the read-write web. People are consuming as well as contributing information through blogs or sites like Flickr, YouTube, Digg, etc. The line dividing a consumer and content publisher is increasingly getting blurred in the Web 2.0 era.

Web 3.0 – This will be about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things. "

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-10-24T11:36:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-10-17T11:35:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-10-10T11:35:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-10-03T11:35:00.001+11:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-09-26T10:35:00.001+10:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-09-19T10:35:00.001+10:00

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My links for today (weekly)

2010-09-12T10:35:00.001+10:00

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My links for today 09/06/2010

2010-09-06T10:34:00.001+10:00

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My links for today 09/02/2010

2010-09-02T10:34:00.001+10:00

14 Best And Attractive Blogger Templates For Free Download

tags: templates blogger to-do

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My links for today 08/31/2010

2010-08-31T10:34:00.001+10:00

TeachPaperless: Response to a Criticism about Using Twitter in the Classroom

tags: twitter classroom teaching education teachpaperless resources

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My links for today 08/30/2010

2010-08-30T10:34:00.001+10:00

Blogs Wikis Docs Comparison Chart

tags: wikis blog docs comparison GoogleDocs wiki education blogging

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My links for today 08/28/2010

2010-08-28T10:34:00.001+10:00

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My links for today 08/27/2010

2010-08-27T10:34:00.001+10:00

Gary Stager Melbourne Australia Seminar - 13 September 2010 : Stager-to-Go

tags: gary_stager melbourne australia seminar 2010 education

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My links for today 08/26/2010

2010-08-26T10:34:00.001+10:00

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My links for today 08/24/2010

2010-08-24T10:35:00.001+10:00

Open Thinking Wiki

tags: wiki open thinking alec_couros for:vic_pln

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2010-08-18T18:43:00.001+10:00