Hi Jacinta
Thanks for the invitation! I was very impressed by the wide variety of experience in the teaching and learning fields that you describe in your introduction and look forward to sharing ideas with you!
Hi Jacinta,
I look forward to reading more of your posts and learning more about social networking in Australia. It sounds like the US and Australia are having a similar reaction to social networks.
Thank you for your message on my wall and for the links. Great blog - I am puzzled by your news widget on top, though: it gives me the news in Italian.
Did you program it this way or is it once more Google's patronizing habit of deciding that Italian should be my default language for the sole reason that it is my browser's ?
A URL update from Jacinta - thanks Claude:)
My blog link is in fact http://socialnetrockstrue.blogspot.com/
I do apologise, I was having a play in ning sometime ago and forgot to change it.
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework has undergone updates and the URL is http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/go
Thank you for the invitation, Jacinta - could you check the links to your blogspot.com blog, please? It gives me a page not found and I would like to read it. There is also a glitch with the link to "Australian Flexible Learning Framework", but there it's enough to cut the things that precede www.
Hey Jacinta :-)
Thanks for the comment. I'm actually engaged in a course at Uni called 'e.Learning Futures' and we are getting right into the issues associated with 21st century learning and transforming pedagogy. We are examining new 'learning centres' that have been developed across the globe ('Building Schools for the Future' (UK), 'Innovative Schools' etc) and also homegrown projects like the Broadmeadows pedagogy reformation (http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/assetman/bf/Broadmeadows_Ed_Rationale.pdf). The idea behind most of them is to embrace the new pedagogies through the creation of colaborative spaces, learner-friendly architecture, embedding of ICT (not 'bolted-on' as an afterthought) and the inter-connection of schools, the community, business and government. It's a brave new world, but one which needs to be embraced.
Like yourself, I'd like to see the network restrictions 'eased up'. Classroom learning experiences are supervised, and therefore 'duty of care' should not be an issue. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the web (more specifically, some users) inappropriate material is a huge problem. Bandwidth is also an issue, but I reckon that the uncertainty regarding user-posted material is the main issue. Checkout this news article and you'll get an answer regarding the blocking of YouTube, their angle also includes 'cyber bullying' - http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21330109-15306,00.html .
Education QLDs policy with respect to Website access is available at http://education.qld.gov.au/information/service/libraries/resource/eval/evalc-site.html and the 2 leading criteria appear to be:
(1) Sites that contravene Ed QLD's Internet acceptable use policy; and
(2) Lead to sites that are illegal or inapropriate material.
That being said, there is a plethora of other criteria as well! Enough to make your head spin. On a similar vein, I helped my wife create http://learn.artofjimbo.com as a resource for Japanese LOTE teachers and tried to get it added to Ed QLDs 'Curriculum Exchange'. The amount of paperwork that I had to comply with to get it listed wasn't worth the effort :-( That's even though I have already acknowleged all sources of text and imagery through dedicated 'Copyright & Acknowledgements' pages. Sad but true.
Just a brief note to all those who have already accepted my invitation and made comments.
It is an honour to take this ride with each and everyone who is within this network. I am sure it will be somewhat of a roller coaster, but a ride that I would not miss out on for the world.
If anyone has any tips on how to convince management to allow the use of social networking tools within the walls of institutions, to aid and benefit learners - Those tips I feel would be appreciated by all. Maybe we could all work together on a list of tactics and strategies, that can be adopted and adapted by each member of the network and their extended networks, to suit their needs when battling those who wish to remain in the 'ice age'.
Hey Jacinta,
Our professors are utilizing blogs and wiki's in our education department for our interns and students as a way to share common experiences in the field. Many of the blogs are used for a reflection and summation of classroom sessions.
Hi Jacinta...Thanks for the contact. I am currently working independently as a musician/consultant in a variety of schools. Also running my own studio and jazz/swing band.
Hi Jacinta, Thanks for the invite. I am a primary (Year 4) teacher in Perth. Our ed dept also blocks Myspace but we can access ou tube and Teacher tube. I am on a huge learning curve too and another teacher and I are blindly trying to help each other integrate more technology into our classrooms.
Hi Jacinta :-)
Thanks for the invite. Good to see a fellow Aussie in Classroom 2.0!
I'm under the impression that the Education QLD firewall blocks access to most of the social networking tools, such as MySpace, FaceBook etc. I suppose this is largely due to a 'duty of care' more than anything, as inappropriate material can be inadvertently 'stumbled upon.' I do believe, however, that it is possible to request exemptions for specific pages should there be a requirement for access (e.g. on sites such as 'YouTube'). I'll follow it up at work this week and let you know. I haven't even tried 'TeacherTube' yet, but one would assume that this should be allowed. Once again, will advise.
