Sue Waters Blog

Baiting the Digital Hook to Build A Professional Learning Community!

June 21st, 2009 · 12 Comments

Last week I was invited to present on PLNs (personal learning networks) as part of Getting Connected 09 for The Australian Flexible Learning Frameworks.
As the conference targeted the VET sector I decided to take a different PLN approach and share how social networking tools can create communities of professionals, and students, that help each other.
Skills [...]

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Tags: Inspiring others to use Web 2.0 · Tips for Social networking · Working With Web 2.0 Tools

My Post On Facebook You’ve Been Waiting For

April 24th, 2008 · 20 Comments

Sorry I just can’t help myself.
For all those waiting for me to post my true thought on Facebook this video sums them all up but my words are a bit stronger. Perhaps not a good idea to show it to your kids .

Thanks to Alan Levine for sharing it from Suw Charman-Anderson [...]

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Tags: Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Educational Networking and Staying Out of My Face

January 31st, 2008 · 12 Comments

Allison Miller posts on Facebook and Social Networking (To Unblock Facebook or To Not Unblock Facebook? and Should Facebook be banned from Educational Institutes) and Michael Coghlan’s podcast on Should TAFE be Using Facebook has evoked really strong emotions. Photo by Bunch of Pants.
Lets Separate The Debate
My strongest belief is we must separate the [...]

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Tags: Tips for Social networking

Lets have fun with Facebook

July 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Did I mention that I was on holidays?
Yippee stay up late, get up late, get dressed late and …..fit in a bit of time online.
I am slowly starting “to get” the fun things you can do in Facebook.
FunWall
Frances introduced me to the FunWall application which lets you do creative things with photos that [...]

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Tags: Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Facebook + Sue = Assistance Required

June 25th, 2007 · No Comments

A week ago I posted that I had decided to persist with Twitter and Facebook because other people who I read are obviously getting them so hence they must be worth investigating. LOL some of them have contacted me and requested me to inform them when I “get it” so they can also “get it“. [...]

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Tags: Tips for Social networking · Working With Web 2.0 Tools

Giving it a try!

June 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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 – [...]

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Tags: All About Twitter · Working With Web 2.0 Tools