Month: February 2013
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Looking Through the Google Glass
You might have already seen the video below. It has millions of views already. I wrote a post about Google glasses about a year ago. It looks very interesting and there are many positive and negative impacts for education. Can’t see the video – click here. In case you don’t know much about the glasses…
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Gonski Overload. May He Rest in Peace.
I am getting a bit sick of hearing about the Gonski report especially when you suspect that it will probably fade away like most other reviews with little to show for the enormous expense. Here is a quick summary of what it is about from the government website. In 2010 the Australian Government commissioned a…
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Sunday Zephyr – Just Relax
Had a busy week. Lay down, close your eyes and listen to this. Save it as a bookmark and play it at work when things get too hectic. Have a great day. Can’t see the video – click here.
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E – Tool of the Week
Here is an interesting little teaching tool. Basically Teachem is a way of putting YouTube videos into a class format that allows you to control one access point to the videos and also allows you to add notes to your program. It is pretty simple but it has some definite advantages if you want to…
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What is happening to my career?
Over the last 12 months I am facilitating less face to face, doing more online and definitely working from home more. Despite those changes I am earning more and working more, so it must be good. So where is it heading? I have also attended three MOOCs myself and found them to be very rewarding.…
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Sunday Zephyr – People will amaze you
People constantly amaze me. It isn’t always the big flashy stuff either like the video below, it is often the small changes that you observe in a person over the course of a short program, the way some people go out of their way to help others or the way some some people exceed their…
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Brain Stuff
As Learning Enablers (I am using the new term – see last post) we are dealing with the brain. The more you understand how it works the better you are able to shape the learning so that it is effective and efficient. Here is a quick video on the brain. Can’t see the video –…
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Titles?
I have been thinking a great deal about what I should call myself, lately. I am the CEO of my company but I realised a long time ago that CEO actually meant Chief Everything Officer and if you have received and email from me you would have seen that exact title on my email signature.…
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Why are you doing this job?
Why do you teach or train or coach or educate? Don’t know? Then it is time to get out. I could point you to a million articles and videos on passion but if you don’t have it for teaching then you never going to get it and you shouldn’t be doing it. Simple as that.…
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Sunday Zephyr – Drawing and program design
Hey, the video is only 2 minutes, you have time to watch it. I can’t draw. It is not a skill I have or I think I can acquire as it just doesn’t work for me. Watch the video. It’s always amazing to see someone do something you can’t do so easily. Cherish your strengths.…