I can say that some Govt organisations such as Defence have placed blocks on these types of Web 2.0 technologies, but that's more to do with the nature of the work, and no real surprise. Web 1.0 sites such as forums are also (generally) blocked, unless associated with a University or Govt Dept. Once again, exemptions can be requested if there is a business case to support inclusion.
My university has welcomed emerging technologies. The University just hosted a Mid-Atlantic Hand held and Emerging technologies conference this past week.
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Thanks for the invite, I too am impressed by your great introduction. Rock on.
Thanks for the invitation! I was very impressed by the wide variety of experience in the teaching and learning fields that you describe in your introduction and look forward to sharing ideas with you!
I look forward to reading more of your posts and learning more about social networking in Australia. It sounds like the US and Australia are having a similar reaction to social networks.
Anita
Thank you for your message on my wall and for the links. Great blog - I am puzzled by your news widget on top, though: it gives me the news in Italian.
Did you program it this way or is it once more Google's patronizing habit of deciding that Italian should be my default language for the sole reason that it is my browser's ?
Best
Claude
My blog link is in fact http://socialnetrockstrue.blogspot.com/
I do apologise, I was having a play in ning sometime ago and forgot to change it.
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework has undergone updates and the URL is http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/go
Best
Claude
I look forward to sharing....
Thanks for the comment. I'm actually engaged in a course at Uni called 'e.Learning Futures' and we are getting right into the issues associated with 21st century learning and transforming pedagogy. We are examining new 'learning centres' that have been developed across the globe ('Building Schools for the Future' (UK), 'Innovative Schools' etc) and also homegrown projects like the Broadmeadows pedagogy reformation (http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/assetman/bf/Broadmeadows_Ed_Rationale.pdf). The idea behind most of them is to embrace the new pedagogies through the creation of colaborative spaces, learner-friendly architecture, embedding of ICT (not 'bolted-on' as an afterthought) and the inter-connection of schools, the community, business and government. It's a brave new world, but one which needs to be embraced.
Like yourself, I'd like to see the network restrictions 'eased up'. Classroom learning experiences are supervised, and therefore 'duty of care' should not be an issue. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the web (more specifically, some users) inappropriate material is a huge problem. Bandwidth is also an issue, but I reckon that the uncertainty regarding user-posted material is the main issue. Checkout this news article and you'll get an answer regarding the blocking of YouTube, their angle also includes 'cyber bullying' - http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21330109-15306,00.html .
Education QLDs policy with respect to Website access is available at http://education.qld.gov.au/information/service/libraries/resource/eval/evalc-site.html and the 2 leading criteria appear to be:
(1) Sites that contravene Ed QLD's Internet acceptable use policy; and
(2) Lead to sites that are illegal or inapropriate material.
That being said, there is a plethora of other criteria as well! Enough to make your head spin. On a similar vein, I helped my wife create http://learn.artofjimbo.com as a resource for Japanese LOTE teachers and tried to get it added to Ed QLDs 'Curriculum Exchange'. The amount of paperwork that I had to comply with to get it listed wasn't worth the effort :-( That's even though I have already acknowleged all sources of text and imagery through dedicated 'Copyright & Acknowledgements' pages. Sad but true.
Cheers,
Jimbo
It is an honour to take this ride with each and everyone who is within this network. I am sure it will be somewhat of a roller coaster, but a ride that I would not miss out on for the world.
If anyone has any tips on how to convince management to allow the use of social networking tools within the walls of institutions, to aid and benefit learners - Those tips I feel would be appreciated by all. Maybe we could all work together on a list of tactics and strategies, that can be adopted and adapted by each member of the network and their extended networks, to suit their needs when battling those who wish to remain in the 'ice age'.
Our professors are utilizing blogs and wiki's in our education department for our interns and students as a way to share common experiences in the field. Many of the blogs are used for a reflection and summation of classroom sessions.
Thanks for the invite. Good to see a fellow Aussie in Classroom 2.0!
I'm under the impression that the Education QLD firewall blocks access to most of the social networking tools, such as MySpace, FaceBook etc. I suppose this is largely due to a 'duty of care' more than anything, as inappropriate material can be inadvertently 'stumbled upon.' I do believe, however, that it is possible to request exemptions for specific pages should there be a requirement for access (e.g. on sites such as 'YouTube'). I'll follow it up at work this week and let you know. I haven't even tried 'TeacherTube' yet, but one would assume that this should be allowed. Once again, will advise.
I can say that some Govt organisations such as Defence have placed blocks on these types of Web 2.0 technologies, but that's more to do with the nature of the work, and no real surprise. Web 1.0 sites such as forums are also (generally) blocked, unless associated with a University or Govt Dept. Once again, exemptions can be requested if there is a business case to support inclusion.
Cheers,
Jimbo
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