April 2014 Blog Posts (23)

When I ask myself a question that interests me, then that leads me to seek my answers.

For many years I used the public library as my resource bank to investigate and explore.

There was a journey to the destination of finding a satisfactory answer to my questions.

Along the way I would often encounter other inspirational and informative materials.

They may have been in the books on the shelves beside the book the catalog…

Crossblogged from my blog Hynessight.  I am looking forward to the opportunity to present at the Google Summit in Auckland (29th and 30th April) about the many apps, add-ons and extensions to Google Drive and Chrome.  There are so many awesome extras that many GAFE (google apps for education) and even casual users of Google docs do…

An e-learning philosophy.…

All the projects will never be completed.

Even as one is done more spring up.

So the grand challenge of life is to just accept that there will always be more to do than time to do it.



Meanwhile I organize and prioritize the projects and tasks within each project.

Then I apply relaxed discipline to keep doing the most important ones one day at a time.

Plus I take great care to weave into the week…

Or if you need a little more Voicethread have this Getting started guide for educators, and this resource offers a pretty comprehensive 'how to' guide.…

Kia ora tātou,

With only a couple of days to the end of term, it is timely to reflect on all that you have celebrated and been challenged by in term one.  As you take a very well earned break take time to reflect on and celebrate the successes.  As you identify challenges take time to acknowledge these and record them to allow you to make the most of opportunities to network and collaborate with others who are working through similar challenges.  …

As I begin to share in this new space I am adding a link to my own blog...

http://annekcam.blogspot.co.nz/

As I work out what I will share here and share there... my online journey shall become clearer... 

A couple of weeks this call went out on twitter

Not only do I love helping out my friends +Annemarie Hyde and +Marnel van der Spuy, this was also an excellent…

The following was posted on a discussion forum I am a member of, and I felt that some of the findings challenged some of my assumptions, while other findings confirmed them :-) While the focus is on the tertiary sector it makes for interesting reading - especially when considering the parents and wider community of students:



"The Ministry of Education NZ has released…

The three words “What is art?” is a question that has puzzled and perplexed people for centuries.

There is clearly no simple or obvious answer. But I came across this video that gave me useful perspective.

Is there a difference between art and craft? - Laura Morelli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVdw60eCnJI

This is an important question for me as a writer. Each word has power. There is meaning…

Do you use Google Docs a lot? Were you desperate for track changes as a key thing that was missing for Google Docs? Well feel desperate no longer. Google track changes are now available.

Admittedly, they aren’t quite as…

Crossposted from VPLD

“Is graduate school right for me?”

That’s the question several college and university students will be asking themselves this spring as they prepare to get their Bachelor’s diplomas. So why would anyone consider going to graduate school?

With the…

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In the December 2013 …

Scott Hanselman has written a post, shared by the wonderful Glen Davis, with a wealth of ideas around how to manage your email...and your ever growing to do list. One of the…

Tom Prebble works mainly with the tertiary sector around strategic management for eLearning. I saw him present at a conference a couple…

Developing and managing your personal and professional power is critical if you are to make the most of the opportunities that come your way; more importantly, creating our own opportunities requires us to have an elegant understanding of the knowledge and skills that we wield, as well as the values that give our lives purpose and meaning.…