Does anyone else find these extremely irritating and almost useless?I would appreciate some feedback.
I have just been approaced by a memeber of staff in a hurry who wishes to start her class off on Chapter One of a novel. The Chapter is twelve pages, and she does not have a hard copy of the text as yet.
We are permitted to print just four pages!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
The End of 23 Things
I have now concluded 23 Things.
My perceptions:
1 Beneficial as it increased communication amongst staff through blogging, especially for those working at remote campuses. It also opened up areas of common interest, and developed new competencies.
2 Creating and managing a blog was a good experience, though the blogs are compromised through being a combination of 23 Things comments and more serious contributions. It leads me to the idea of creating a blog on design related issues for the Faculty of Design.
3 The progress chart is inappropriate and created the impression of a competition, rather than a self regulated learning programme.
4 There was a lack of expertise in offering assistance with some of the tasks, as some of the team leaders are inexperienced in these tasks themselves and are doing them for the first time. This cheap type of "you can work it out for yourself" training has its limitations.
5 Given that in the times in which we find ourselves, we work in a highly structured, authoritarian bureaucracy where communication is strictly monitored to conform to the institution’s ethos, how does the relative freedom and creativity of blogging within an organization fit in? Are blogs going to be monitored or censored, and if they are, how effective can they be?
6 Some of the exercises highlight just how inane and worthless some of the new innovations are. Facebook stands out as one such shallow, vain and inappropriate development. As educators with a social responsibility we should not be endorsing technologies like this just because they are popular with young people.
My perceptions:
1 Beneficial as it increased communication amongst staff through blogging, especially for those working at remote campuses. It also opened up areas of common interest, and developed new competencies.
2 Creating and managing a blog was a good experience, though the blogs are compromised through being a combination of 23 Things comments and more serious contributions. It leads me to the idea of creating a blog on design related issues for the Faculty of Design.
3 The progress chart is inappropriate and created the impression of a competition, rather than a self regulated learning programme.
4 There was a lack of expertise in offering assistance with some of the tasks, as some of the team leaders are inexperienced in these tasks themselves and are doing them for the first time. This cheap type of "you can work it out for yourself" training has its limitations.
5 Given that in the times in which we find ourselves, we work in a highly structured, authoritarian bureaucracy where communication is strictly monitored to conform to the institution’s ethos, how does the relative freedom and creativity of blogging within an organization fit in? Are blogs going to be monitored or censored, and if they are, how effective can they be?
6 Some of the exercises highlight just how inane and worthless some of the new innovations are. Facebook stands out as one such shallow, vain and inappropriate development. As educators with a social responsibility we should not be endorsing technologies like this just because they are popular with young people.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Podcasts
I have subscribed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Special Exhibition podcast in New York and also to Philip Adams Late Night Live through the Google feed reader.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Libraries and YouTube
Books are not redundant after all. When we are finished with Living Libraries, we could move on to Library Dominoes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwihz7iZlx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwihz7iZlx0
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
24 Hour Megaswim for MS
As a member of the Glamourhead Sharks gay and lesbian swimming team I am participating in the continuous 24 hour swim to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. I participate in this event each year.
The 2008 Mega Swim will be held from 6:00 P.M. on Friday the 8th of February to 6:00 P.M. Saturday the 9th of February. The 24hr Mega Swim is a fun team event which raises money for Multiple Sclerosis Limited NSW/VIC "Go For Gold" Scholarship program. Each team is made up of no more than 15 swimmers and the team must have one of their team swimmers in the water throughout the entire 24 hours.
I will be swimming a 90 minute shift in the early hours of Saturday morning( like 2 am). Typically I would swim about 80 50 metre lengths in an hour averaging about 4 kilometres an hour, so I expect to cover six kilometres in 90 minutes. If you would like to sponsor me in this event or make a small donation to MS it would be greatly appreciated. I have a receipt book and all donations over $2 are allowable tax deductions.
Here is my page if you would like to sponsor me online:
http://mssociety.org.au/MegaSwim/Page.aspx?pid=238&srcid=239&frsid=317
Some of you may have noticed posters around the place for the Asia Pacific Outgames. This international event is being held in Melbourne at the end of this month for three days. I am part of the organizing committee for the three day swimming competition which is being held at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. I will mostly be on the pool deck organizing the event but hope to compete in a few events if possible.
The 2008 Mega Swim will be held from 6:00 P.M. on Friday the 8th of February to 6:00 P.M. Saturday the 9th of February. The 24hr Mega Swim is a fun team event which raises money for Multiple Sclerosis Limited NSW/VIC "Go For Gold" Scholarship program. Each team is made up of no more than 15 swimmers and the team must have one of their team swimmers in the water throughout the entire 24 hours.
I will be swimming a 90 minute shift in the early hours of Saturday morning( like 2 am). Typically I would swim about 80 50 metre lengths in an hour averaging about 4 kilometres an hour, so I expect to cover six kilometres in 90 minutes. If you would like to sponsor me in this event or make a small donation to MS it would be greatly appreciated. I have a receipt book and all donations over $2 are allowable tax deductions.
Here is my page if you would like to sponsor me online:
http://mssociety.org.au/MegaSwim/Page.aspx?pid=238&srcid=239&frsid=317
Some of you may have noticed posters around the place for the Asia Pacific Outgames. This international event is being held in Melbourne at the end of this month for three days. I am part of the organizing committee for the three day swimming competition which is being held at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. I will mostly be on the pool deck organizing the event but hope to compete in a few events if possible.
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