Monthly Archives: July 2007

ePortfolios-DNA of PLEs

Posted on July 31, 2007 by

Graham Attwell’s captured a nice analogy in this paper- claiming that ePortfolios are the building blocks for PLEs (attribute to Serge Ravet). While ePortfolios might have a primary pedagogical purpose, I’d contend that PLEs have a broader purpose: to define … Continue reading →

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Blog success

Posted on July 29, 2007 by

Thinking about what makes successful web presence for education portals, has also led me to wondering what indicators make for successful social networking sites. Conventional metrics such as hits, time spent on site and unique visits are OK, but better … Continue reading →

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Net safety

Posted on July 29, 2007 by

Colleague Ian Mckee passed on this background briefing from ABCs radio national. Again the message is that we need to educate kids about Internet safety and not rely on filters to do the job. Kids are too savvy these days … Continue reading →

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Better than the real thing

Posted on July 22, 2007 by

Report in Saturdays SMH about the success of Facebook downunder. Interesting that Facebook is apparently becoming more popular with older more middle class users than the ‘youthful’ Youtube/MySpace. Which is ironic when our conservative Liberal Gov. is now saturating YouTube … Continue reading →

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Open access

Posted on July 20, 2007 by

Mike Seyfangs dump on his frustrations reporting on the CEGSA conference in South Australia, brings home the frustrations we are all experiencing regards the limitations of network access in education systems. Ironically Gerry Whites presentation (below) at the conference was … Continue reading →

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Folksonomies & tagging

Posted on July 18, 2007 by

Paper by Sarah Hayman for Edu.au (Australia) proposing a model for combining folksonomies with taxonomies. Basically the approach is to have user tags referencing /directed by a taxonomy. This will either be through a thesaurus or suggested term approach. I … Continue reading →

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Big Shifts

Posted on July 14, 2007 by

Finally got back to finishing Will Richardsons Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts & other powerful web tools. His ten shifts we need to make in teaching: Open content Many teachers/ 24/7 access The social collaborative construction of knowledge Teaching is conversation not … Continue reading →

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Handle in the wind

Posted on July 11, 2007 by

Inspiring story by Elissa Baxter in the Sydney Morning Herald recently, about a young African (Malawian) guy who left school at 14, built two wind generators with little formal assistance. His work got him an invitation to an international conference … Continue reading →

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Blog tiers

Posted on July 3, 2007 by

Just a quick observation before taking off for five days hols. There seem to be four tiers of bloggers: The occasional (set my blog up- now what next?) The feral (I just want to be heard) The earnest (topic related … Continue reading →

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Social Learning 2.0

Posted on July 1, 2007 by

Comprehensive overview of Web 2 (social learning 2) in the classroom from Terry Anderson’s presentation at this years Ed-Media in Vancouver.

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