The Virtual Staffroom - Latest Comments

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Re: VSR34: Short Notice

July 17, 2010, 11:47 pm

Hi Chris,Love the site. Would love to download some of these as mp3s. Am I able to do this?Regards, Mark

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G'day Mark,Thanks for the note. The site here has just been totally rebuilt after a major SQL server screwup at my hosting service, so I'm still piecing things back together. On the whole, I think this...

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Re: VSR34: Short Notice

July 21, 2010, 11:54 pm

Thanks heaps Chris. This site is a fantastic resource for those of us in the ICT in education game. Credit to you for bringing together such knowledgeable people to discuss these fascinating topics. I...

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Re: VSR35: Free As In Speech

August 19, 2010, 11:25 am

The sequence of events around the making of this podcast was like the planets aligning, the dominoes falling. It inspired me to make a blog post, the first in a long time, to share how the planets were...

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Re: VSR36: Connected

December 17, 2010, 12:35 pm

I really enjoyed this episode Chris, I also miss having a class to 'connect' with others and it's got me thinking about ways around this. I ran a project along with a colleague (another twitterer...

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Re: VSR36: Connected

December 17, 2010, 12:59 pm

Thank Jenni. Yes it's an interesting situation up there in Queensland. On the one hand you've got a progressive education system that wants to hand you all the tools you need to work digitally and...

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Re: VSR36: Connected

December 25, 2010, 6:50 pm

I know Chris, but it pains me that all the 'good' people have to be within the state system within Queensland as well. Don't get me wrong, I'm a great advocate and trained facilitator within our EQ PD...

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Re: VSR36: Connected

December 27, 2010, 9:35 pm

Hi Chris, wow,I loved the podcast and have learnt quite a bit. I'd love to skype in the classroom and shall give it a go when school goes back next year. I've had a class blog for two years now and we...

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Re: VSR36: Connected

December 28, 2010, 7:43 pm

Thanks Pauline. ISTE stands for the International Society for Technology Education. They are a US-based body that does a lot of work in the area of educational technology and they have some great...

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Re: VSR36: Connected

December 28, 2010, 10:23 pm

Brilliant Chris, thanks very much. When I win the lottery I'll attend the conference in Philadelphia. I'm finding being a teacher in this day and age incredibly exciting and expensive. It's difficult...

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Re: VSR31: The Culture Shift

January 4, 2011, 8:49 pm

Many thanks once again for this podcast Chris and Pamela, Ben & Wendy. While we are not a 1:1 school and this is not a likely prospect in the forseeable future, the issue of leadership discussed in...

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Re: VSR38: Student Voice

January 21, 2011, 11:41 pm

Fantastic podcast! I have been following Kathleen's class blog for the last 12 months and have just recently subscribed to Linda's, so it was so great to hear both of them speaking about their blogging...

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Re: VSR38: Student Voice

January 22, 2011, 3:26 am

Jenny, Glad to hear that you found our tips useful. I hope you do kickstart your own class blog. :-) It's a great way to document and share the learning going on in your classroom as well as learn from...

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Re: VSR40: There’s an App for That

February 21, 2011, 9:16 am

Great chat guys... Here is the link to our school apphttp://itunes.apple.com/app/kc...

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Re: VSR40: There’s an App for That

February 21, 2011, 9:28 am

Thanks mate, I've updated the notes. I originally had a look for it, but couldn't find the link easily. Since it was 1:30am I thought I'd leave it and you'd eventually let me know. Which you did. :-)...

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