Could we start again please?
Had a session with some staff the other day and I think it went a bit over the top. On reflection I introduced way too many things too quickly and missed the target. Well that’s how it felt anyway. I forgot to emphasise the regular “run of the mill” applications that people may wish to know more about or even streamlining current processes (e.g. how you deal with mail) to become more effective. In other words I didn’t keep the main thing the main thing (stupid!) [Thanks must go to DLU here for the timely reminders I rightly received in this area]
If you were at the session, feel free to leave a comment below with your impressions. I’m happy to be told otherwise.
In an effort to make up for the confusion I have caused I will review…
- RSS as the “new way” to get information from the web
- Social bookmarking to turbocharge your bookmarks and “share the link-love”
- Google Docs for collaboration and peace of mind
A couple of people created delicious accounts and a few created blog accounts (thanks Edublogs) which I’m excited about. Unfortunately, with the large group we couldn’t have the in depth conversations with everyone as we would have liked but I will endeavour to pursue some of that one on one. Again I have to thank DLU for generously lending her expertise to assist. (Don’t forget the MyClasses page that DLU created last session.)
I have embedded the Common Craft “in Plain English” videos below so people can watch them again. These guys do some seriously useful stuff and I think are on the money with the explanations. I have also included some links to Atomic Learning (I can’t pimp the site enough really,) where there are short video tutorials on how to get a delicous or Google account, and explanations of RSS and RSS readers. If you can’t remember the school password shoot me an or ask around. For obvious reasons it can’t be published here.
RSS in plain english
Go here to view the Atomic Learning tutorial and learn more about it
Go here to view the Atomic Learning tutorial introducing RSS using IE7
Go here to view the Atomic Learning tutorial about using RSS feeds in IE7
Social bookmarking (with Del.icio.us) in plain english
Go here to view the Atomic Learning tutorial and sign up
Google Docs in plain english
Go here to view the Atomic Learning tutorials and sign up
I think I’ll get people to subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog as a learning activity. It would encompass most of the things discussed already. Should have done that the first time really…
Filed under: learning | Tagged: elearning, macstaff, plg, web2.0
