Monthly Archive for August, 2009

I’d Better Wrap These IWBNet09 Reflections Up

Published on August 29, 2009 in Conferences & PD, Interactive Whiteboards and Personal Reflections. 5 Comments

A week ago, I was still in sunny Sydney with my colleagues waiting to get some taxis out to the airport after the giant prize draw at the end of IWBNet09. My group did OK in that regard – one colleague won a year’s subscription to some form of software and another won a class [...]

IWBNet09 – John Short & Learning Games

Published on August 24, 2009 in Conferences & PD and Interactive Whiteboards. 4 Comments

Session summary: John’s forte was the development of Learning Games, based on Powerpoint and some more sophisticated Flash based content. He took attendees through some of the games including “Battle Of The Sexes” (useful only in co-ed schools), “Millionaire” and several others. He also talked through the use of these games as templates for students [...]

IWBNet09 – Some Initial Thoughts

Published on August 24, 2009 in Conferences & PD and Interactive Whiteboards. 2 Comments

I got back Saturday from the National IWB conference (referred to as IWBNet09 as the event is run by IWBNet) tired and glad to be back in quiet old Adelaide. I went with a group of colleagues from my school along with Dr. Trudy Sweeney and Cate Berden from Learning Technologies in DECS. Our main [...]

If The Plane Goes Down, At Least We Won’t Be Hungry

Published on August 22, 2009 in Personal Reflections. 1 Comment

Q: How can you tell if a plane is headed for Adelaide? A: There are nearly as many boxes of Krispy Kremes on board as passengers! Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/giveawayboy/382879098/

I Can’t Do This Alone

Published on August 12, 2009 in Future Directions and Inquiry. 2 Comments

I quite enjoyed the first day of training for the Intel Thinking With Technology course today. A small group of ten educators who are being trained to take this course back to their sites made for an engaging time as we whipped through the first two modules, led by our expert Senior Trainer Steve Nicholson. [...]

Where’s Your Internet Happy Box When You Need It?

Published on August 11, 2009 in Internet. 4 Comments

I might need one of these before the term is out. Thanks to Pearls Before Swine for allowing embeds.

Making Use Of The Space You’ve Got

Published on August 7, 2009 in Future Directions. 1 Comment

I’ve hanging around a few Nings of late and even kick started one to give some of my staff a first hand experience of social networking walled garden style. One that I’ve just joined recently is part of an online conference run by my education system and focussing on Learning Spaces. What I find interesting [...]