Hi all
i'm confident now that i will be setting up a wiki for a class project next semester and will be encouraging each student to make a contribution to their understanding of the concept/or their approach to the first project for our Photographic Concepts class.
I'm really hoping that we will be able to generate continuous conversation and understanding around the topic "People in Everyday Situations". Will keep you posted re its progress, success or not!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Dim Dimmer
Hi Michael and Jim and anyone else who wants to play DimDim!
I've signed up and am ready to go when you want to try this tool out.
My DimDim ID is Gregory_Ackland
Look forward to testing this out.
I've signed up and am ready to go when you want to try this tool out.
My DimDim ID is Gregory_Ackland
Look forward to testing this out.
Friday, June 6, 2008
what am I doing?
I am a lost lamb in this course. I have a flickr pro account which I use to dump pictures from travel onto
see http://www.flickr.com/photos/tesswere/
My son and his beautiful girlfriend are arranging a wedding in Adelaide from Perth and so I have been sent out to take photoes of possible venues then dump them onto Flickr for them to see.
If I had more time I would organise them better. Am heading off to Ireland in a few weeks time and will have more photoes to upload so I should get my act together.....
Ill go and tag some now
cheers
Tess
see http://www.flickr.com/photos/tesswere/
My son and his beautiful girlfriend are arranging a wedding in Adelaide from Perth and so I have been sent out to take photoes of possible venues then dump them onto Flickr for them to see.
If I had more time I would organise them better. Am heading off to Ireland in a few weeks time and will have more photoes to upload so I should get my act together.....
Ill go and tag some now
cheers
Tess
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Social Software
Am I the only one still interested in the course content at this stage? Nobody appears to have tagged any photos other than Michael or myself...
Anyway - The whole course has been a real eye opener for me. I had vaguely been aware of Flickr and Delicious but had never had the inclination to investigate them too deeply. I guess I dismissed them as Facebook type tools used by pimply teenagers who prefer to hide behind monitors in preference to actual face to face communications.
I can now see the benefits of using something like Flickr in a training environment, simply by creating a unique tag to create a network. So simple when you know what tools are available.
Craig M
Anyway - The whole course has been a real eye opener for me. I had vaguely been aware of Flickr and Delicious but had never had the inclination to investigate them too deeply. I guess I dismissed them as Facebook type tools used by pimply teenagers who prefer to hide behind monitors in preference to actual face to face communications.
I can now see the benefits of using something like Flickr in a training environment, simply by creating a unique tag to create a network. So simple when you know what tools are available.
Craig M
Wikis - external students
I am thinking that I will definitely be investigating the use of a Wiki with my external spatial students. I am already trying to think of a GIS project where they can all contribute despite the fact that they are all over SA (and a couple interstate)!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Social software - Wikis
I think social software like wikis are going to revolutionise group learning. I love it!!! 
It makes it so easy to build material together. I've used wikis to collaboratively write papers and to develop the content for an online roleplay. As the project leader, I was able to put up the structure and people could go in and add their bit and then we could all edit .
We could quickly see the whole project emerging - so exciting.
Teachers could put up questions or areas for research and the group could record what they have found.
You could have debates - building the pros and cons.
Process writing would benefit - students could keep a record of their drafts as they work towards their final draft.
You could build F&As
Great for journaling.
Of course, there could be problems with people changing others work and there being resentment - perhaps there would need to be some norms established. I've not experienced that yet as the groups I've worked with so far have accepted that their contributions could be altered.
Well, there's a few ideas.
Ann
It makes it so easy to build material together. I've used wikis to collaboratively write papers and to develop the content for an online roleplay. As the project leader, I was able to put up the structure and people could go in and add their bit and then we could all edit .
We could quickly see the whole project emerging - so exciting.
Teachers could put up questions or areas for research and the group could record what they have found.
You could have debates - building the pros and cons.
Process writing would benefit - students could keep a record of their drafts as they work towards their final draft.
You could build F&As
Great for journaling.
Of course, there could be problems with people changing others work and there being resentment - perhaps there would need to be some norms established. I've not experienced that yet as the groups I've worked with so far have accepted that their contributions could be altered.
Well, there's a few ideas.
Ann
Monday, June 2, 2008
managing all the passwords
I have struggled in the past with managing my passwords for so many things. I have passwords for Banking, work photocopying, Ebay, accessing my phone accounts, all the plethora of online presences such as Flickr, Delicious, New Scientist, ABC, ASX etc etc etc
What do people do?
I try to have one standard one which I use most of the time and put some in my mobile phone as fake phone numbers. The one thing I have found works best for me is this........
I typed up a summary sheet of user names and passwords for things I need to remember. Rather than print and put in bag or purse.... I emailed to my online web address and files away under a folder called "important stuff". When I was overseas and had my bag stolen in Vancouver.....I logged online and had a heap of useful numbers etc. I even stored a scan of my passbook on there so I had everything at the ready.
But the big question is......is it secure to use online web interface in such a manner? It has saved me so many times and all I ever need to do is log on and it as all there.
Last count I had about 30 important links and passwords which i can not possibly remember at once.....
What do others do??
Monty the Mutt AKA Tess
What do people do?
I try to have one standard one which I use most of the time and put some in my mobile phone as fake phone numbers. The one thing I have found works best for me is this........
I typed up a summary sheet of user names and passwords for things I need to remember. Rather than print and put in bag or purse.... I emailed to my online web address and files away under a folder called "important stuff". When I was overseas and had my bag stolen in Vancouver.....I logged online and had a heap of useful numbers etc. I even stored a scan of my passbook on there so I had everything at the ready.
But the big question is......is it secure to use online web interface in such a manner? It has saved me so many times and all I ever need to do is log on and it as all there.
Last count I had about 30 important links and passwords which i can not possibly remember at once.....
What do others do??
Monty the Mutt AKA Tess
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