Mrs Banjer’s Little Bytes

Wesley Fryer shared his plea for digital leadership via Twitter this morning.  He eloquently and fervently appeals for administration to enable the children in our classes to have access to quality digital experiences which will prepare them for their lives, I would say not just working lives, post school.
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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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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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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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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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I am listening to a podcast where some ‘virtually’ high profile educators are discussing how to encourage change in the educational environment.  In preparation for an OZNZ Teachers meeting using Flashmeeting on Sunday night. 

http://www.thethinkingstick.com/ondeck/2008/04/10/shifting-our-schools-episode-8-how-to-shift/
It is interesting listening to the talk from the administrators point of view.  I feel that it is time to move [...]

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My son has just started recruit training at HMAS Cerberus in Melbourne.  Tugged at the heart strings to say goodbye but I can follow his journey online!
http://www.navy.gov.au/recschool/newsletter/258/week1.html
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Trying out the blog tool, it really is as easy as viewing the picture and dragging it into the post!  I have just completed a questionnaire for the above site.  I was placed at this site with lots of resources on completion, sure to be something useful…  http://www.edtechcrew.net/
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A Twitter colleague, Sujokat, has shared her Del.icio.us links to digital storytelling. 
http://del.icio.us/sujokat/DigitalStorytelling
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