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This is a very cool and fun video. The concept behind this is video is that the presenter has 5 minutes, 20 slides and 15 seconds per slide and you have to present your topic.
Well there is great potential for getting it wrong, but Chris Lehmann didn’t – he got it right! He speaks at [...]
Mel of Moodle Girl Fame posted this link on her blog as she reflected on the recent uLearn08 Conference.
Essentially this is a tactile approach to Google earth. Watch the video here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLconRxEyzc
Tactile Google Earth
I like google earth, its a great tool that suits visual learner well. This approach makes it a very good [...]
We are a global citizens in a global society where the distances are becoming smaller and smaller. The credit crunch has proven this fact as no one is untouched.
As global citizens and teachers of Global Citizens it is part of our duty to raise act on poverty and other global issues, that are now in [...]
Alan Turing was a British mathematician who in the 1950’s developed a test, the turing test, to prove if a machine was able to think. Essentially this is the test for Artificial Intelligence. Recently The turing test has been carried out as part of the Loebner Prize competition which is an annual competition for the [...]
This is an interesting interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach on Radio NZ after uLearn.
Its an interesting and insightful interview with Kim Hill. Well worth investing 10 minutes to listen to this talk. Sheryl speaks well and is a very articulate and honest speaker.
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20081011-0940-Sheryl_Nussbaum-Beach_digital_learning-048.mp3
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Looking back and reflecting on the conference has been fun. It was an enjoyable time, with good company interesting sessions and keynotes. Somethings did, however, stand out.
The power of networking.
I did enjoy and get benefit from each and every session I attended. Some where not what I had expected but they still had value. It [...]
Microsoft and FOSS (Free or Open Source Software) would often be regarded as mutually exclusive or perhaps a contradiction in terms, but occassionally you would be very wrong. Here are two examples that are interesting:
The first is MARVIN – http://www.marvin.com.au/
Marvin is a development from the agents (einstien and co) in MS apps. Developed by an [...]
About 12 hours ago when edublogs was going up and down like a yoyo, I sent an email to their support team. I knew they were busy with an upgrade and having issues with a server but I was after an update.
When I sent the email, I was not expecting a swift reply or a [...]
Charity begins at home and this is one of that seems interesting and appropriate for us as educators.
Steven Carden has mentioned this site which he supports in his keynote for ulkearn 08 – this is a great opportunity to make a difference at home. To support and provide education to students who would have had [...]
Well that was fun. This was my second presentation at uLearn08 and it was a fun one. I had a small group in a nice space (Christ College’s Library) to discuss 21st Century learning. The presentation is developed from a series of posts and an online presentation over the last six months. It covered:
The [...]
