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This is the final reminder – abstracts are due Monday, 31st January – that’s just 4 days away (including the weekend!) BlogTalk Downunder is gathering momentum – we have 3 fantastic invited speakers, the venue (about to be announced) is ideal for encouraging creativity and exchange of ideas….so – be a part of this inaugural…

Are you planning on submitting an abstract to BlogTalk Downunder? The Call for Papers closes Monday, 31st January, 2005. That’s just 2 weeks away!! As most Australians are now heading back to work after the break – and with schools and universities still on holidays  – what better time to prepare your abstracts?!!! For more…

We’re now LIVE on our own website & blog! Thanks to James for setting up a stunning website! We’ve been working on some exciting ideas for the program and have secured a couple of brilliant invited speakers (we’ll tell you about them as we confirm the details of the program) – make sure you either…

We’ve received enourmous interest in the BlogTalk Downunder conference – thank-you so much to all those that have emailed me! We’re in the process of completing a website (& blog) specifically for the conference – in the meantime, we have prepared an official call for papers – just to give you something to think about…

Blogging to Learn, Learning to Blog webinar 14 Dec The first of a series of webinar presentations and workshops on the use of blogs in education went live to a synchronous audience across Australia and New Zealand yesterday. Thanks to all those LTUG members who joined us and continue to support the group – I…

Date: Tue 14th December, 2004 Time: 11am (Sydney – daylight savings time) Duration: 1 hour ** Free to LTUG members ** Anne Bartlett-Bragg will explore the dynamics of blogging – both the technology and the social dimension – and examine some of the current uses in education. *If blogging is a complete mystery to you…

** Advance Notice ** Initial expressions of interest ** The first blogging conference to be held in the southern hemisphere – incorporating Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia. Date: 20 & 21 May, 2005 Venue: Sydney Initial expressions of interest for referreed paper presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes questions) or panel discussions can be sent…

"Getting the most out of online teaching resources"  Gerry is CEO of education.au  his presentation on Day 1 addressed some of the issues confronting practitioners and how we would be able to navigate our way through the swamps of information available. education.au has some of the world’s largest repositories of high quality online teaching resources…

Do you know what Bluetooth technology is; what the abbreviation CAL stands for; have you heard of Bloom’s taxonomy; how the early internet came into being? If you do, then you should have attended the special event at LT2004, ‘Who wants to be an eLearnaire’! A gameshow quiz, facilitated by the use of KEEpad technology,…

The winners of the awards at the LT2004 conference are…. Innovation category: Felicity Mandile – Virtual Schooling Service, Education Queensland Multi-modal Delivery:  John-Paul College, Brisbane Access & Equity: Central Queensland Institute of Tafe – Child Studies. (Or Thelma & Louise for those of us attending the conference …!) I’ll give you a full run down…