vbloggers in action

Went to a "Sunderland" pub on Broadway @ the end of Harris St. on Monday night for a few after work drinks with Sean Fitzgerald & Dianna Khabbaz and who should turn up but the vblogging team from "The Chaser's War on Everything"

How cool was that, Sean and I had just finished presenting to the edisabilities learnscope team on podcasting and vblogging and there it was being recorded right before our eyes. Sean even used there vblog as an example.

They just walked in with 2 cameras, vacuum cleaners and a couple of the main characters and recorded their segment and then they all left. Most people in the pub were completely oblivious to their activities or if they were did not care.

If you have an ipod or itunes you should check out their vblog, it's very funny and a great example of how mainstream media are utilising web2.0 techniques to distribute and syndicate their content. I suspect will have a whole new audience who just subscribe via rss rather than watch the tv show on ABC.

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Web 2.0 technologies and their impact on education, teaching and learning

Team Workshop 4 - 25 Aug 2006
Guest presenter - Guest presenter - Sean Fitzgerald,
“Web 2.0 technologies and their impact on education, teaching and learning”

Last Friday Sean Fitzgerald presented to the team on the web2.0/networked learning and it’s impact on teaching and learning.

He outlined the defining characteristics of what has come to be know as web2.0 and demonstrated how it is changing the way people use the Web and altering social institutions.

He argued that a cultural shift may be required within educational institutions like DET/TAFE in order to adapt to the changes brought about by Web 2.0 technologies.

Don't worry if you missed the workshop you can access the information on the Workshop 4 wiki page including an audio recording of Sean's presentation and links to his wiki etc.

Check out the session pics on flickr

If you wish to participate in the conversation about networked learning it’s technologies and the techniques for harnessing it’s potential for education join the Connected Learning Community.

Let us know if you are coming along by emailing Stephan or Nicola.

Web 2.0 technologies and their impact on education, teaching and learning


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Using web2.0 as a tool for teaching & management

Team Workshop 3 - 18 Aug 2006
Guest presenter - Tony Whitingham, IT Teacher, Randwick College, SI
"Using web2.0 as a tool for teaching & management"


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Last Friday's workshop was terrific; Tony gave a fabulous presentation on blog & wikis and how they can be used both as a teaching tool and as platform for project management within organisations.

Tony provided us with numerous examples of how the private sector has taken up wikis & blogs to foster team collaboration and networked knowledge sharing within their organisations. Many private sector organisations have replaced their static and centrally authored intranets with wikis to great effect.

He also demonstrated his own use of web2.0 networked technologies ie.blogs/wikis/podcasts/vblogs in his teaching @ Randwick, Sydney Institute. A great example of just how effective the networked learning model can be when used for teaching & learning.

Don't worry if you missed the workshop you can access the information on the Workshop 3 wiki page including an audio recording of Tony's presentation and links to his wiki etc.

Check out the session pics on flickr

Don't forget we have another workshop this Friday Aug 25th, 11:00-2:00 pm, with Guest presenter - Sean Fitzgerald, “Web 2.0 technologies and their impact on education, teaching and learning”.

Let us know if you are coming along by emailing Stephan or Nicola.

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Mother nature can still stir us!!

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There is not much that will get us out from behind our computers these days but this literally vacated the "muse" in Ultimo TAFE as people lined at the lift to go outside to experience it.

Where I took this photo on level 1 of the there was a line of people with moblies ready to take pictures.

I had my pictures on flickr by 8:00pm that evening and tagged sydney hail and within 11 min I was already asked to join a group, the power of social networking and web 2.0.

Check out the group pics on flickr @
Hail in Sydney 15-8-06

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