Monthly Archives: May 2009
John Green at the State Library of Victoria
Amazed is how I would describe how I felt at today’s author talk. I kept thinking, the response from the audience is more like what you would expect for a rock star or a popular comedian. John Green, author of YA … Continue reading
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Tweeting from space – NASA on Twitter
Some time ago, when talking about Twitter, I mentioned an astronaut using Twitter to share his journey to space – @Astro_mike, or Mike Massimino, a NASA astronaut, mission specialist for STS-125. You can see Mike along with the rest … Continue reading
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Hitler freaks out over Comic Sans
With the recent public antipathy towards the font Comic Sans, I thought I’d share this video which made me laugh If you’re still in the mood for a laugh, you may want to check out Hitler has Vista problems.
Teach the child
Today I read Steve Shann’s recent blog post which I won’t try and fail to summarise. I welcomed the introspective, quiet depth of his post. After my recent focus on the promotion of technology – always as a way to … Continue reading
Power of the network
The last couple of days have been very interesting. I’d like to share what I have learned since I shared on this blog a discussion about favouring an external blog to an internal one. Above all, I learned that I … Continue reading
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School library blog – stay in or go out?
Recently I’ve moved my school library book review blog from an internal one within the school intranet (Sharepoint) to an external WordPress one. Just today I received an email from our Computer Systems Manager: Do you realise that by using … Continue reading
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16 habits of highly creative people
Most people would deny being creative. Have you noticed that? People who display obvious creativity, but who say, ‘Who me? I’m not creative!’ It’s the strange fallacy that in order to be creative you have to be good at drawing … Continue reading
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Creative alphabets
There are many things mulling about in my mind, none of them formed. To intersperse the hiatus with some activity, keeping in mind that variety is the spice of life, I’d like to share a blog post about ‘Creativity with … Continue reading
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Learning from a phone?
One of The Simpsons episodes shows us futuristic learning that can go wrong. Judy O’Connell gives us a more realistic idea of how technology can change teaching in her blog when she talks about the soon-to-be-released Educate: The Ultimate iPhone and iTouch … Continue reading
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Learning is a waste of time?
A day of conversations. Good to record these and then reflect and analyse. Firstly, a conversation with a Year 7 student who was ‘unable’ to do any work during English class because his laptop wasn’t working (note: he managed to remain … Continue reading
