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In the company of critical friends

May 2, 2008 – 5:50 pm

I have just spent 2 days with colleagues Pru Mitchell, Cecily Wright, and Kim Edgar delivering edna workshops in Brisbane. There were 60 people yesterday and just over 40 people today. The keynote speaker was QSITE ICT Leader of the year, Dr. Margaret Lloyd from QUT, and she hit just the right spot. Her topic […]

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Teachers going digital

April 10, 2008 – 5:24 pm

Since most of today’s students can appropriately be labeled as “Digital Learners”, why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?
Have you seen the Pay Attention video on Teacher Tube?
This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching.
At the edna […]

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What are you doing online?

March 31, 2008 – 2:23 pm

Check the video The Voices of Learning at http://www.learning2008.com/
One of the speakers, Don Tapscott, says, when asked what they were doing online, people were given 4 choices:

Working
Learning
Collaborating
or having fun?

The people being asked the question said the choices weren’t real - because they were all one and the same thing.
So what do you when you are […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, informal learning, lifelong learning, social networking, collaboration | Comments (0)

Engaging the other 80%

March 20, 2008 – 10:48 am

Figures I have recently heard from a number of sources, mainly anecdotally, is that if you look at any gaggle of educators in the Western world, engagement in using ICT tools is at about 20%. What is occupying a lot of attention is how to engage the other 80%.
One of the frustrations continues to be […]

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edna and me tour 2008

January 30, 2008 – 2:53 pm

Now is the time to register for edna and me workshops planned for the next few months across Australia.
Presented by a team of people, edna’s hands-on workshops provide training in the use of online services and collaborative tools. Each one day mini conference will include guest speakers, hands-on sessions and presentations about technologies transforming education. […]

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Where are we going in 2008 - edna workshops

January 4, 2008 – 9:06 am

This morning I was pointed by an article in the OLDaily (Stephen Downes) to Gary Woodill’s blog titled Ten Learning Technologies to Transform Training in 2008. Gary lists the technologies that he will attempt to make the focus of his 2008 workshops and webinars. The first that he lists is Technologies of collaboration. Gary thinks […]

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