Getting a handle on email!

I work part-time and try very hard to stick to a firm and fast rule of not looking at my work mail when off site. Great theory you think?  Ugh!!   You should see me on a Monday morning!   I can spend up to two hours or more wading through the pile of mail that comes [...]

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What’s Facebook got to offer education?

Facebook went public this week.   With a billion users, what an amazing juggernaut this has become! Questions about its efficacy in schools continues to rage though.   Does Facebook have a role in our classrooms?   Should we embrace its power for educational purposes?  Should teachers and students ‘friend’ each other?   Should the power [...]

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What’s the big deal about online learning? 10 tips to motivate you to give it a go!

Learning online is becoming increasingly popular.  If you are hesitating though, consider these tips to motivate you to give it a try! Learn at your own pace:  Like the students in our classes, some of us pick up new ideas and skills quickly, others more slowly.   Working online allows you the luxury of being [...]

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Ever considered how powerful YouTube really is?

Never heard of Kina Grannis? Get with it and start paying attention to YouTube – a powerful visual medium by which information is shared both globally and instantaneously.  And just in case you doubt its power, just have a listen to this interview with Kina Grannis. With more than 6 million links to date, her [...]

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Tablets – Are they replacing or supplementing our use of other devices?

As technology advances and our digital world undergoes constant change, It’s interesting to consider the issues that arise; the issues that dominate our thoughts, our conversations and our minds. Discussions about social media have – at times heatedly – occupied my work space for some time now.   Twitter, Facebook, Google+ ….. Which is the better [...]

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The power of social media!

Just today I recieved an email from LinkedIn congratulating me for being among the first 3 million members from Australia! I gave a smile, silently accepted the personal congratulations of the LinkedIn Managing Director for this region, and then noticed the last line of the message suggesting that I try getting more out of LinkedIn [...]

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Don’t be shy to share with others!

Blogging, reflecting, writing and thinking. These have now become part of my weekly routine.   Rambling on ….. writing as I do ….. has become a pass time in which I’m able to indulge.  There are no demands on my time.  No deadlines to meet.  Just writing for the sake of teasing out my thoughts.  My [...]

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Yammer – another one to add to the list!

I did a count the other day and was staggered to realize that I’ve accrued seven – yes seven!! – different locations on which I regularly communicate with the world ….. and ….. I’m trying ….. my very, very best ….. to keep track of them all! home email – the family account email – [...]

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Addicted to Social Networking?

Do you have a constant urge to check your email, your Twitter stream, your Facebook or your G+ account?   Has it become a compulsive behaviour that verges on being uncontrollable?! Well ….. the next time you reach for your iPhone, iPad or the keypad on your laptop or computer, you just might want to consider [...]

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Getting Social Networking into Perspective!

Every now and then I feel like I’m floundering out there in cyberspace!  And like me, you probably have moments when you too feel that Social Networking has all but taken over your life! So when I saw this latest video, which is bound to go viral, I had a good giggle. To a novice [...]

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