My big(gest) lessons and reminders of 2011: The importance of doing what you love doing in your career. I never have or will regret joining Moodle HQ but I never have or will regret leaving Moodle HQ this year either. Thank you Martin & Moodle HQ. I love Moodle and its community but I am …
Category Archive: 2. Professional development
Resources and writings about professional development
Oct 06
Overschooled and undereducated
Yesterday, I read and keenly tweeted a link of a(nother) excellent post by Ira Socol (@irasocol) called ‘Schools That Matter‘. It’s vintage, eloquent Ira. A few replies later, I noted a link shared by Geoff Alemand (@scratchie, thanks mate) that pointed to an absolute gem, shared below. I borrow the post title from a book …
Mar 14
Ed-tech snake oil
A re-read of an old gem (Postman’s speech ‘Informing Ourselves to Death) and a brief conversation with @pcoutas at our local Sunday morning markets prompted me to note a few questions that just scream to be asked every time people talk about ed-tech tools and their use. What problem will use of [insert a tool] …
Jan 31
Nobody asks
Last week, I was invited to a high school as an ‘expert’ on using Moodle in the classroom. I had a series of 45-minute sessions to, as my brief read, ‘inspire’ each group of teachers (average size of about 15-20) over two days of PD to use their nice local Moodle & Mahara setup in …
Oct 07
Moodle Wizard?
Today, I have been closely following the #mpos10 Twitter tag from the 2010 Moodleposium in Canberra. The next best thing to being there (but then again, I get to ‘go’ to many sessions simultaneously…) This afternoon, I found an absolute gem that I just have to share – a course called ‘Translating Learning Outcomes in …
May 04
What makes a great Moodle course? Part 1 – What is a course?
What is a course? Introduction Reading Wikipedia like Britannica sucks. Reading Wikipedia like Wikipedia is mind-opening. Cory Doctorow (http://www.edge.org/discourse/digital_maoism.html) What is mind opening about reading Wikipedia? Click ‘Discussion’ on a popular or contentious Wikipedia entry and you’ll see. The history, variety of views, contributions, changes, updates, the links, the enormity of effort across even one …
Apr 22
Serious fun in Water!
The world of water: http://www.flickr.com/photos/snapr/484776493/ “Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” (Chinese proverb) At the start of this week, we opened Water! – a demo Moodle course designed to show not what Moodle can do but primarily what people can do with Moodle (while of …
Dec 23
The REAL 140 characters
Welcome to the brand new home of the old ‘Human’! (please adjust your subscription/links details, tell your friends too if you please, thanks). I am still messing around with layout, pages etc. but all in its good time. To celebrate the occasion at the end of an amazing year I sat in a pub one …
Dec 19
Catch-A-Teacher Day
It’s over! Our four day school Web 2.0 Expo extravaganza over the last few days of school year was largely (and I don’t use the word lightly) adjudged as ‘a success’, ‘eye opening’, ‘interesting’, ‘informative’, ‘fun’, ‘enjoyable’, ‘a bit crazy’, ‘unusual’ by a range of people around the school (eclectic and funky as our cover …
Dec 15
Through Web 2.0
Today, we kicked off a Web 2.0 Expo at our school with two main aims. The first one is to make staff and students see and reflect on the changes in online world that are rapidly transforming and building communities on and offline…and all with a slightly pointy educational bend (see clip below). The second …
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