Category: Web 2.0

Twitter, Mobile Phones and Mark Pesce

Posted by | Published on June 30, 2019

…in the last six months, a lot of people in Australia have discovered Twitter – particularly those folks who, like myself, are interested in what’s […] 

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The Professional and the Personal

Posted by | Published on February 14, 2015

Back in 2008, Martin Weller’s video, A Twitter Love Song, captured the potential of social media to be the ‘sweet spot’, a kind of comfortable marriage of […] 

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Digital Citizenship & Flow

Posted by | Published on July 27, 2014

What percentage of students in Australian schools are explicitly taught digital citizenship skills? There are plenty of government sponsored projects that provide resources but how […] 

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A Post-Google Reader World

Posted by | Published on May 18, 2013

…the plan is to add more services you can choose from in the next weeks and months…* Sue Waters and Richard Byrne recently posted about alternatives […] 

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2012 Edublog Awards: Celebrating the Best of the Web

Posted by | Published on December 5, 2012

November has been so busy and I am embarrassed to admit that, for the first time in 5 years, I completely missed nominating bloggers for the 2012 […] 

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#iPhoneography

Posted by | Published on December 1, 2012

“The best camera is the one that’s with you.”   Chase Jarvis iPhoneography I really want to learn more about iPhoneography. This art of capturing images, […] 

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Digital Citizenship, Facebook and Schools

Posted by | Published on November 5, 2012

What is it to be a good digital citizen? How do schools effectively manage their online reputation and assist students to be safe? How does a […] 

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Teacher-Librarians

Posted by | Published on May 8, 2012

Thanks to Robyn Beyer and the organising committee of the Northern Sydney Regional Teacher-Librarian conference for kindly inviting me to present the keynote today. It was […] 

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AI MOOC (Guest Post)

Posted by | Published on February 4, 2012

My colleague, Andrew Walker, writes about his experience doing Stanford University’s AI course in a guest (and his first) blog post.   cc licensed ( […] 

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Connectivism and Connective Knowledge #CCK12

Posted by | Published on January 18, 2012

Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is an open online course that over 12 weeks explores the concepts of connectivism and connective knowledge and explore their application […] 

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Posted in Featured, Popular culture, Professional development, Web 2.0

The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages. Twitter […] 

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Posted in Education, Professional development

The narrative about learning at our school is changing and parents are increasingly in on the secret. Students are asking the question of their teachers: how do I learn how to […] 

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Posted in Education, Featured, Professional development, Web 2.0

Thanks to Prof. Steve Wheeler for his post about the ‘art of twitter’ and this slideshare below. All I need to know about Twitter I learned at kindergarten View more […] 

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