Ed Tech

Build your own web page in a few minutes.. Looks quite funky doesn’t it?

Free website – Wix.com

E-portfolios presentations to stream live from Showcase

Five presentations will be streamed live over the web this Friday 16 October from the VET E-portfolios Showcase 09.

You are invited to log into Elluminate and learn from some of the most highly regarded e-portfolio researchers and specialists, without leaving their desks.

What’s the point of Twitter? Why should educators get involved? What difference does using Twitter make?

Here are some answers that you might like to share.
http://mrslwalker.com/index.php/2009/03/29/nine-great-reasons-why-teachers-should-use-twitter/

This article made me think long and hard about why people choose to be educators. Either you embrace learning and have a strong desire yourself to continue educating both yourself and your students OR you are just coming and going to work!

In this age, technology is pushing forward at a more tremendous pace than ever before. This is obvious. The undetermined after effects of this new electronic era are not so obvious. What is new today is sure to be pushed to the back of the line faster than you or I can imagine. It makes trying to keep up with everything that is new and exciting almost impossible if you’re not dedicated to doing the required research. So, what do we care? Well, whether we like it or not as teachers, we will have to educate the next generation to be electronic savvy.

Read more here….
http://jjpelletier.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/the-language-of-the-future/#comment-19

Series 12 Flexible Learning Toolboxes (Toolboxes), expected to be available for purchase in early 2010, are now available for preview at: http://toolboxes.flexiblelearning.net.au/preview/byseries.htm

The Toolboxes are currently being developed in consultation with Industry Skills Councils to support the delivery of nationally endorsed training packages and address skills shortages and e-learning resource needs in priority industries.