Small but appetising – Bloggers’ Feast 2
July 26, 2008
This week a 2nd Bloggers’ Feast was organised. Unfortunately the turn out wasn’t as big as the last, but the company was great and the conversations fun and interesting. Jo McLeay organised the night and invited Andrew Churches whilst he was here in Melbourne visiting schools with his colleagues.
It was a great opportunity to catch up again with Jo, who inspires me with the work she is doing with her students. I learnt on the night, that Jo has been blogging with her students now for three years. Wow, that is fantastic and a what a great positive role model for those just starting out in the field. I know that I will be tapping into her experiences and expertise more this year.
Andrew was a pleasure to meet f2f for the first time. I have been chatting with Andrew on Twitter and via our blogs this year. I can’t remember exactly how long, but do know that his work on tweaking Blooms Taxonomy of Thinking into the Digital Blooms was what caught my attention in a big way. It supported the work I was doing in my region with helping schools integrate technology and providing some good example of high-level thinking and learning with technology (and not just for the sake of it). So wow, got to meet the guy who wrote it. Awesome. And a great fun guy too.
IWBs were brought up on several occasions. Both these educators have a lot to offer in their beliefs and practical knowledge in the use of the boards for ages P – 12. A great rubric was discussed that was created for the use of Interactive Whiteboards by Juliette Major (Education Services, Catholic Education Office of Canberra and Goulburn). This is certainly a way for teachers to self-reflect on their use and generate discussions in our (WMR Ultranet Team) IWB forum coming up this month.
An excellent night! Thanks Jo and Andrew 
Entry Filed under: 21st Century Skills,ICT,literacy,pedagogy,Web2.0. Posted in 21st Century Skills ,ICT ,literacy ,pedagogy ,Web2.0 Tags: AndrewChurches, bloggers, digital_blooms, feast, ICT, IWB, JoMcLeay, thinking.
3 Comments Add your own
Great to have you on board.
I’d just like for you to think of what theme you’d like to speak to ( twelve words or so ) and where here in your blog I could point to where you muse over that task
Could you also put this out over your networks that we are seeking other Presenters who are positively practically applying the use of ICT’s in education and related industries.
Your timing.
Your platform presentation ( or our sponsors can assist you )
Your theme – 12 words or so.
No keynotes. Open and networked.
http://mobilizethis.wikispaces.com
sigh!!!! Sometimes I wished that I lived in Melbourne. It would have been wonderful to be part of this feast but thanks for writing about it and keeping those of us who could not get there, informed!!
ps I did not know that Jo has been blogging for 3 years. What an innovative teacher she is!
Anne – We must have a bloggers’ feast in Canberra. A few of us will be there for the ACEC conference. Maybe we can start to organise something.
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed