Just wanted to send out a quick thank you to all of those that attended my two sessions yesterday. My podcasting session saw about 50 or 60 people turn out. I wish the audio would have been better (go figure you need an audio connection for a podcast session) but all and all I think it went well. My second […]
After following the Blue Skunk blog for almost 18 months (as long as I’ve been blogging), I finally got to met the one and only Mr. Doug Johnson. I had two presentations of my own today so Doug’s was the only session I got to sit in on. He talked about having an IEP of technology use for teachers. I […]
Cross Posted at Techlearning.com I am in Bangkok, Thailand this week taking part in the 5th annual East Asia Regional Counsel of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) Teacher’s conference. Ian Jukes and Doug Johnson are here as well discussing the technology ideas with some 1700 international educators from around the region. Today was the first day of the conference and I have […]
After dragging my wife away from the beach, we’re back in Bangkok ready for the conference to begin tomorrow. I’m just putting the finishing touches on my wiki handout site (click the wiki link in the nav bar at the top) and making some final adjustments to the presentations. My first presentation tomorrow is on Podcasting, but in the list […]
It’s the usual rush as we leave for the airport in 30 minutes for Bangkok. 3 hours of sleep and my wife just getting out of the shower. By 5pm tonight I’ll be sitting here:So I’ll be disconnected for a few days before flying back to Bangkok for the EARCOS conference. I’ll be blogging a lot during the conference, so […]
Well I guess it is time to officially launch my podcasting site. I’ve been working on it for a couple weeks now off and on and tonight played around with it enough to give it a beta launch. I’m still playing with the theme and waiting for iTunes to accept the new site. But all and all I think it’s […]
It’s the day before Spring Break and so it’s relaxed here in the computer lab today. The student’s spent the first half of the period reading and commenting on student blogs from around the world. The second half I’ve allowed them ‘free time’ to explore and do a little research. – A student found this video which is now slowly […]
Since Monday all blogger blogs have been blocked by China. It was good knowing you all for the past 5 months while blogger has been unblocked. It became unblocked when Google switched over to the new system and changed the IP address on its blogger server. This week China decided to block it again. Don’t worry the RSS feeds still […]
This week at techlearning I’ve continued the conversation I started last week about the Problem with Blogs. After reading and reflecting on the comments left by others…I’ve updated my thinking on the subject and give further thought to some of the comments. Here’s a taste of the new image: Read the rest here. [tags]conversations, blogs, 21st Century Learning[/tags] Technorati Tags: […]
A great posting today on U Tech tips from Shaun McElroy on Classrooms as studios. Some great links to some great information. Let me give you a couple of hints:Everything movesErgonomics people, ergonomicsFlexible spacing1:1 computingwhere are the wires? Check out the whole post here. Worth your time to follow the links as well. I’m in the middle of it and […]