http://blogs.educationau.edu.au//index.html Blogs at Education.AU Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:10:26 CST RSS and Atom in Action - PlanetTool In my experience of teaching history, Ancient Egypt was always a hit. I once found a choose-your-own-adventure style of web site, where visitors could explore a newly found tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Looking back now, it was very text based, although it had graphics, but some students really loved it. The Pew report titled [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/07/03/using-games-to-engage/ Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:01:25 CST Kerrie Smith 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 Games (MMOs, MMPORGs, MMOPRGs) like World of Warcraft would be banned under the new filtering regime currently being tested by the government relating to games classification and online games. I’ll admit [...] Second Life edauILU Educationau internet safety virtual worlds http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2009/07/02/second-life-to-be-banned-in-australia-lets-get-to-the-source/ Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:24:46 CST KerryJ 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 their way around this incredible and essential piece of transport infrastructure. The map itself has an interesting history - for an overview see [...] accessibility Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jleeson/2009/06/30/accessibility-can-we-do-better-than-the-mayor-of-london/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:22:18 CST Jerry Leeson 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 eportfolio agenda forward. During the conference Dr. Helen Barrett mentioned that reflection was at the heart and soul of eportfolios and this was a recurring theme throughout the [...] Educationau e-portfolio http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jleeson/2009/06/26/reflection-is-eportfolios-biggest-asset-is-its-biggest-problem/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:36:11 CST Jerry Leeson Twitter, one of the world’s fastest growing social networking/microblogging services, gets some good press and some bad press. It’s a timewaster, pointless, full of mundane 140 character tweets about what people had for breakfast, say some. Personally I love it. I’ve posted before about Twitter and now I’m totally completely in thrall (well at least [...] social networking Twitter SICTAS Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jmillea/2009/06/26/i-love-twitter-and-the-random-proximity-of-tweets/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:21:28 CST Jen The Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC) managed by the Australian Council for Computers in Education is the most important conference for Australian teachers who use computers in their teaching and learning, and isn’t that all of us these days? Held every 2 years, ACEC attracts a number of significant speakers and gives Australian educators the [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/06/26/acec2010-digital-diversity-call-for-papers/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:31:26 CST Kerrie Smith 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 graphics. It doesn’t allow for a large degree of avatar customisation or control over the environment. There are games one can play in parts of the site, but mostly there’s [...] ImmersiveLearningUnit edauILU Educationau virtual worlds http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2009/06/25/immersive-environments-what-are-they-good-for/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:06:29 CST KerryJ 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 terms cloud computing enables you to access software applications, hardware, data and computer processing power on the web, rather than loading software onto your own computer or school server. [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jmillea/2009/06/23/heading-into-the-cloud-cloud-computing-and-education/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:17:15 CST Jen 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 are a prerequisite for productive work and effective learning? People for whom technology is truly ubiquitous make no distinction between online friends and offline friends because they know that their online [...] collaboration Educationau online events virtual worlds http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2009/06/23/dis-connection/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:34:04 CST KerryJ After 10 years of successful experience getting disaffected young people to regain self confidence and engage in learning, the notschool.net team see three crucial underpinnings for their work. Simply it is providing the environment and support for young people so that they have freedom to learn what they like; when they like and; where they [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/gblack/2009/06/22/learning-from-notschoolnet/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:49:50 CST Greg Black Arnold Schwarzenegeer has signed an Executive Order in California is intended to tackle the digital divide, California’s competitiveness and leadership role in the US. Some interesting statistics were given to support the Executive Order. Less than half of Latinos (48%) have home computers, compared with about 86% for Whites, 84% for Asians, and 79% for Blacks. Only [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/gputland/2009/06/22/schwarzenegger-signs-digital-literacy-order-for-california/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:39:26 CST Putland Garry 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 TAFE lecturers, that seeks to clarify some questions I have in regard to the use of ICTs in teaching and learning. I just want to gather a quick [...] tertiary education Educationau teaching and learning http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/06/19/using-embedding-icts-in-australian-tertiary-education/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:09:51 CST Kerrie Smith 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 busy day that included interviews on ABC radio, nationally, in Adelaide, and in Canberra; an interview for ABC TV, an interview with The Australian newspaper, a presentation to the CEO and [...] Educationau notschool http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/06/18/notschool-in-the-media/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:07:07 CST Kerrie Smith A one day seminar to be held in Sydney on 11 September showcasing leading edge technology in education. Featuring speakers from * Apple * Microsoft * CISCO * Telstra MCEETYA Melbourne Declaration on educational goals for young Australians. ‘Globalisation and technological change are placing greater demands on education and skill development in Australia and the nature of jobs available to young Australians [...] 21C Learning Educationau Australian education teaching and learning eduauseminars http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/06/16/21st-century-learning-seminar-11-september/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:20:19 CST Kerrie Smith 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 yesterday’s post. I have come to the last question that I asked people in the Google docs survey a few weeks back. “Any other comment you’d like to make?” The focus in [...] twitter FaceBook Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/06/12/theres-always-room-for-other/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:41:01 CST Kerrie Smith