Thanks

Thanks everyone for making this subject so enjoyable. The Thursday night Elluminate/Skype sessions were fun and I have loved reading your blogs, your insights and knowledge sharing have been much appreciated.

I have become so addicted to social software, that I am worried that I won't be able to avoid the temptation of "2nd life" during the semester break - maybe I just need to get a 1st life to keep me away from my computer for a few weeks!



I have used google docs and spreadsheets to publish my report. You can find it at

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfv4zwrc_2ctfmkn

Totally Wired Teacher Awards

Anyone interested in entering the "Totally wired teacher" awards?

My Google alerts account has alerted me to this.

This July at the 2007 Ypulse Mashup in San Francisco, Yahoo! Teachers and the
George Lucas Educational Foundation will honor a teacher who has successfully
used social media (blogs, wikis, social networking, photo/video sharing or audio
groups) in the classroom.
The winner of the Totally Wired Teacher Award will
have successfully navigated their school ecosystem and overcome challenges from
parents and administrators in order to use technology, but because they
understand how students use social media outside of school, they have persevered
and worked collaboratively with students, ultimately sharing their insight and
knowledge with the larger teaching community.
If you, or a teacher you know
is Totally Wired, you can nominate them by sending and email along with why you
feel they are deserving to: Jim Daley at
Edutopia.

Go to http://mashup.ypulse.com/ for more details.

Instructional video

It has taken me some time to make my first "Instructional video". I spent quite some time trying to get "CamStudio" to work effectively on my computer, not sure if it is a problem with Vista but I couldn't find out how to get it to playback without static, so I used "Camtasia" instead. Camtasia is very similiar to CamStudio to operate the main difference is the price.


I also choose to upload my video How to TAFEVC onto Goggle video instead of YouTube because many staff at my workplace have "issues" with YouTube - although it is not yet outright banned (very difficult to do in a Tertiary Institute) it is highly discouraged. The finished product is still a bit rough in places but I am very proud of my first attempt.