eLearning Services at the Queensland Department of Education and Training has made ‘virtual classroom’ spaces available for students where the floods have disrupted normal classes.Maths, English & Science materials are provided, including:Resources – self-paced digital learning resources by year level Activities – self-paced structured lessons by year level Programs – Original post
About a week after I put out an open research request to help collect a list of participatory politicians, I remembered a post of mine from way back when that provides a great example of the kind of activity I’m looking for. This came up during the June 2005 ODDC face-to-face meeting on “Deepening OnlineRead… Read more »
The Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberra is taking place in the Teaching and Learning Commons at University of Canberra. This is a newly opened facility in Building One of the unviersity, just above the refurbished refectory.The learning space is a mezzanine, allowing the students to look down at what is happening in the refectory. ARead… Read more »
The second session at Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberrais on “Wikis for Education”. This is a topic I did not think I knew much about, but realised I had run two courses were I got the students to edit the Wikipedia, one is 2007 was Writing for the Web for Local Government and the otherRead… Read more »
The first session at Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberrais on “Wiki Culture”. Some issues discussed were the dominance of Wikipedia, resulting in culture ways online. Original post
Greetings from Recent Changes Camp 2011: Canberraat the University of Canberra, an informal symposium on anything to do with Wikis. There are 21 of us at the event. About a third are from the university, most of the others are from other Canberra universities. There are also some from interstate and overseas.We are in theRead… Read more »
I normally don’t post too much on the latest happenings in the world of technology products. I’m honored to work for HP and be constantly surrounded by the latest and greatest products out there, but most of the time it’s more interesting to use those products to write about other issues facing the governmentRead… Read more »
Mark Valentine (Chevy Chase, MD) — After a long period of popularity, there has been a recent backlash against the use of PowerPoint for communication within the government, particularly at the Pentagon and within the U.S. national security and intelligence community. However, focusing on the software as the cause of communications breakdown is merely aRead… Read more »
Tweet Doctor King I will be a bit quiet for a bit. But, an incredible woman sent these quotes to me, and I thought their words were much more fitting than anything I could say right now. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so weRead… Read more »
At first glance this may not look like a useful tool, but many of you can scan it with your smart phone or other device and pull up the contact information for the Arcadia Police Department. The Department address, phone number, website, and even our Twitter tag are listed in the code. Known as aRead… Read more »