Monthly Archives: November 2009
Reinvention – stage one
I feel like I’ve hardly been here of late. There have been plenty of things to write about, but, quite honestly, no time to write about any of them. I’ve been pretty time poor because we’ve been in the process … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Have you ever done any stop motion video work with kids? If you have, then you’ll know the time consuming process it is. I worked with a bunch of clever Grade 4 students this year creating some claymation videos. They … Continue reading
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VITTA presentation – Getting started with Web 2.0
This is the presentation I gave yesterday at the VITTA conference here in Melbourne. It was hard to gauge how it was received; it seemed like there were a fair few people there who may not yet be convinced about … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
When I first started School’s out Friday posts I discovered improveverywhere. They have been a constant source of fodder for these posts, and I’ve been able to see the evolution of a great idea turning into a financial proposition. This … Continue reading
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Influence and the John Ward Award
Can you pinpoint the moment in your life when you decided on your career direction? For me, I can’t pinpoint it to the exact date, but I can identify the time of my life. Once there was a little girl … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
I can’t wait to show my son this latest effort from the improveverywhere crew. This is Grocery Store Musical. My son is a huge fan of Food Court Musical and I am too. I don’t think this one lives up … Continue reading
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Loving my iPhone : )
I’m on camp at the moment and the iPhone has come into its own for me. I’ve only had it for a week and a half, but already I am viewing mobile technologies and their relevance for education in a … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Christopher Rehage walked through China for a year and recorded the trip with a series of photographs that chronicled the growth of his beard and his hair and everything in between. It’s fascinating and worth watching more than once to … Continue reading
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Guess whose Library has a Kindle!
If you guessed the one I work in, you’re right! Today we accepted delivery of three Amazon Kindles much to our delight. We are very interested in the possibilities presented by the introduction of ebook readers and thought we should … Continue reading
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Adapt or die
The above picture was taken in the foyer of the BBC three years ago. It was put there to coincide with their Creative Futures Project, their attempt to keep themselves relevant in the Digital Age. The BBC’s Director General asserted … Continue reading
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