Tonight we had a parent information evening for our Yr 9 and 10 students. A parent was not in the country and wanted to listen to the presentation. I decided to have a go at using ustream or mogulus (I have channels on both) to stream the presentation. I was going to direct the parent to [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Skype’
June 4, 2008
Skyping with Laura.
Today in my Yr 7 class we were involved in a Skype call with the inspirational Laura Stockman from Buffalo, New York. That’s Laura above with the special care packs she has put together for Cheerful Givers, one of the charities she has been supporting. (I hope you don’t mind me using your picture Laura - if you do [...]
May 28, 2008
Laura Stockman - inspiring others across the waves.
Sunday morning I was grazing through my Google reader, kicking back and hoping I’d find something that would inspire me to write. I found something better than that, I found something that inspired me to act.
I checked out Will Richardson’s latest post and discovered Laura Stockman, an 11yr old from New York who has been [...]
April 28, 2008
Maximise your use of Skype.
We’ve been trying out a new way to move our staff forward with adoption of new technologies that they can apply to learning. We’ve called it ‘Maximise your Mondays’ and run a session for 45mins at the end of a school day. It’s been running for only a few weeks and we haven’t had big [...]
February 27, 2008
Students showing us the way - that means you Lindsea!
The past couple of days have been pretty overwhelming for a humble little blogger like me! Thanks to a Twitter post by Vicki Davis my blog has seen unprecedented traffic. (Thank you Vicki - I didn’t understand the power of Twitter until now - I still don’t quite get it but I’m working on it!) It’s [...]
