Monthly Archive for October, 2006

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Losing Traction

Published on October 11, 2006 in Staff Training and Web 2.0. 2 Comments

Maybe in order for the Web 2.0 in Education tipping point to happen, those of us at the sparsely populated end need to jump up and down a bit to get the platform moving! I just found out that a workshop I had planned and offered for teachers here in Adelaide has been cancelled due [...]

Web 2.0 Tipping Point For Education

Published on October 5, 2006 in Web 2.0. 3 Comments

Playing around with Photoshop tonight using an idea from a book I’m reading at odd moments during the holiday break, Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point.” Is the tipping point for widespread recognition of web2 technologies in education far off or are we lacking the necessary epidemic conditions?

Why IWB’s Struggle For Credibility

Published on October 4, 2006 in Interactive Whiteboards. 6 Comments

Just a thought I had the other day when pondering the immediate future of our Interactive Whiteboard program – maybe the reason the IWB tool gathers a lot of scepticism and criticism is that unlike other new technologies like mobile phones, PDA’s, mp3 players, laptops, digital cameras and DVD players, it isn’t really used at [...]

The Law (And Education) Can’t Keep Up With Technology

Published on October 2, 2006 in Future Directions and Web 2.0. 4 Comments

At the Web2Showcase the other week, Mike Seyfang wanted to show an online clip from our national broadcaster but the permissions clearance didn’t come through in time for his part of the presentation. That led to a short discussion about the fact that the law cannot keep up with technology any more – the remix [...]