Entries from April 2009

April 15, 2009

Final reflections

I am supposed to be reflecting on my aims for the SUNY technology in education course that’s just coming to an end.  When I look back at my original aims, and what I hoped to learn, here’s what I wrote:

How to use blogging/podcasting in the class room
How to use google docs effectively
How to be more [...]

April 15, 2009

EARCOS education

It’s been a while since I attended a regional conference, and having recently returned from ETC 09 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo, I am unsure why.  I was left with a very positive impression and enjoyed the whole experience.  Here are a few of the things I learned, or relearned.
My fellow teachers are an amazing [...]

April 6, 2009

Twitter update

So two weeks after signing up for Twitter, here are my thoughts.

Fantastic for procrastination from marking.
Superb for expanding my PLN.
Amazing for links to interesting, relevant, current and thought-provoking blog posts and articles on education.

I read this post about the different types of Twitterer.  I haven’t been using it long enough yet to decide which category [...]