Martin Pluss http://martinpluss.edublogs.org ...it's all about connecting with people. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:29:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 13 Years of Web Use http://martinpluss.edublogs.org/2009/09/14/13-years-of-web-use/ http://martinpluss.edublogs.org/2009/09/14/13-years-of-web-use/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:23:06 +0000 Martin Pluss http://martinpluss.edublogs.org/?p=349   My Facebook Status ATM:

Been reflecting on my time on the web since 1996. Don’t know what I used to do with my evenings prior to this – well there was a fair bit of TV and a few other things. I am finding that I am not doing too much in depth reading, research and writing. Maybe this is something I need to monitor before some long term rot sets in.

cheers  Martin

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I have been keeping and eye on  the  implications of  this Boston article for a number of years when Sony Reader and Kindle  started  up.  
 
I think Macquarie University has taken a step by step approach. The new library at  that is being built has no books ( well very few) on shelves for the students.  They are brought up from the depths on a conveyor belt upon request. 
 
Here is a little  little collection of links I have on eBooks and eReaders that I just grabbed from my Delicious:
 
 
 
 
 
In sum -  Australia has  a few online transfer issues before eBooks can become more mainstream in our libraries.  I can envisage in a few years students reading articles and newspapers this way in the Libraries.
cheers  Martin
 
 
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Just came across myself in this.  

Featuring me.edu.au users Simon Brown, Jess McCulloch and Martin Pluss – this video provides an overview of the free me.edu.au professional networking site for Australian educators managed by Education.au on behalf of DEEWR.

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We have been working with the Google Sites for  a project and thought I would record my experience here for my records and those who might be interested.

We have an Assessment Task  for 180 students where they are required to create a webpage. My initial  thoughts were to get into  the cloud so the students can work at home and at school on the activity.  Lets say the subject is Geography and  the school’s initials are MP. 

I am aware I can get the Google apps for the school domain name and I  started that process but  won’t get in ready in time for the task .  So I have pressed on with  this evolving  solution to get things up and running.  This appoach can work for those who don’t has the capacity to set up  Google Apps for their school. 

The breakdown is like this. For example

So I  opted for and managed to get these names:

  • mp_8a.geography
  • mp_8b.geography
  • mp_8c.geography1
  • mp_8d.geography
  • mp_8e.geography1
  • mp_8f.geography

Note for the C and E class I had to get a digit to get the name and be close to the others for consistency and ease for the students. 

My next obstacle came when I realised I could not create 25 sites for each account name so I had to create  six  accounts for each class allowing five sites for each account. So I ended up with this combination of 36 six accounts with six for each class with five students in each:

  • mp_8a.geography…. mp_8a1.geography…. mp_8a2.geography…. mp_8a3.geography….etc
  • mp_8b.geography….

I have made each account private and each teacher can use the student logon.  I have also created a separate teacher account and might add them to each site as a collaborator and they can graze each account and site more easily. 

The next step is to get the  spreadsheet organised with the account names and allocating the students five at a time  to each account. 

A work in progress which I am enjoying and learning a lot  about Google.

Cheers  Martin

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The Power of Sharing from Mark Pesce on Vimeo.

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