Mrs Banjer’s Little Bytes

& Education Queensland 2008 School Year Calendar http://education.qld.gov.au/public_media/calendar/calendar2008-web.pdf

Web2.0 is about communication and creativity. If you are at all interested in blogging take a look at this link for ideas, the author is suggesting one sentence entry each day to maintain an online journal (which is what a blog is).

http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog//2008/06/professional-de.html

Some professional reflection [...]

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Often, the “conversations” on a blog occur between a commenter and the blogger. That is, commenters will read and respond to a post, addressing their responses to the blogger. Conversations can become richer, though, if we also respond to other commenters. This means that we have to also start reading the previous comments on a [...]

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Most of us have a tendency to comment when we come across a blog post with which we agree. The blogger says something that makes us want to shout “Me too!” and we’re motivated to leave a comment. But what happens when we read a post with which we don’t agree? What do we do [...]

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One of the most powerful conversation starters is to ask a question. While many of us ask questions in our own blog posts, we may not tend to ask questions when we comment on other blogs. Yet this can be one of the best ways to engage the blogger and other commenters in further discussion.
Your [...]

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Leaving a single comment on a blog and then moving on isn’t necessarily the best way to engage in a conversation or use blog commenting for learning. It’s more of a one-way, once-and-done approach that doesn’t take full advantage of what commenting can do for you. To really engage in conversations through blog commenting, you [...]

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Many of us can get into the habit of commenting at the same blogs. But part of extending the conversation is bringing new people into it. Today’s task is simple. Leave a comment on a blog where you’ve never commented before. If you’re feeling particularly ambitious, do this at a few blogs. You may want [...]

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OMG the computer crashed this morning.  Feel my pain and anguish when “Mrs B’s Bytes Goes Voddy…” Click widget on left hand side at the bottom!

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Mrs B’s Little Bytes! Term 2 Week 8

Professional reading, viewing and listening!!

 
& Education Queensland 2008 School Year Calendar

    http://education.qld.gov.au/public_media/calendar/calendar2008-web.pdf

 
Copacabana Public School – can this be a real name?

Excellent collection of links for using on the iwb.

http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart.htm

 
Also, our school site.

http://parklakess.eq.edu.au/wcmss/newsletters/newsletters/sample_newsletter.html

Click on “Read more” next to the school logo and you [...]

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Visit OZ/NZ Educators
Not sure how to add this to the side bar, will apply myself to this blog in the holidays coming up in THREE WEEKS TIME!

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Comment Challenge directions day 1
1. Answer the following questions:

How often do you comment on other blogs during a typical week?
Do you track your blog comments? How? What do you do with your tracking?
Do you tend to comment at the same blogs or do you try to comment on at least one new blog per week?

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