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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Cloud Computing

October 21, 2008 – 11:27 am

The other day, in conversation, I realised that I really didn’t understand the term “cloud computing”. I thought I knew what it meant, nodded in what I hoped was a sage and knowledgeable way, but today I did some research to try to fill in some of the gaps in my understanding.
There’s a lot of […]

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We stood up

October 21, 2008 – 10:03 am

Last Friday here at education.au we participated in STAND UP 2008, a global campaign to draw attention to the need to honour the Millenium Development Goals.

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Millenium Development Goals - Reducing Poverty by half, 2000-2015

October 17, 2008 – 4:17 pm

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is being observed world wide today,  October 17.

Here at education.au we are making colleagues aware of the day by participating in STAND UP 2008 to break the Guinness World Record of over 43 million participants.
STAND UP 2008 and MAKE POVERTY HISTORY are part of the Global Call to […]

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Blog Action Day against Poverty, 15 October

October 15, 2008 – 11:25 am

Thanks to Carol Daunt for the alert about this day.
Today, October 15, bloggers unite to publish posts that discuss poverty in some way. By all posting on the same day we aim to change the conversation today, to raise awareness, start a global discussion and add momentum to an important cause. Blog Action Day is […]

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Blogs vs Wikis

October 15, 2008 – 7:37 am

Blogs are usually chronological documents often compared to a diary or journal, written daily, or at least regularly. Once you have posted to the blog you make only minor amendments.
When you want to blog on a new topic you create a new posting which is typically of the same format as your previous one. You […]

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Medieval Murder Mystery writer a guest on OzProjects

October 14, 2008 – 8:57 am

If you have any of Felicity Pulman’s Janna series, or Ghost Boy on your shelves, you might like to encourage staff and students to come into Beware of Books, an OzProjects book club at http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/course/view.php?id=27 where Felicity will be our guest next week Monday-Friday, 20-24 October
There are a number of things they can do at […]

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Performance, Learning, Creativity and Flocking

October 8, 2008 – 10:43 am

As I’ve remarked before one of the good things about conferences is that you get a chance to hear new people speak, as well as network with people.
The keynote speaker on the second day at the MoodleMoot that I attended last week was Erica McWilliam from the QUT Centre of Excellence. She is an Associate […]

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ACEC2008: ISTE honors those who make IT happen

October 2, 2008 – 5:44 pm

After Mitch Resnick’s opening keynote ACEC2008 was addressed by the assistant CEO of ISTE, Sarah Dunlophy.
Among other things she talked about “FiveWays to Connect & Transform”
1. Be a powerful advocate for change
2. Share your knowledge and passion
3. Showcase the diference you make
4. Dream big
5. Use the resources you have available to effect change
I guess for […]

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