Monthly Archives: April 2010
School’s out Friday
Last week I featured Rives and his 4.am conspiracy plot tale. In response, Angela Stockman let me know about this one from Rives, ‘A story of mixed emoticons‘. I used it with my Year 9 class this week and it … Continue reading
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Students 2.0 – the first session
Tonight I jumped a hurdle. A few of them really. I was moderator of an elluminate room running the introductory session of Students 2.0. Anne Mirtschin, wonderful woman that she is, had provided me with quite a bit of training … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This is the poet, Rives, speculating on the mysterious hour of four in the morning. It’s worth hanging in there for the entire 8 minutes of his performance, just to appreciate the effort that’s gone into sourcing the material for … Continue reading
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Ning, Elluminate and what I know now…
Two events of the past week have brought some things sharply into focus for me. One is the discussion surrounding the monetisation of Ning, and the other is the problems I am having with my computer and Elluminate. Yes, they … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
I tried to catch some of the TEDxOntarioEd event last weekend, but got there just as they were going off air. What was playing was this TED Talk, recorded at TEDIndia in December 2009. It’s Alexis Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit, … Continue reading
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A change in the Ning – Free takes its toll
The networks are all a flutter today with the news from Ning that they have slashed jobs and will be charging for use of their networks in the very near future. Read this from Jay Rosenthal, newly appointed CEO of … Continue reading
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ACEC 2010 reflection
It’s been a very busy school holiday period for me. The Australian Computers in Education Conference was held at the Exhibition Centre here in Melbourne and I had three presentations to deliver, one each day of the conference. No rest … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Funny, but informative too. (Thanks Nina for posting this in your instructional rounds ning.) I used Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy at the start of a presentation about Virtual Learning Communities using Ning, at the ACEC Digital Diversity Conference that’s … Continue reading
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Student’s 2.0- what’s it all about, Jenny?
On January 1st 2010, I wrote a post called ‘The era of the everyman – but you better be good’. In it was this paragraph; I’m a little disappointed that the elective I proposed for this school year, Learning U, … Continue reading
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