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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Domain name big bang solving lack of addresses?

June 30, 2008 – 9:56 am

Over the last few days I have seen this reported in newspapers and online (here’s a couple of online ones - ABC, ZDNet). The articles generally say that ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is set to remove restrictions on domain name suffixes. Currently we are restricted to suffixes that denote […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, IPv6 | Comments (1)

mashing up virtual worlds and interactive whiteboards

June 30, 2008 – 8:40 am

Every now and then you come across something that really inspires or impresses you. That’s what happened to me when I came across Edusim3d, an open source virtual world designed for use with classroom interactive whiteboards.
The best way to describe Edusim3d is simply to link to the video on their website and let it […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, Virtual Worlds, interactive whiteboards | Comments (2)

open source virtual world

June 19, 2008 – 8:45 am

At the VET eStandards Expert Group meeting yesterday there was an update on the four projects selected for the emerging technology trials. The one that I was really interested in is the trial Canberra Institute of Technology is doing on Virtual Worlds. The platform they have selected is Croquet, an open source development […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, Virtual Worlds | Comments (6)

ePortfolios - supporting lifelong learning

June 13, 2008 – 8:22 am

I had an opportunity to present at our ePortfolio Symposium the other day and gave a brief presentation on what form ePortfolios could take if we were to support them from a lifelong learning perspective. I think one of the challenges for many ePortfolio implementations is that they are bound to individual organisations rather […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, e-portfolio | Comments (0)

Have your say on the future of the Internet

June 6, 2008 – 2:46 pm

The OECD is having a Ministerial meeting in Seoul on June 17-18 on ‘the future of the Internet economy‘. Can’t afford to get on a plane and head over there to give your opinion? Well, they’re offering you the chance to have your say via YouTube. There is a YouTube channel inviting people […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, YouTube | Comments (0)

Social Media explained

June 3, 2008 – 8:53 am

Looking for ways to explain what social networking, Twitter, podcasting etc is all about?
Commoncraft do a great job of this with simple, cartoon like videos where they manipulate paper cutouts and a voice over using clear, plain English.
Here’s one on social media:

Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
CommonCraft offer a number of free […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, social networking, Twitter | Comments (1)