Monthly Archive for August, 2005

Frustration Levels Rising

Published on August 29, 2005 in Interactive Whiteboards and Uncategorized. Closed

Implementing new technology is not always easy -but, the teething problems will usually be worth it. Witness my current frustrations with our new ActivBoards. (Last one finally installed today-hooray!) See my link here to our team wiki, ActivBoarding for the full post.

Frustration Levels Rising (wiki version)

Published on August 26, 2005 in Interactive Whiteboards and Uncategorized. Closed

Team members will either be heartened or dismayed by my rising frustration with the install of the ActivBoards and their associated peripherals. The big issue is the way our laptops are communicating (or failing to) with the projectors. At present, only one team member, Suzanne, has a laptop that will get a display through to [...]

The ActivBoard Is In!

Published on August 22, 2005 in Digital Convergence, Interactive Whiteboards and Uncategorized. Closed

I’ve been a bit slack of late and I know that a blog is only as good as the contributions that are put in it. It’s nearly been a week since the ActivBoard has been installed in my classroom. It’s a first on a few levels – one, it is the first one of six [...]

The Magic Of RSS

Published on August 12, 2005 in Uncategorized and Web 2.0. Closed

Wow. Sitting here on a Friday afternoon at this three hour workshop with Yvonne @ tsof. There’s only about four of us here who actually come from schools – quite a few attendees from tsof itself. The workshop is all about RSS and how we as educators might be able to harness its power to [...]

Where To Begin?

Published on August 9, 2005 in Blogging and Uncategorized. 1 Comment

Wow, I’ve been trawling the web checking out blogs of an ICT educational bent and I don’t know where to start. I am very comfortable with ICT tools but I feel like everyone who is worth reading has been doing this stuff for a fair while already – so who will be interested in reading [...]

Activ Wiki Link

Published on August 8, 2005 in Web 2.0. Closed

My school is having 6 ActivBoards installed and the pioneering teachers need a ICT Learning Community where we can exchange ideas as they happen without the need for extra meetings. Check out the wiki I am proposing that we use at ActivBoarding

Introduction Day One

Published on August 8, 2005 in Uncategorized. Closed

I’m hoping that this blog will be a workspace that I can use as an evolutionary tool in my role as an ICT Coordinator here in a South Australian school. I have a number of key factors I want to keep a tab on via this blog so I’d appreciate any contact if you are [...]