Do ya like the piccie :) Here’s the article! And for a limited time it looks like I’m on their Higher Ed Homepage.
“A LOT of people spend a lot more than $US3000 a year on their hobbies,” James Farmer says, laughing.
His hobby may be better described as a quasi-religious quest: he preaches a gospel of interactive learning.
At his web portal, edublogs.org, teachers and students can set up free blogs using WordPress, an open-source tool…. [read the rest]
Interesting article. $3,000 a year is a lot for a hobby, but I know I’ve done that in the past for photography and come close with all my internet, computer, and tech purchases.
Congrats on the article James. edublogs.org has made amazing progress in a short space of time and I’m sure it’s only going to improve. Yeah, nice pic too!
congrats mate! turning 30 AND getting your photo in the paper. Shit, i had TWINS the week I turned 30. You got it good. :-)
Congratulations James - both on the article and on turning 30 (I’ve got the big 4 - 0 to look forward to this year myself). I for one am extremely grateful for the opportunities you have given to all of us here a edublogs.org. BTW, will Weblogg-Ed be one of the featured blogs - being the new blog on the block here, we’d all want Will to get off to a good start and get a subscriber or two.
heh, yeh, he really needs the readers ;)
A local celebrity, and an official national citizen - liking your style, loving your work!
[...] Here is where I like to take the opportunity to thank James Farmer for developing Edublogs. As a University Student who is studying Human Resource Development, I find this tool especially useful in helping student’s metacognition - helping them to learn how to learn by providing a platform for reflection. Like the what the Australian article says, Edublogs helps students like myself to share information and sources that may be helpful in completing our assignments. [...]