Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Free live Web Events

Here is something else for free (I am SO good to you all!).
Edublogs now offers free live web events to support the education community.  Session topics will range from different aspects of blogging to using a range of web technologies and e-learning options.
You can sign up to be notified by email of the upcoming free [...]

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Can you afford not to use Photopeach?

Here is a tool you can afford.
Try using Photopeach as a FREE, quick and easy interactive video tool. It is a perfect tool for giving students the capacity to comment and contribute to your video, or make their own and share it.
In just a few quick steps you have a nice product:
1. Upload photos
2. Swap [...]

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Ada Lovelace Day today!

It is Ada Lovelace Day today. First, I have written my blog post about a woman who excels in technology.. Then I have a description and explanation of who Ada is and what Ada Lovelace Day is all about.
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My Ada Lovelace day submission
Today (24thof March 2009) would like to nominate Sue Waters for Ada Lovelace [...]

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Is technology making you dizzy?

Here is a fantastic video on the progression of information technology. With a world changing so fast, how do we hope to accommodate the up and coming generation/s if we don’t try to keep up with it ourselves? If you are getting left behind, I encourage you to take baby steps and try out some [...]

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Use Twitter to enhance your Personal Learning Network (PLN)

My first experience with Twitter was 2 years ago when I was working on a film crew with an amateur production of a movie called Elindil’s secret. We used Twitter to contact each other during pre-production and production phases. It soon became a social interaction. In the past 6 months I have realised the potential [...]

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

A Twitter reality check!

This reality check could lend itself to any Social Networking site, so if you don’t use Twitter, don’t think this post doesn’t apply to you!
I have been using Twitter for 2 years now. To start with it was to communicate with the movie crew I was working with, but now I find it invaluable for [...]

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

A career in elearning… is that for you?

Why am I re-directing my career path?
Firstly, yes… I am changing my place of employment from next Friday the 27th of Feb 2009. I will be working for Elearn Australia, after thoroughly enjoying my time at Swinburne Uni Victoria as a Senior Educator, with the Flexible Learning team. My new job will further enhance my [...]

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Developing creative Elearning material

At school I was often considered odd!
Well maybe I was/am…? I long suspected that in my childhood, certain abilities were seen as being more valuable than others for reasons that didn’t make sense. Thankfully, my mother understood my strange creative personality, as did the occasional teacher, although most didn’t! How do we develop our creativity [...]

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Slumdog millionaire e-portfolio theory

Have you watched the movie Slumdog millionaire? Those who have, may have drawn the same parallels as I have. Those who haven’t watched the movie, can read this blog and then go watch it. Before you ask… no, I don’t have shares in the movie!
For those who haven’t seen the movie, Slumdog Millionaire is the [...]

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

How to create your own iGoogle page

Now why would I want to do that?
You wouldn’t be the first person to ask that question! At first you might wonder about its use, but the more web features you use, the more useful it becomes.
iGoogle allows you to to choose the things that you find useful or fun on a web search page [...]