Monthly Archive for July, 2012

Doing Something Worthwhile

At this moment in time, there are multiple options for anyone in the learning game. In my case: I could be writing a blog post (obviously). I could be tweeting other people’s links out to other people. I could be having a go at being part of a large, loosely connected group in a MOOC. [...]

PRC – A Limited South Australian Perspective

On Sunday night, John Evans tweeted out this query: Can any of my Aussie friends provide some feedback on the success of the Premier’s Reading Challenge initiative? ow.ly/cdsUE — John Evans (@joevans) July 13, 2012 I replied saying that I would get back to him with some insight as it was just as I was [...]

Quick Review – Program Or Be Programmed

I love reading, watching and listening to Douglas Rushkoff. I think he is one of the great minds of the last twenty years and he has amazing insight into popular culture and the way western society operates in general. I would describe him as a form of anthropologist as he studies human behaviour and in [...]

CEGSA2012 Presentation – Digital Content Meets Digital Literacy

Text and slides from today’s presentation. Unfortunately for my slide design which featured a growing mindmap, I presented on a LCD screen which made it difficult for delegates to see properly. So the embed from Slideshare here may not be much clearer – maybe download it and then read the text below in tandem to [...]

CEGSA 2012 – George And Tony

Going to a CEGSA conference is always a weird experience for me. It’s run by my local professional association on which I spent two years as a committee member  (where I don’t think that I contributed a great deal) so I know most of the people behind the scenes who work damn hard to put [...]

Tablet Fervour / Fever

In his keynote the other week at the ITL Masterclass, Greg Gebhardt made an obvious but often overlooked point – the iPad is only just over two years old. So many of the other popular Android tablets have an even shorter timespan since introduction. But the device has made a serious impact in Australian schools [...]