Posted on March 31, 2008 by johnp
There was some fascinating reading in the Age , (originally from the Washington Post), about the take up of mobile phones world wide. According to the article, the adoption of mobile phone technology….
“is the fastest global diffusion of any technology in human history — faster even than the polio vaccine.”
The author Joel Garreau goes on [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by johnp
One of the neat things about spreading the word about blogging is when your advice and suggestions are acted upon. Often after conducting a PD or similar I’ve wondered whether or how the participants will use the information we have discussed. Over the last couple of days then it’s been really neat to discover how [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2008 by johnp
Most members of the educational blogging community are now well aware of the difficulties that have befallen Al Upton and his grade in South Australia. Fellow Aussie bloggers Sue and Graham have both written very cogent posts that both provide essential background and important reflections on the situation as it has unfolded.
The fact that Al [...]
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Posted on March 14, 2008 by johnp
One thing that you notice when you drop out of the community for any, (especially an extended), length of time. is how much the landscape can change. Things like the beta release of pbWiki 2, the latest edublogs feature that enables you to add up to fifteen users at a time, (oh where was this [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by johnp
I wonder who will read this post, maybe no-one immediately but just in case someone somewhere still has their aggregator pointed this way I can tell you that this is probably one of the trickier posts that I have written since I have been blogging.
If you check back on the Recent Posts list you will [...]
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