Been thinking a lot about my life (or lack of) over the past year and realized there was need to make serious adjustments to it. Why? Because for at least the past 4 years I’ve been working full time, flat out, while juggling two kids, a husband and coordinating household /baby sitting rosters.
So [...]
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Changes In My Work Life And What It Means
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My Edublogs Award Nominations for 2008!
There’s only a couple of days left to submit your Edublogs Award Nominations for 2008 — you only have until midnight November 30th.
And if you’re like me nominating is excruciating because so many amazing people have helped and supported me this year yet only one nomination is allowed for each category.
For me the most important [...]
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Subscribe To Our Calendar for Free Online PD!
Jo Hart (from C.Y O’Connor College of TAFE) and I have been running free online professional development every Friday since 31 October from 9-10 AM (Perth, Western Australia time). Anyone can join us and each week we cover different topics based on input from the participants.
This Friday’s topic is techniques for making Live Classrooms [...]
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Interested In FREE Online PD This Friday?
Interesting in joining us for some “hands on” online professional development this Friday? Free, online and ANYONE can attend!!!!
Jo Hart (from C.Y O’Connor College of TAFE) and I will be running online professional development this Friday 31 October from 9-10 AM (Western Australia time which is UTC/GMT +9 hours – check this time converter [...]
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Blog Action Day – Let’s Help Make A Difference!!!
Today, 15 October, is Blog Action Day where the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters are encouraged to post about the same issue on the same day. This year the theme is Poverty.
The hope is by starting a global discussion we can all help bring about both personal actions and a raised awareness for global [...]
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MY NEW Look! Do I Look Younger or Older?
Been feeling frustrated because my personal blog, Mobile Technology in TAFE, and The Edublogger look similar. Felt each blog needed it’s own unique feel so readers could easily tell them apart.
Then Anne Mirtschin commented that her third most ‘hit’ page/post is her ‘About page’. And my blogs? Second most ‘hit’ page/post on [...]
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Tags: blog makeover, blog theme
Learning Together By HELPING The Student blogging competition!
You’d think I’d know better after the 31 Days To Build A Better Blog and Comment Challenge but NO! Why? Because I know how much everyone benefits from these Challenges.
So when Miss Wyatt told me she had adapted the concept of these challenges to organised Blogging Competition specifically for student and class blogs I [...]
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Hazards Of The Job!
I’m not ‘afraid of no ghosts’!
But frogs living down the U-bend of the toilet at the fish farm we visit with our aquaculture students TOTALLY freak me out! For some odd reason the males just don’t seem to understand!
At least I don’t have to worry about students failing into the water and being eaten by [...]
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E-Learning in Aquaculture Training
I’ve been away since 31 July-7 August at two aquaculture conferences (in Queensland, Australia) where I got to network with other aquaculture educators and people from the aquaculture industry. The days were long but we all gained so much from networking.
The reason I was invited to AquaED (the aquaculture conference for educators) was to [...]
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Queensland Here I Come!
Being based in Western Australia I don’t get much opportunity to get out and about! So the good news is next week I’m going to be in Queensland for two Aquaculture conferences.
Trouble is — lets be honest here — there aren’t probably that many people in the aquaculture industry who are into blogging, podcasting, Web [...]
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- Thanks for dropping by my personal blog.
Here you'll catch me talking about elearning, Web 2.0 and technology while helping others.
You can also find me posting on The Edublogger, The Campus and WPMU.ORG
