The past couple of weeks have been busy for most academics in
Australia. If they’re not grabbing the last of the summer before term
begins … and it’s been a miserable, wet summer for most of us …
then others are jetting home from far-flung cold climes. Most probably,
like me, they’re prepping for the first semester of the academic year.
Fascinated to see how lots of people in my Twitter network stayed up around the world waiting, waiting for that keynote speech. When I got out of bed next morning it was all over bar the blogging, Tweeting, and podcasting. There was predictable gushing and cooing over the MacBook Air, quickly followed by a dousing
Continue reading ...Image: Lovehearts from Duncan Now I am not a fickle friend. I stick with the tried and true, but b’gosh the new Mac Air looks fine from out front. It has the sleekness of a thoroughbred race-horse, a denizen of the catwalk, a sports-car. Having said that, and despite drawbacks some of which are already
Continue reading ...moar funny pictures It’s Macworld right now in San Francisco, a city I love. However, when I think of SF, it’s not the fog or tramcars that spring to mind, but raccoons… see, there was an encounter one night in a suburban backyard round a trash can … but I digress. Another scary story for
Continue reading ...This is another in a review series I’ve produced from earlier posts on my use of podcasts and podcasting production for learning and teaching. At a recent conference I was asked for samples of what I’ve created, so here I’m going to showcase a few of the podcast productions mentioned in the last post. 2007
Continue reading ...After a weekend of trying to make my old eMac keep up with the new Leopard OS, I took the plunge and bought an iMac. Not just any old iMac, but one of the new, beaut 24″ shiny screen jobbies with lots of speed and power … just like all the cats that Mac uses
Continue reading ...Apologies to William Blake, but the delivery guy has just handed me my copy of OX 10.5 aka Leopard. Yes, it’s October 26th in Australia, and we have the big cat at last. Hubba, hubba … I could be gone for some time, or there goes the weekend!
Continue reading ...Stumbled upon this vidcast from Canadian educator Dean Shareski given at the 2007 K-12 Online Conference. Dean’s nicely produced 25′ video discusses the importance of design in education. He’s even produced a teaser trailer on YouTube. Now that’s innovative! Dean roams across design principles introducing some innovative ways of thinking about classroom space as well
Continue reading ...I’ve been in blogland for months, have produced no podcasts, and I’m starting to feel withdrawl symptoms! I’m prepping for another couple of lectures in a theatre history course I share with a colleague. I’m itching to accommodate the new Keynote audio feature, but think I’ll stick with Garageband to produce the podcast. I’ve written
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