Working in an institution gave me foundations!
In a past life, (for 28 years) I worked in the disability field, more specifically, with people with intellectual disability and autism. In the late 1970’s I left school in the country, arrived in Melbourne and began work in at Kingsbury Training Centre, a new ‘forward thinking’ institution for [...]
Now that I have got your attention, I will change the heading to:
How to use Facebook safely
I have had 3 conversations this week with people who are ‘afraid of Facebook’ because:
They don’t want their identity stolen
They don’t want the world knowing their details
They think they will be robbed
They believe their children will be kidnapped (from [...]
Is your organisation pushing or pulling e-learning?
E-learning is in high demand, let’s face it, and teaching and learning organisations are under pressure to keep up with demand.
Are teachers willing to embrace e-learning, or is it a constant struggle or ‘push’ to develop the skills in technology required to create engaging e-learning resources?
Is your organisation recognising [...]
Marketing and recruitment campaigns run hot in this competitive world. Do we deliver to our students what we say we will or are they left feeling disappointed with their expectations unfulfilled?
Just recently, I made a decision which seemed exciting at the time, but unfortunately things didn’t work out as I expected. It has got me [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
