This month long event in Singapore is always worth watching as it comes to an end. Catherine Williams and I shot this quick video today on iPhones, just in passing. Back in the 1960s I worked as a television camera operator. In those days the camera's we used were huge. Operating one was like … Continue reading #Singapore: the Festival of the Hungry Ghost
Category: web2.0
Field studies with 21st century digital tools: Part 3.1 the theory
As prior reading for this post it would be very useful to read two earlier posts of mine 'Field studies with 21st century digital tools: Part 1' and 'Field studies with 21st century digital tools: Part 2'. Some of the ideas I'm working with will be far clearer with this background reading. When I started to write … Continue reading Field studies with 21st century digital tools: Part 3.1 the theory
Pecha Kucha as an antidote to writers block #TMSydney
The second #TMSydney Virtual TeachMeet was held this past week with the theme “Let’s do the Time Warp!” The intention was to focus on what one would say to their first-year-teacher-self if they had the opportunity to travel back in time. The event itself drifted somewhat on to other equally important areas, but I managed … Continue reading Pecha Kucha as an antidote to writers block #TMSydney
Pandora, Australia’s Web Archive
This Blog is now archived by Pandora PANDORA, is Australia's Web Archive, a growing collection of Australian online publications, established initially by the National Library of Australia in 1996, and now built in collaboration with nine other Australian libraries and cultural collecting organisations.
Swimming with Maslow in the digiverse
Whenever I start to think about the digiverse I'm drawn to the analogy of water and swimming. Learning to swim is something children will do naturally, particularly if the element of fear is reduced or eliminated. Some believe that children should learn to swim while still infants. Certainly, in utero they had an affinity with … Continue reading Swimming with Maslow in the digiverse
Digital Dawns: Scoping out an idea for 1:1 laptop Project Based Learning
Recently I’ve been struggling with strategies for scaffolding project-based learning (PBL), for providing a clear structure that both students and colleagues could use. Venturing into the task of building laptop wraps was what first started me thinking about the nuts and bolts needed in the new digital PBL class room. After literally tossing and turning … Continue reading Digital Dawns: Scoping out an idea for 1:1 laptop Project Based Learning
Reflecting on #Pedagogical Implications of Technology and the #Digiverse
Imagining the future in the 1960s Back when I completed my Diploma in Education our lecturers invited us to think about the knowledge and skill sets embedded in current curricula. We were asked to reflect on just how appropriate they might be for the schools that we were about to enter and the children who … Continue reading Reflecting on #Pedagogical Implications of Technology and the #Digiverse
The #Ubud Experience: Returning to the #Village after 8 Years
The Ubud Experience Ubud Writers' Feastival is for many the comtemporarty face of Ubud. In successfully nurturing this event from infancy to it's present global standing Janet De Neefe has added another layer to way Ubud is understood. In former times Ubud was known as a special place set on a broad ridge above the … Continue reading The #Ubud Experience: Returning to the #Village after 8 Years
#Indonesia has 11.76 million #Facebook users, #Twitter is Growing #CNN relies on Web2 Growth
Chatting with a friend yesterday the conversation drifted to the rapid adoption of Facebook here in Indonesia. In 12 months to November 2009 the number of Facebook users reached 11.76 million, a 700% increase over the preceding 12 months to November 2008. These figures are based on a Nielsen ‘Online Global Customer Study’ published in … Continue reading #Indonesia has 11.76 million #Facebook users, #Twitter is Growing #CNN relies on Web2 Growth
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