Happy birthday to edublogs – turning 2 years old and to the new, superdooper upgraded version 2.0 (I guess everybody has to be 2.0 these days, right?). Keeping in synch with all the 2s, it’s timely that the 2nd semester of University started this week and another 200+ students will be starting their edublogs in…
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Removed from Jay Cross’ email list…!
I received an email this morning… from Jay Cross’ Internet Time Group … and right there, in the first line was… "Dear AnneI am removing your name from my mailing list….." Gulp… what had I done wrong??NOTHING!Because you need to read on…. "In fact, I am destroying the entire list.Newsletters cause more annoyance than good,…
Read MoreTravel dilemmas…
Travelling is a key part of my life, having worked in the airline industry for so long, it’s just in my blood. I guess this makes me tolerant of all sorts of challenges…. airlines delays, lost baggage, adaptor plugs etc etc –Â I tend to take so much for granted as just part of the…
Read MoreBlogTalks Reloaded – the book
Now available!Thomas Burg and Jan Schmidt have gathered a collection of papers based on presentations from the BlogTalk Reloaded conference in Vienna, 2006 and published them into the lastest in the BlogTalk book collection. My copy has just arrived in Sydney (sometimes a challenge to get things from Austria – I think the postal workers…
Read MoreThe end of “e”-Learning!!
Vale "e"-Learning!Long live Learning! So – it’s finally happened! I’ve been banging on about this (my students will be heard sighing with relief) for a couple of years now – explaining the issues with prefixes before the -Learning word and the implications and restrictions it causes…And now…. here’s the first strategic deletion of the "e"…
Read MoreBook Survey Results…
The LTUG Book Survey has closed… and here’s a brief overivew of what people are reading: By Marc Prensky: Don’t Bother me Mom – I’m Learning!Our reviewer said: Positive guide for parents concerned about their kids’ video and computer game playing. In "Don’t Bother Me Mom—I’m Learning!" Prensky maintains that kids "are almost certainly…
Read MorePaolo Friere – 10th Anniversary
Today, May 2nd, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Paulo Freire. Freire’s work continues to inspire educators across the world, and new Institutes, books and courses emerge to review and re-invent his work. Below are a collection of some of these resources: On video Culture, Politics & Pedagogy: A Conversation with Henry Giroux…
Read MoreMentorNet continues to grow!
MentorNet, the mentoring program for young women entrepreneurs, is rapidly expanding… The 3rd program launches tomorrow with another cohort of entrepreneurs preparing to build their businesses! We’re also starting to attract some attention in the media – which is great! Here’s a link from Atlassian’s blog… Even though I would still say we’re in the…
Read MoreCeBit – Blogger Zone
CeBit arrives in Sydney next week (1 – 3 May, 2007) – it’s always a huge event and almost overwhelming as you meander through the exhibition. I’ve just received an invite from Hugo Ortega to a new intiative – the Blogger Zone… "…a more Blogger friendly environment. Knowing that B/Vloggers love to be surrounded by…
Read MoreDitch PowerPoint!
Here’s another report on the value (or not) of PowerPoint (Sydney Morning Herald, 4April2007). This report (although I haven’t been able to find the original document being referred to) is based on research from Professor John Sweller – Faculty of Education, UNSW and his work on Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). "The use of the PowerPoint…
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