Category Archives: Social networking

Yammering

Posted on June 29, 2010 by

Nearing  2,200 members on the NSW DET Yammer community its undoubtedly the most subscribed (and active)  professional online network in NSW DET.   So I thought it might be timely to look at emerging patterns of use and engagement. Sampling the … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, CoPs, Informal learning, knowledge, Leadership, Social networking | 8 Comments

Demise of the Blog?

Posted on February 23, 2010 by

A senior colleague often ranted years ago about the death of blogs- (he was always one to bury something when a new fad bit) Andrew Keen and Alan Levines recent comments on blogs, suggest  personal blogs might be dying- like Alan … Continue reading →

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Predictions for DET 2010-joining the dots

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

The  2010 IT predictions  are in, with many hot favourites including: Cloud computing, OER, Mobile devices and virtualisation (including gesture based interfaces).  And of course the Gartner and Horizon reports are always  grounded  and set the script for  the IT … Continue reading →

Posted in access, blogging, education, innovation, platform, policy, predictions, Repositories, Social networking, Wikis | 3 Comments

BlogEd

Posted on October 7, 2009 by

The DET blog (BlogEd) is nearing full release – dates to be confirmed for Term 4. Below I’ve summarised key features which differentiate it from any ‘open’ blog. I’ll post a slide show after the hols.

Posted in blogging, Change mangement, Communities, CoPs, Cybersafety, Internet safety, Opensource, Social networking | 26 Comments

Sustaining narratives for the news age

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

The planets seemed to align lately with a few converging themes in relation to boredom thresholds and the atomisation of information. Harry Lewis voice at Googalization of Everything- ‘The factoids are not just instant; they are atomic. We keep e-mails … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, Blogs, Commentries, Communities, digital natives, information organising, knowledge, literacies, Net Gen, predictions, Social networking, Web2, Wikis | Leave a comment

Week one…

Posted on May 10, 2009 by

Following our launch of the DET blog trial last week, time to take a moment to reflect on a number of break throughs which have occurred in achieving this. For some it might be a ‘so what’ just another blogging … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, Opensource, Social networking, Web2 | 12 Comments

MySpace cadets sliding into addiction

Posted on April 4, 2009 by

Miranda Devine’s reminder of the perils of technology (SMH April 4) are  timely, given the announcement this week of the $150 million schools laptop rollout. Just as TV did to a generation of children (myself included), we need to ward … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentries, digital natives, education, Internet safety, knowledge, literacies, Net Gen, Social networking | 2 Comments

Real voices for cybersafety

Posted on February 15, 2009 by

After skimming another task force report (Harvard Law school) on cybersafety - I’m reminded how fresh and insightful Tom Woods comments are on the issue. Tom caused a stir two years ago when he was all of 16, and ‘hacked’ into the … Continue reading →

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Loos or Laptops

Posted on December 6, 2008 by

The announcement from last weekends COAG meeting on the roll out of laptops for NSW public schools, has produced a frenzy of comments in the media. While most letters to the ditor raised the inevitable- ‘why can’t the money be … Continue reading →

Posted in education, Public schools, schooling, Social networking | 2 Comments

Cyberbullying

Posted on October 24, 2008 by

After witnessing an incident with my daughter recently, and a mounting interest in this at work-the paper (thanks Jane) was timely.  ‘Confronting the Pedagogical Challenge of Cyber Safety’  highlights the paucity of empirical studies in educational contexts (‘pedagogical’ bit strong here). The … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Naztis

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

In a weak moment almost found myself agreeing with Miranda Devine’s piece SMH. Her article starts off well enough talking about how we crowd our day with processing data streams, and how Barack  Obama and Paul Keating have implored us to … Continue reading →

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Boomer exposed

Posted on September 7, 2008 by

Picked up on Rebecca’s blog, a swipe at my ‘old ways’… a href=”http://beckysextrablog.blogspot.com/2008/08/oh-nooooo-web-20.html”>Oh NOOOOO… Web 2.0!</ While surfing through the internet, I tripped over this. Tim, the Boomer-age author, is commenting on the Net Gen use of YouTube and suggests … Continue reading →

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Mind over matter

Posted on August 26, 2008 by

Todays Edu.au seminar with Professor Martin Westwell Martin (Director Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century ). Below I’ve taken some of the main points of interest – Teachers are asked to be experts in everything. Whereas in … Continue reading →

Posted in eLearning, Informal learning, information organising, schooling, Social networking, Teacher | 3 Comments

The problem with sharing

Posted on August 18, 2008 by

One of the biggest issues we face in collaborative learning is the problem of sharing. Jerry Leeson recently put me onto Julita Vassileva’s work in relation to communities of sharing. Her work in relation to the development of a social … Continue reading →

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Pondering PLEs

Posted on July 27, 2008 by

Scott Leslies post on PLEs is a good collation of the elements he has observed when looking at  other PLEs.  Scott’s PLE Wiki is a handy reference point for some of the best representations and thinking in this area. The mistake made … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, ePortfolio, Informal learning, knowledge, PLE, Social networking, Web2, Wikis | 1 Comment

More Shift happens

Posted on July 3, 2008 by

I know these are popular at the moment but this latest version is neat    

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Blogs and Leadership

Posted on June 15, 2008 by

Often wondered how blogs and leadership interact. Abi Signorelli recently comments on how she has seen the effects blogs have had on  internal leadership. Witnessing the build of trust in her own workplace, and regard/notoriety for many of the senior … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, innovation, Leadership, management, Social networking, Web2 | 1 Comment

Static Learning Objects?

Posted on June 10, 2008 by

Paul Reids piece  (Digital Chalkies) taking a swipe at LO implemenations such as TLF, has sparked a running debate. The comments represent ‘where are we at’ X section of opinion on the worth of LOs (and associated implementation) and what constitutes … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentries, education, eLearning, Learning Design, Learning objects, open content, Social networking, Web2 | 1 Comment

Tools of the trade

Posted on June 2, 2008 by

New breed of Web 2 learning tools are appearing such as XTimeline (thanks Chris O’Neal). These I’d call conceptual mapping tools- rather than cognitive tools.  Xtimeline is a collaborative widget for creating, sharing & ranking timelines. I’d be interested in what … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia recognised as a text

Posted on May 29, 2008 by

Australian first-NSW HSC students will from next year be able to take a course in studying Wikipedia, as part of the English Syllabus (SMH report). Hopefully my kids schools will no longer send notes home every year advisng not to … Continue reading →

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Wait’n for the revolution

Posted on May 27, 2008 by

A recent seminar on our DER left me wondering (again) how many times I’ve sat through expositions of the wonders of Web2.0 , and how our schools are failing to engage students with technologies of the street. Over the years … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentries, education, Informal learning, innovation, Net Gen, professional development, schooling, Social networking, Web2 | 1 Comment

Business of education

Posted on May 11, 2008 by

The recent TAFE:Doing Business in  the C21  possibly highlights the contradictions in  our approach to education. The paper espouses the need for a competitive environment- students are referred to as clients and the title of the doc says it all- not about education but doing … Continue reading →

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