David Crystal – texts and tweets: myths and realities
Thanks to Ben Jones for alerting me to David Crystal’s recent talk. Like you, I have many of his books on my shelf and find his insights into language, especially the English language, sage. Read More
The first people I followed on twitter…
I have been tweeting for two years. I know many of you have been on twitter for much longer but it is amazing to think how fundamental to my day social media, especially twitter, has become in this relatively short period of time. The first person I followed was @mpesce who presented an interesting talk at an education.au conference and was very convincing about the potential of this newish microblogging site. I came home and joined, telling Kelli... Read More
11 more Australian Educators to follow on twitter
A year ago I posted 10 Australian Educators to follow on twitter and it is time to update that list with some more excellent tweeple. All of these learning professionals share their skills knowledge, contacts and enthusiasms generously. They have expertise between them in edtech, technology, leadership, librarianship, primary, English and Maths teaching In alphabetical order: Simon Borgert Jan Green Shani Hartley Stu Hasic Bianca Hewes Ben... Read More
Edublog Nominees: When You Have Some Time…
It really would be worth taking some time to explore the nominated blogs, wikis, tweeps, nings and educators nominated for Eddies this year. I intend to look at all of them during the holidays and reorganise my Google Reader to reflect my current interests. After reading Miguel Guhlin’s post it got me thinking about what is the point (or what is best) about the Edublog Awards. Here, in one great long list, is a huge collection of the resources... Read More
My TweetCloud
Over the last 3 months Over the last 12 months Huge 12 month Tweetcloud Like Wordle, Tweetcloud is a great representation of what’s been on my tweeting mind. Read More
Screencast Tour of Twitter Lists
Thanks to Steve Wheeler for alerting me to this screencast. Read More
Risk, Fear and Paranoia: Perspective, People!
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” Source This short talk explores the heart of the matter of change, for us, working as learning professionals, as we attempt to enjoy the benefits of technology happily. I suggest you take particular note of the ‘three pillars’ Stilgherrian recounts. I agree that this outlook is of fundamental importance. Find the transcript at Stilgherrian‘s... Read More
Reflections on the NSW Deputy Principals' Annual Conference '09
I have been critical of the last couple of DP conferences but found this year’s event in the Hunter Valley a much more satisfying experience. The venue and facilities were spacious, salubrious and the wireless connectivity good. The mood was very positive in all respects. The keynotes were mostly excellent but what made a difference, for me, was the quality of the opening keynote by Mark Treadwell. He framed the conference with an intellectually... Read More
Developing a PLN #IWBNET09 Presentation
Twitter: The Movie
Another, quite accurate skit, about your favourite web 2.0 technology: Read More
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