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How many personas do you have?

December 19, 2007 – 7:07 am

It seems to me that one of the strange features of the new online social networking world is that we are constantly re-inventing ourselves. I have already spent quite a bit of time setting “myself” up on edna’s latest venture me.edu at http://me.edu.au. You can find me at http://me.edu.au/p/ksmith
I wasn’t very inventive with my identity/name- […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, community building, social networking, web 2.0, me.edu.au, myedna | Comments (2)

Why write a blog?

December 12, 2007 – 9:19 am

Came across this today: Common Craft’s Blogs in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
All about who makes the news - the differences between news in the 20th and 21st centuries. The sources of “news”, and how news can become a two-way street.

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, online technologies, community building, web 2.0 | Comments (0)

Edublog Award 2007 Finalists announced

November 26, 2007 – 1:22 pm

I have the greatest respect for the people who continue to serve up high quality blogs and this distilled list of the original 500+ nominations gives us some high standard exemplars.
http://edublogawards.com/edublog-awards-2007-finalists-announced 
And now I discover I know at least 5 of the nominees, so if I vote, the choice is very hard…

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, online technologies | Comments (1)

Blogs in education

October 15, 2007 – 12:53 pm

A Daytona Beach newspaper editorial column from a week ago was headed: Freedom of expression - Blogs are a limitless tool for educators and students.
Among other things the article says ” the day can’t be too far distant when blogs will (and perhaps should) be understood as an essential addition to education at all levels”.
The […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, future schooling | Comments (1)

Digital Chalkie

August 14, 2007 – 9:09 am

Digital Chalkie is an open group blog for Australian (and beyond) K-12 educators interested in the power of ICTs to enhance educational outcomes. Maintained by Paul Reid, and based in Western Australia, Digital Chalkie aims to allow geographically disparate Australian educators to collaborate beyond the closed and often very useful discussions that go on behind […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, Australian education, professional learning, networking, web 2.0 | Comments (2)

Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers

June 7, 2007 – 5:19 pm

Bryn Jones pointed me to this site through one of his occasional postings on his blog at http://brynjones.edublogs.org/feed/
Inspired talks has a wonderful range of speakers, videos to watch.  See http://www.ted.com/index.php/
The one that Bryn pointed to was Sir Ken Robinson who ‘makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, teaching and learning, lifelong learning, professional learning, learning environments, Ken Robinson, Jimmy Wales, creativity | Comments (1)

Establishing your online presence(s)

May 28, 2007 – 1:50 pm

I am interested in how people resolve the need for more than one online presence. As of last Saturday I now blog in 4 places. How did that come about? Well, apart from my life here at education.au limited I also participate in a professional association, CEGSA (Computers in Education Group of South Australia) and […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, communication tools, teaching and learning, online technologies, professional learning, learning environments, virtual environments | Comments (0)