Second Life to be banned in Australia? Let’s get to the source.
Posted in KerryJ's Blog on Thu Jul 02 08:24:46 CST 2009. Permalink
Several people in the past few weeks have asked me about whether or not virtual worlds not classified by ACMA and/or Massively Multiplayer Online RolePlaying...
Accessibility - can we do better than the Tube Map?
Posted in Jerry's Blog on Tue Jun 30 05:22:18 CST 2009. Permalink
The London Tube Map is an iconic work of design. Every day of the year it probably helps many thousands of visitors to London and some locals as well navigate...
Reflection - is eportfolio’s biggest asset also its biggest problem?
Posted in Jerry's Blog on Fri Jun 26 15:36:11 CST 2009. Permalink
ePortfolio 2009 has run its course and participants from all over the world will start heading home hopefully filled with ideas and enthusiasm for moving the...
I love twitter and the random proximity of tweets
Posted in Jen Millea @ education.au on Fri Jun 26 11:21:28 CST 2009. Permalink
Twitter, one of the world’s fastest growing social networking/microblogging services, gets some good press and some bad press. It’s a timewaster,...
ACEC2010 - DiGITAL DiVERSITY - Call for Papers
Posted in Kerrie's Blog on Fri Jun 26 08:31:26 CST 2009. Permalink
The Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC) managed by the Australian Council for Computers in Education is the most important conference for...
Immersive environments - what are they good for?
Posted in KerryJ's Blog on Thu Jun 25 19:06:29 CST 2009. Permalink
131 million accounts and 12.1 million unique visits per month make Habbo Hotel the largest immersive environment on the planet. It doesn’t have the best...
Heading into the cloud: cloud computing and education
Posted in Jen Millea @ education.au on Tue Jun 23 14:17:15 CST 2009. Permalink
Cloud computing is another buzz word spilling into the education sector and IT press. What does it mean for a teacher, for education, for a school? In simple...
Dis-connection
Posted in KerryJ's Blog on Tue Jun 23 10:34:04 CST 2009. Permalink
Why do so many employers and educators cling to the belief that daily commutes to homogeneous environments with dress codes and dictated hardware and software...
Learning from notschool.net
Posted in Black Chat on Mon Jun 22 16:49:50 CST 2009. Permalink
After 10 years of successful experience getting disaffected young people to regain self confidence and engage in learning, the notschool.net team see three...
Schwarzenegger signs Digital Literacy Order for California
Posted in Garry's Blog on Mon Jun 22 13:39:26 CST 2009. Permalink
Arnold Schwarzenegeer has signed an Executive Order in California is intended to tackle the digital divide, California’s competitiveness and leadership...
Using & Embedding ICTs in Australian tertiary education
Posted in Kerrie's Blog on Fri Jun 19 10:09:51 CST 2009. Permalink
I am interested in creating a quick snapshot of the use of ICTS by tertiary lecturers. I have created a form on Google Docs aimed at Australian university or...
Notschool in the media
Posted in Kerrie's Blog on Thu Jun 18 17:07:07 CST 2009. Permalink
Jean Johnson and Jonny Dyer from notschool.net have been visiting Australian cities this week at the instigation of Education.au. Yesterday Jean and Jonny had a...
21st Century Learning seminar, 11 September
Posted in Kerrie's Blog on Tue Jun 16 12:20:19 CST 2009. Permalink
A one day seminar to be held in Sydney on 11 September showcasing leading edge technology in education. Featuring speakers from * Apple * Microsoft * CISCO *...
There’s always room for “other”
Posted in Kerrie's Blog on Fri Jun 12 11:41:01 CST 2009. Permalink
This blog “thread” is about Facebook and Twitter: access to them and use of them by educators, either on a personal or educational basis. See...
Twitter & Facebook - at work or not?
Posted in Kerrie's Blog on Thu Jun 11 11:17:38 CST 2009. Permalink
A sequel to yesterday’s posting about Social Networking Guidelines. I got a bit personal with Question 9 of the mini survey: “How do you honestly...
