Monthly Archives: March 2009

School’s out Friday

I did enjoy Forrest Gump when it came out, but never realised the plot was so thin until I saw this.  ‘Forrest Gump in one minute, in one take’, made by students from the University of York filmmaking society. Enjoy your … Continue reading

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So, how’s that ning going?

Some of you who have been reading here would be aware that I started a ning for the Year 9 English students at my school. When I started I told you I’d be checking in every now and then with a … Continue reading

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Twitter’s going mainstream

Image via CrunchBase It seems like I keep hearing about Twitter in the mainstream media all the time of late. Celebrities are using Twitter, radio personalities like Dave Hughes here in Australia are talking about it and journalists like Mia … Continue reading

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School’s out Friday

You know, sometimes you plan to get things done and then life just gets in the way. It did last night as I was thinking about posting School’s out Friday. My Mum had an ‘episode’ and after calling an ambulance … Continue reading

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Tiny Chat – good fun

A couple of weeks ago I had a go at using  Tiny Chat. It’s a very cool little tool that enables you to create your own chatroom and invite people to share chat with you by sending them to a … Continue reading

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Gone Skypin’

Image via CrunchBase Wow. We had an amazing couple of days last week at my school using Skype to connect our students to the world. First stop was Buffalo, New York, when Laura Stockman skyped into our Grade 5 class. They … Continue reading

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