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iPad implementations
Significant tech implementations in schools & institutes of higher education is not an easy task. Gathered together here are a range of guides for an iPad implementation.
Facebook and WordPress
The Wordpress 3.1 upgrade created multisite nightmares so I have ended the experiment. I also created a Facebook page for resource distribution.
Phillippa Cleaves #FF
This week’s Friday Follow Twitter Interview is with the wonderful Phillippa Cleaves, an inspiring educator with a prolific and informative presence on Twitter.
The new iPad & education
I have been buying Apple products since the early 1990s. It was not until last year that I really demonstrated my geekiness when I pre-ordered the first iPad. I had never pre-ordered an Apple product before. I shall pre-order the new iPad as well. As far as I am concerned the iPad is a good(…)
Pompeii on Netvibes
Last year I set up a Netvibes site embedded with a range of RSS feeds, links, media and photographic galleries all dedicated to the archaeology of Pompeii and Herculaneum. I feel that teachers and students of the core unit in the NSW HSC Ancient History course, Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum, will find the(…)
Colin Gallagher #FF
This week we are given a window into the thoughts and truly international experience of the legendary Colin Gallagher. Creative, connected, cognitive, Colin.
Lensmen lash out
Went walking with Darcy. Early yesterday morning. Darcy had quite easily convinced me to meet him at 5.00AM to photograph the sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. I have not been on a photographic excursion with Darcy for a while so I thought, “Bugger it, why not?” I was awake well before sparrow’s fart, had a(…)
Chris Betcher #FF
This week’s Friday Follow Interview is with the indefatigable Chris Betcher. A man of many talents, an insatiable curiosity and a multitude of ideas…
The Petrov Affair
Australia’s Cold War Flashpoint Australia never experienced anything at all remotely resembling the Cuban Missile Crisis or McCarthyism but we did have the Petrov Affair. Back in April 1954 Australia had its very own Cold War drama when Vladimir Petrov defected while employed as a third secretary at the Soviet Embassy in Canberra, Australia’s capital city. The episode(…)
Comic Life
A few years back a nice piece of software known as Comic Life entered the market. It is one of the most exciting software applications released in recent years. It allows anyone to express themselves in a manner that is simply fun and memorable. People, animals and inanimate objects can be given their own words(…)
Adrienne Michetti #FF
This week our special Friday Follow guest, Adrienne Michetti, hails all the way from Canada. She has embraced our regular questions with vigour and depth.
Guides and resources
Over the years I have created a number of ‘how-to’ documents and presentations for a variety of desktop and web based software tools. They are usually available from the various workshop pages I thought it might prove helpful to link to all the documents from a single page. Some of my workshop participants have referred(…)
WordPress
What is WordPress? WordPress is a browser based web site creation tool that is relatively easy to use. This tool allows you to create highly polished and professional web sites. You can create sites that are hosted on the WordPress.com server or download the free package from WordPress.org yourself and host the new site on(…)
WordPress Workshop
Creating professional self-hosted web sites using WordPress.org The aim of this workshop is to share with the participants the power of self-hosting their own web site using a web-server provided by a third party. Participants will be taught how to install the WordPress package on the server using ftp or a web-based interface. As well(…)
Social Media in Education
The aim of this workshop is to demonstrate the significance & relevance of social media in 21st century education, both within the classroom & the organisation.
Web 2.0 Workshop
Exploring Web 2.0 in the classroom and beyond The aim of this workshop is to demonstrate the importance and relevance of Web 2.0 tools in the twenty-first century classroom as demonstrated by the research of individuals such as Marc J. Rosenberg, Curtis J. Bonk, Danah Boyd, Arthur Jue, Howard Rheingold, Lawrence Lessig and others. These(…)
Creative Imagery
Getting creative with digital photography and image processing Digital images can be utilised to tell a story and to pose a problem. This workshop will teach the participants how to create, process and manipulate digital images to meet their needs in teaching and learning. Imagery plays an important role in teaching and learning yet many(…)
Darcy Moore #ff
This week’s Friday Follow Twitter Interview is with the amazing Darcy Moore. He is a knowledgeable and innovative educator worthy of your attention.
Teaching too much stuff
It has been hot this week. Very hot. The first week back at school for our students. Each day the temperature has exceeded 30 degrees celsius. This afternoon it was siting on 34.5 degrees celsius during the afternoon from 1.30PM to 3.00PM. When the clock struck 3.30PM it was 35.4 degrees celsius. In Fahrenheit that(…)
Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling for Educators The aim of this workshop is to demonstrate the importance and relevance of storytelling in the twenty-first century as demonstrated by the research of individuals such as Donald Norman, Mark Turner and Daniel Pink. Memory is preserved and the dissemination of information enriched through the application of storytelling. [This work has(…)
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