My obsession has now moved from no bullets allowed to no boring PowerPoint template can be used (calm – it only applies to me – so far). After giving Presentation 2.0 a try for my BarCamp session I could no longer live with the old way.
My obsessive personality is tiring. The good news [...]
Archives for June, 2007
No boring PowerPoint allowed!
Categorized in Tips fpr Better Presentations
Tags: Powerpoint, Presentation 2.0
Latest Statistics on Internet connection in Australia
The Australian Census results were released yesterday. Information for the census was gathered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on August 8, 2006 (every household in Australia had to complete the census on this night).
Results from the ABS media release on Household Internet connection is shown in the table below:
ABS reports that on [...]
Categorized in Working With Web 2.0 Tools
Tools for the mobile lecturer
The shift from classroom based delivery to workplace delivery and workforce development means VET lecturers will need tools to ensure greater mobility. I don’t believe that one size will fit all; individual preferences and varying workplace environments circumstances will need different solutions. However I do believe that you need to start by focusing [...]
Categorized in mlearning & mobile devices
Web 2.0 and LMS
At a recent LMS (e.g. Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle, Janson) day they discussed future directions for the company that involve integrating Web 2.0 features (such as wikis, blogs and ePortfolios) into their LMS; to focus on the student and community aspect of learning. I would expect most of the LMS companies will be working hard on [...]
Categorized in Working With Web 2.0 Tools
Importance of Staying Home
Lets see – at home. Can clean house? Wash dishes? Wash clothes? Do gardening? Or I join an Elluminate session and watch Philip facilitate an interactive online professional development (he shows the participants in the virtual classroom what to do then they have to do it on their computers e.g. set up their [...]
Categorized in Latest News & Updates
Tags: Elluminate
Twittering the day away
Well thanks to the help from friends, I have started “to get” Twitter . Thanks especially to Kate, Alex and Sean. We all know I needed another addiction – twitteraholic?
One criteria that I have mentioned in the past is the more intuitive an application the more likely I will use it – i.e. if [...]
Categorized in All About Twitter, Working With Web 2.0 Tools
Tags: Twitter
Giving it a try!
In my post on the Fickleness of Consumers and its implications I talked about the “Word of Mouth” by one of the most powerful reasons why I will give a Web 2.0 application a try. If I hear enough noise (e.g. people talking about them on blogs) I will give it a go – [...]
Categorized in All About Twitter, Working With Web 2.0 Tools
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