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VATM4 Assignment

leskipper — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:36:21 +0000

VATM2 Assignment

leskipper — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:48:53 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed (read “nerd”) doing this assignment for teaching methods 2.

We had to create an innovative teaching resource to introduce senior students to art criticism.

I created an online collaboration tool (not so innovative I know) using Backpack , but I really think the way it’s used is important.

Just briefly, the idea behind it is that students are encouraged to be well read in current news and events in the art world and then comment and form discussions with their peers.

The Grumbling Fridge

leskipper — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:32:12 +0000

I often find myself up late at night by myself doing uni work these days. I’ve noticed the fridge makes a funny noise.
Puts me off. But it’s funny. Listen!

Teens Don’t Tweet. Seriously?

leskipper — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:07:05 +0000

Came across this article over at Mashable. I’m surprised by the statement that teens aren’t tweeting. Are you sure?

Boingboing’s report disputed the interpretation of the data and there’s been heaps of articles reporting the Morgan Stanley intern’s views on twitter and how they using new media.

More bombarding of the brain of academic readings before have an informed opinion on this one.

At the mo am thinking that they sure do tweet…

[via mashable]

UPDATE 12/08

As you can see from Twitter Trends, today’s most tweeted topic is Teen Choice Awards. Teens Don’t Tweet… Pffft!

Twitter is not for teens, Morgan Stanley told by 15-year-old expert

Panic Station

leskipper — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:05:02 +0000

Have just finished creating my pretty timetable + calendar. Now I can see at a quick glance when everything is due. Note items in red are assessments. My reaction on seeing this when finished – WTF!

Perhaps I should pike on that Bunnings interview.

Augmented Reality: The future of education?

leskipper — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:32:07 +0000

So I asked a friend of mine “what’s the next big technology online – after 2.0?”.

I kind of expected him to say “3.0″, but he said “Augmented Reality“, (see his blog post on AR at BannerBlog).

So if this is the next big thing, how will it effect education? Will we be taking our kids to the art gallery and will they use their phones to get more info on a painting by viewing it through their phone’s cameras? Check out this Layar vid. Augmented reality browser for phone.

Either way, I think it will be an eternity before something like this makes into our govt. schools. It would be useful first that they replace the clunky dinosaur computers and speed up that internet connection (a sprinkle even of some WiFi perhaps?) so the poor kids can… say… do a google search without having to wait half a period for the computer to crash, reboot, login, search again and then display the search results… fiiiiinally!!!

More reasearch on Augmented Reality to come…

The other eye-opener for this week

leskipper — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:17:06 +0000

So, I was completely shocked to learn this week that the Aboriginal people were only recognised as citizens of this country in 1972. Prior to this they fell under the Flora and Fauna Act.
In fact it was such an eye-opener I shared it with all in my group interview at Bunnings.

Made it through to second round

I Love Picnik

leskipper — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:07:01 +0000

One of my fave online tools has to be Picnik.

I wouldn’t classify it as a “learning tool” but the easy way not to learn how to make your photos look fab in pshop. In saying this however, I’m all for doing it the easy way as Picnik does such a smashing job!

favela in brazil before and after picnik

As you can see, Picnik makes me look like I’m a much better photographer than I really am.

Light bulb moment: Literacy

leskipper — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:58:34 +0000

It was a light bulb moment in this week’s Learning Portfolio lecture on Literacy. Academic writing, nominilisation and nominal groups; I had no idea! Scary that.

It has made me wonder how I missed learning that in my high school education?
More to come on this topic after I bombard my brain with excessive amounts of reading…

The Software Review

leskipper — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:48:27 +0000

This is Danijela and Jilly’s review of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Howard Arkley interactive resource and MoMA’s Red Studio Audio Program Teen Audio.

CLICK HERE for our Designing Learning for a Digital Generation assessment task.

NGV_MoMA_Review

Podcast