Yesterday I was fortunate to take part in a guided tour of Adam Elliot’s Claymation studio in St Kilda, Melbourne. For those who do not know Adam Elliot, he is the Oscar® winner for Best Animated Short Film, HARVIE KRUMPET, in 2004. HARVIE KRUMPET is a story about an ordinary man and his challenges through [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment January 26, 2008
Do we integrate technology or make it integral to learning? When I first returned to teaching after having my family leave of 8 years, I was blown away with the technology that surrounded me. I was working at a Navigator School and the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was expected, applauded and supported. [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments January 21, 2008
Over the last week I have been playing with Voki.com to create my own speaking avatar to embed into my blog or ning pages. The avatars can be customised by choosing the character heads, eyes, mouth and even make up! I chose my outfit and then changed my mind at least 10 times! This behaviour [...]
Continue Reading 19 comments January 19, 2008
Today I listened to a broadcast of EdTechTalk with a topic on RSS. Still feeling very new to many Web2.0 technologies I have spent a lot of time these holidays becoming more aware of the vast range available these days. I had heard about RSS feeds mid year in 2007 but really didn’t get it [...]
Continue Reading Add comment January 16, 2008
I’ve been on summer vacation now for 3 weeks and have had some wonderful learning happening in this time. Ever since I attended a workshop on blogs and wikis mid last year, I have been fascinated by the power of Web 2.0. Attending NavCon2k7 in September fuelled my curiosity even more when I listened to [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment January 12, 2008
Welcome to my new blog about learning. Here is where I am hoping to reflect and gather some great ideas that support my philosophy of where our education should be going. To me learning is not just about knowing stuff, but being part of a global world and being able to communicate, think and solve [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments January 5, 2008
