'PLN Yourself'
Last year @suewaters collected some great data on PLNs which assisted her to build this ‘PLN Yourself’ wiki. Sue’s work has helped many, including myself, to inservice colleagues and grow our networks. Please help Sue Waters to collect data on the tools that assist our PLNs. Read More
Connectivism: A Vision for Education
Connectivism & Connective Knowledge #CCK09
This week, like many learning professionals around the globe, I commenced an online course to disrupt all online courses, Connectivism & Connective Knowledge. The #CCK09 MOODLE has many resources and you can drop by and read all the participant introductions. ‘Connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks’. After... Read More
A Teacher's Guide to Web 2.0
Courtesy of @TonySearl Read More
Developing a PLN #IWBNET09 Presentation
The Best School Websites
Q: What’s the best school website you know? Please send! I’ll collate and do a blog post. Cheers I asked the above question of my PLN on Twitter and what follows is the complete list of all school websites tweeted or emailed in response. Thanks to everyone who responded and/or retweeted. I’ve decided to break these sites into three groups: local, Australian and international for ease of reference. Do we have a representative sample... Read More
A Brave New World-Wide-Web
David Truss created this great, inspirational video last year. Read More
Learning Professionals to Follow on Twitter
Check out this list, 100 Featured Learning Professionals Online . ‘Learning Professionals’, I really like the way Jane Hart has described ‘educators’ to follow on Twitter. Wonder how other people feel about the description? I am going to work my way through Jane’s list and find some new people to ‘follow’. Who is new, to you, for you to ‘follow’? Read More
The Best of 1:1 Advice
Here’s the cream of the 100s of replies from my PLN, you folks, for a 4 minute - ‘best of 1: 1′ laptop suggestions - video. 1:1 PLN Advice Read More
10 things 'a school' can do in preparation for 1:1 (laptops) in classrooms
This is the third post in a series. You may wish to read the first and second posts concerned with what a teacher and faculty can do in preparation for 1:1 too. 10 things ‘a school’ can do in preparation for 1:1 (laptops) in classrooms: 1. Funding- expectations of a champagne experience from a beer budget tend to fizzle when the reality sets in. The state is providing machines and some training/support but it will not be enough.... Read More
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