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Hi, I'm Jez. Welcome to my blog, where I talk about learning, teaching and educational technology.March 2009
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Ask yourself: "What is this for?"
I heard an interesting anecdote a while back. I don’t know how true it is, but bear with me because it serves to illustrate a point. The story goes that when the first motion-picture camera was invented, it was intended to be used to create photographs in which the people could move, smile, wave, whatever; [...]
Beginners guide to Twitter Part III: cool tools
Time for the third part of my beginners guide to Twitter. Here’s how far we’ve got: Twitter basics: messages, followers and searching; Confusing conventions: @s, #s and RTs; Useful tools to make your Twittering life easier (this post). Today, I’ll be making a whistle-stop tour of some of the tools and websites that can take [...]
Beginner's guide to Twitter Part II: @s, #s and RTs
So, here’s the second part of what’s become a three-part introduction for new Twitterers. Here’s where we are so far: Twitter basics: messages, followers and searching (yesterday); Confusing conventions: @s, #s and RTs (this post); Useful tools to make your Twittering life easier (coming tomorrow). Let’s get on with the second part, on some of [...]
Beginner's guide to Twitter Part I: messages, followers and searching
I’ve recently signed up to Twitter. It’s not a new thing; it’s been around for a few years and it’s probably safe to say that I’m way behind the curve on this one. For those who haven’t come across it yet, it’s a very, very simple social networking site which allows you to broadcast 140-character [...]
Social media resources for learning and teaching
This post is specifically intended to support my seminar given as part of the seminar of the same title, given to my colleagues on the PCHE course as part of the “Expanding your repertoire†special interest session on Wednesday 11th March 2009. I’ll give a brief description of this seminar at the end of this [...]
Blog/career news
Hello loyal readers! I thought you might like to know where this blog will be going over the next few years, so I’m announcing that I’ve taken a decision to pursue a career in training and development, with a focus on e-learning. I’ll continue to blog about the bluecloud project, but I’ll also be writing [...]
bluecloud project launch!
The time has come to release bluecloud (formerly known as the Student Learning Community 2.0) on an unsuspecting public. We’ve created a space for the community on the University’s new uSpace social networking platform and seeded it with a few interesting ideas, but what we’d really love is to get more students in reading, writing, [...]
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