Shut my right index finger in the front door this morning… ouch… so don’t expect much in the way of typing today! ‘Firmer’ (?) and more!
Category Archives: General
Australia 140-3
OK, I may be an Aussie now (as well as…) but am cursing at each of Ponting’s hard worked runs… grrrr… come on en-ger-land. Update: 169-4 now, or should that be 4-169… am going to have to crash soon though, most annoying… a bit more ‘coming on’ would be great!
subverted links
email subscription plugin for WPvia infOpinions this looks like another pretty nifty subscribe by email plugin for WP… wonder how it compares with subscribe2… anyone?
2005 – 2006: The year of giving a blog
I’m embarked on a pretty ambitious project over at Blogsavvy to examine not just the different tools for providing blogs for users in multiple contexts but also to look at examples of these ranging from blogger to edublogs… and to come up with some conclusions about how his can best be done. This is partly …
elgg radio
Elgg radio has kicked off with a fascinating interview with George Siemens on, basically, how we should stop shunting old models / practices through new technologies. He uses the great comparison of how movies were initially filmed drama (I love me historical comparisons) and fields some pretty full on questions rather well indeed. You’ll be …
Fibreculture Journal – call for papers
Go write something for this! New media, networks and new pedagogies (2006) :: fibreculture :: has established itself as Australasia’s leading forum for discussion of internet theory, culture, and research. The Fibreculture Journal is a peer-reviewed journal that explores the issues and ideas of concern and interest to both the Fibreculture network and wider social …
The curriculum is the problem…
… hmmm, something tells me that I should spend more time that I’m about to on considering the free curriculum discussion from Wales>Reynolds>Downes>Reynolds>Downes. (reminds me of something Greg Ritter used to do… come back Greg… please!) Here’s my take… in 95% of cases curriculum is artificial, unhelpful and obstructive. Learning has in many contexts become …
300!
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Passed 250 over the weekend!
Wow… we passed 250 over the weekend which now gives us 254 edublogs. Not bad for a first week :) Personally I’ve just spent the last two days plumbing, tiling, painting and at Bunnings… so haven’t had a chance to do anything in terms of features… but have very sore hands and am not sure …
Gizmo
Gizmo looks interesting as a SIP based Skype alternative … is anyone using it? If you are and wanna try it out… my username is, as ever, jamesnfarmer