Monthly Archives: June 2010
TLs, expand your field of vision
Everything has changed since information became available to all on the internet. Not so much changed as exploded. When something explodes, it shatters into countless pieces which means the whole we used to know needs to be re-examined. Why are … Continue reading
When failure means growth
Photo courtesy of the State Library of New South Wales on flickr Today I found out that I didn’t get the teacher librarian position I’d recently applied for in a girls’ secondary school. Initially I was undecided about applying for … Continue reading
Filed under networking
Five Card Flickr – what a great lesson
Teaching is such an up and down thing. I always hesitate to say ‘teaching’ because I’m a teacher librarian, and we don’t teach the same way teachers teach. Our role is so diverse, and we are sometimes seen in the … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, flickr, Web 2.0, writing
Collaborate with an artist to write an online story – Storybird
This has been cross-posted from Storyteller. Thanks to Judith @brightideasblog for the Storybird tip. Storybird is a very easy way of creating an e-story using picture sets shared by various artists. It’s easy and it’s cool. This would be an … Continue reading
Filed under Collaboration, creativity, technology, Web 2.0, writing
Students speak about success of global project
As part of the evaluation of this project, I interviewed a few students to get their feedback. You have no idea how long it took me to convert the interviews to film and embed them in this blog. Sorry about … Continue reading
Filed under network literacy, networking, Social learning, Web 2.0, writing
Project reflection confirms the value of social learning
Recently, as I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been involved in a global project with two overseas schools (Finland and USA) within Flickr. Gradually my evaluation of each week’s outcomes have been written and cross-posted on this blog. Today I completed my … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, Social learning
The new language – it’s more than just smiley faces
I was just reading Silvia Tolisano’s post on her Langwitches blog about 21st century writing. My children (16, 18, 20) are writing more and more. Their friends do too… Probably not in the way some of you can imagine… nor … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, writing
How does my Art wiki grow
My art wiki is growing fat in places. I thought I’d point to the areas which have expanded the most in the hope of reaching Visual Arts teachers and students. The blogs page in Blogs and Nings has really expanded. … Continue reading
