LearnShifting

 I went in to approve a new member to our facebook site and of course Pamela had beaten me to it... but I did quickly read a post that contained something that you might be doing already... Google Jockeying. There is a "how to" paper on the seven things you need to know about Google Jockeying,

But if you haven't got time to read that paper, Google Jockeying is simply where one person or a class googles the terms and topics being discussed in class and optionally displays them real time on a whiteboard as the topics are discussed. I like this because the students can ask about the terms, another student can google and the whole group can head down a serendipitous path learning about the topic of the day... 

...or maybe learning about something else. It is easy, it is collaborative and it is what a lot of knowledge workera use part of his or her day for in the working world.

Of course it can be teacher directed as well.

With my "Safety Sam" hat on, it might be worthwhile thinking about the terms you google in the class where it is being displayed up on your interactive whiteboard. The other day I googled "Honey Ant Readers" and one of the items returned was Honeypot... and I can tell you that it had nothing to do with Winnie the Pooh.

So there you go - Google Jockeying! I wonder what colour silks I will wear today?

This entry was posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:55 AM and has received 103 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

This post originates from a path and a series of events that has become a life practise over the past number of years. I read the Age and the NT News online and generally from the IT section of the Age find an interesting article and follow links within the article or google a word I don't know. If the interest continues and it is related to eLearning (or flying or family) I might see if the knowledge or idea presented can be applied or reinterpreted into a context for my world. I say "my" because it is a little serendipitous, random and self indulgent.

Which brings me to crowdsourcing.

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This entry was posted on July 29, 2010 at 7:07 AM and has received 389 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

There are quite a few situations where we want to engage people in an online social environment to create, sort, edit, share and if required to delete information. The popularity of Facebook and YouTube are evidence that people do engage with this approach. I'd like to use this entry to expand on the journey I have taken with two real uses of this technology and how it can benefit you as an educator, a parent, a club member or someone who needs a combined soapbox and filing cabinet out there in cyberspace - where it appears that now - everybody can hear you scream.

This article talks about about Microsoft's Office Live Workspaces which look uncannily like SharePoint and links to other tools that allow us to communicate and share information.

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This entry was posted on April 8, 2010 at 6:43 AM and has received 283 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

You may not use Picasa to manage your photos but here is why those in a teaching environment should consider it.

I will create a camtasia demo of what I have just written about for those of you (like me) who would prefer a movie to words... but for now just words...

Why choose Picasa?

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