Category Archives: Blogs

Returning to the blog

Posted on November 15, 2011 by thand

After a year feeling too uninspired to keep contributing to the existing blog, this is a fresh start. Having recently left NSW DEC to enjoy some time off and become a house dad, I’ve realised how much I miss contributing … Continue reading →

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Adoption of new technologies

Posted on May 2, 2010 by thand

With the release of BlogED into its second month, we are quickly trying to assess its uptake. Since April 25, over 6 000 teachers now have been provisioned , and over 24% have actively built a blog. The rate of uptake … Continue reading →

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Demise of the Blog?

Posted on February 23, 2010 by thand

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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Sustaining narratives for the news age

Posted on June 15, 2009 by thand

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 →

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Need for an LMS?

Posted on May 31, 2009 by thand

Darcy More’s post  on 10 things schools can do to facilitate  implementation of L4L, makes the comment that Moodle for schools is a key strategy. The DET  learning tools applications admittedly have been a little slow to emerge (blog only now … Continue reading →

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Blogs in the institution

Posted on March 21, 2009 by thand

On the eve of trialling blogs in NSW DET, I’m wondering after many years of using traditional communications tools (forums, emails, listservs) , what the uptake will be. The use of traditional CMCs has been largely confined to teachers administrative and … Continue reading →

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CoPs- Behaviours

Posted on June 28, 2008 by thand

John Smiths diagram [below]-(part of a new book on CoPs authored with Nancy White & Etienne Wegner), to be soon released– looks at the vital behavours of CoPs. The aspects that intrigues me are the open ended conversations, I’m not … Continue reading →

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