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Still blogging my way through Edupunk and re-finding Digital Literacy

April 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments

This recent Edupunk conversation rumbles on:
Stephen Downes  in OL Daily seems concerned that Martin Ebner ’s approach is insufficiently unwashed.
Graham Attwell quotes Scott Wilson’s Personal Learning and Web 2.0 presentation on how institutions can respond to Web 2.0.
I agree with Graham that the music analogy is getting stretched - I even spent some time looking [...]

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Tags: Learning Technology · Stuff

Have a happy, elfy Christmas

December 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Send your own ElfYourself eCards
This is an old one from Christmas 2006 but still quite funny.

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Slamming at ALT-C 2008 - from anywhere!

September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Have you got something to say about the Digital Divide? Now is your chance.
We would like to invite participation in a Digital Divide Slam in association with a workshop at ALT-C 2008.
If you aren’t attending the conference, you are welcome to participate as an individual or small group.  Can you produce [...]

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Tags: ALT · ALT-C 2008 · Fun · Stuff

Silly season - camping in the 21st Century

September 1st, 2008 · No Comments

I don’t usually post stuff like this but here goes.  My adult sons returned from a camping trip today, and I was directed to their photos.  This one really made laugh. Relaxing after a trip to the pub, watching film on ipod (propped up against the Good Pub Guide), large nightcap and mobile phone at [...]

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Spam Sales Increase : the Real Reason? GMail ?

March 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I noticed that sales of Spam have increased http://www.dailyyonder.com/spam-sales-soar-shoppers-look-cut-costs and the reason given is that consumers may be ‘trading down’ to Spam.
I have an alternative hypothesis - Gmail is inadvertently (I assume!!!) marketing Spam. One of my little tasks when I visit my Gmail account is to visit my Spam folder and clear [...]

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