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It helps to have a hand from the top

Posted in Collaboration, Web 2.0, tagged Bernie Lloyd, blog, collaboration, community, deputy principal, Kevin Whitney, Kew High School on July 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I think I have mentioned that I’ve been working at Kew High School one day a week. It’s been 9 weeks now, and I’m happy and excited to play a small part in connecting the school community with transformative aspects of new technologies . It’s the ideal role for me – introducing Web 2.0 tools, [...]

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Who are you online?

Posted in 21st century learning, Digital citizenship, tagged digital citizenship, digital footprint, digital identity, google, online on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Photo by Will Lion on Flickr The first time I heard this was when Will Richardson spoke at a conference in Melbourne. I thought…. yeah, I suppose… but who looks anyway? I dunno… But then I looked at what a Google search said about me, and used links to my online stuff when applying for [...]

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Steve Wheeler explains Web 3.0 : The way forward?

Posted in 21st century learning, Web 3.0, tagged presentation, slideshow, Steve Wheeler, Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0 on July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I don’t know about you, but if someone asks me to explain the difference between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, I’m not sure if I do a great job. But this is brilliant – Well done, Steve Wheeler, for explaining the evolution of Web 3.0. Here’s the source of this presentation in Steve’s [...]

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Steampunk

Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Steampunk – the genre – has been around for a while, but has recently enjoyed a rebirth. What is Steampunk? In preparation for a class talk about Steampunk, I wrote this post.

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New tools for traditional skills

Posted in art, technology, tagged apps, art, David Kassan, finger painting, iPad, portrait on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I found this video in a blog post on Art in the real world. An Apple ipad live fingerpainting demo that David Kassan streamed live from my Brooklyn studio on Monday June 21st. 2010, The model sat for 3 hours as David painted and answered questions on how I use the iPad and the Brushes [...]

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Reading in a whole new way

Posted in 21st century learning, internet, teaching, technology, tagged change, hyperlinks, information, online, reading, teaching, thinking on July 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Photo courtesy of Darren Kuropatwa on Flickr in the group Great quotes about learning and change Debates about whether reading and writing are going to suffer in the digital age open up opportunities for reflection and discussion. I was interested to read the Smithsonian article Reading in a whole new way about the way that [...]

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Rest, recharge, and ready for another term!

Posted in Collaboration, creativity, Musing, reading, Teacher librarians, teaching, tagged concerts, critical thinking, David Levithan, exhibitions, holidays, John Green, Joyce Valenza, Melbourne Youth Orchestra, plans, school, teaching, term 3, Tim Burton, Will Grayson on July 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

National Gallery of Victoria (Städel exhibition) I don’t know how non-teachers survive with so few holidays. I’m not feeling guilty about teaching holidays though because that’s what I do, and I work hard, so if you’re not a teacher and feeling resentful, why don’t you do a teaching degree? Seriously. Teaching is one of the [...]

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Linchpin

Posted in Interesting, tagged artists, Education, leader, linchpin, Seth Godin on July 1, 2010 | 7 Comments »

I have been so touched and uplifted by people’s comments (on this blog and in person) following my heart-on-my-sleeve post after an unsuccessful job application. Thankyou to everyone for your extremely kind feedback. Today I was interested in a comment by Marie Coleman who called me a linchpin and asked if I’d read Seth Godin’s [...]

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