Learning in the Corporate World

Ideas needed for the big day 300 Flickr & Twitter 365 Day Challenge

Sue Hickton — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:13:15 +0000

Those of you crazy enough to monitor this blog in the vain hope it may one day again be updated, well, here you are. Some of you may know that both myself and my friend @charp are doing the Twitter 365 day challenge. Challenge is the understatement of the last 298 days quite frankly. We are [...]

Web 2.0 Case Studies: Big Picture —> tangible applications @ ECU

Sue Hickton — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:21:19 +0000

Library Staff Development I gave a short 30 minute presentation on Monday to some 35 of our library staff on Web 2.0. I was the opening guest speaker (!!) of a morning of PD on web 2.0, with a second day to be held in July. While a number of the staff have grasped the potential applications [...]

Sometimes I shake my head in disbelief – Educause, Perth 2009

Sue Hickton — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:15:49 +0000

A really quick reflection on the Educause Conference in Perth. I am currently on Day 2 of this 3 day conference. I have heard a number of great presentations and got a real buzz this morning from a Symposium presented by librarians from a number of institutions on PLE’s. However, in order to prepare for this afternoons [...]

Educause, Perth 2009: Live Blogging

Sue Hickton — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:31:13 +0000

Trying a new app – Coverit Live for live blogging of events. Hashtag identifiers are #edaust09 and #educause09 Live blogging from Educause, Perth 2009 Get rss feeds for this Writer Conference updates addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprofdevelopment.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F05%2F04%2Feducause-perth-2009-live-blogging%2F'; addthis_title = 'Educause%2C+Perth+2009%3A+Live+Blogging'; addthis_pub = '';

Virtual Childbirth? Sarah Stewart – A Visionary health practitioner in the 21st Century

Sue Hickton — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:59:58 +0000

Ada Lovelace Day – Sarah Stewart Today is Ada Lovelace Day, and I pledged a number of months ago to write a post about an unsung heroine in technology that I admire. My unsung heroine is @SarahStewart or as non-geeky people might call her, Sarah Stewart. I had been planning a bit of time to write this, and [...]

Recycling & modernising my learning…unexpectedly through the TAA

Sue Hickton — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:10:01 +0000

Why on earth am I doing this to myself again? I am currently upgrading my old (read REALLY old) Cert IV Workplace Trainer & Assessor qualification to the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Cert IV TAA). It’s been 5 years since I have had to use it, but thought since most of the team are undertaking [...]

Prezi: a funky, whizzy new way of presenting

Sue Hickton — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:08:03 +0000

On Tuesday this week I ran a workshop for about 50 nurses, midwives, medics and post-grad med students at a staff development day. I thought I would try a new tool that is out in beta at the moment – Prezi. The easiest way to get your head around Prezi is to have a gander at this [...]

Walking the technology tightrope

Sue Hickton — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:58:08 +0000

Have you ever taken a walk on the wildside? For some reason I always seem to get some perverse thrill out of presenting to audiences where the pear-shaped potential quotient is extremely high. I haven’t done one in a number of years, and on Tuesday this week I gave a 1 hour PD session to our School [...]

Obama Inauguration Speech….in Wordle

Sue Hickton — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:07:48 +0000

www.wordle.net Glad I stayed up for this. History teachers will be busy for a number of decades about this moment in time I suspect. Pivotal moment in time. A “where were you when….” moment addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fprofdevelopment.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F01%2F21%2Fobama-inauguration-speechin-wordle%2F'; addthis_title = 'Obama+Inauguration+Speech%26%238230%3B.in+Wordle'; addthis_pub = '';

The conflicting tensions of my digital identity & the impact of my digital footprint in cyberspace – a reflection

Sue Hickton — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:12:55 +0000

I have been musing on this topic for a while now but never can seem to find the time to actually research it further or write about it (or more to the point, sit still long enough to research and write it). In an attempt to dump these thoughts out of my head I decided I [...]