At Reach Further it’s one of our fundamental beliefs that bringing people together helps solve problems. Our vision is “bringing people together online, to share, to work and to learn”. Whether you call it social media, social networking, Web 2.0, online communities, the blogosphere, ebusiness or any of the other
12:43 E-moderating really saves time for online teachers tinyurl.com/4lc9bc # 09:19 Icebreaker for physical geography class: what is the most dramatic landscape you’ve ever visited? Make it personal (but not too) & relevantl # 09:21 @jdlasica what a nasty thing to happen – so sorry to hear. # 10:56 What’s
The presentation we gave last month at the ALT-C conference in Leeds is now online: If you build it will they come? A model for sustainable online community networks for practitioners Helen Whitehead, Liz Cable Reach Further Ltd., United Kingdom Thursday 11th September 2008, University of Leeds Community model powerpoint
15:31 Upgrading a Drupal installation which is never as straightforward as you think… All working fine now though. # 09:37 New e-moderating course starts today – I love meeting the new students and finding out how I can help them use technology more effectively # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
A new e-moderating course for practising teachers and tutors in FE starts today and another (for academic staff in HE) is into its second week starting tomorrow. In both cases it is about experiencing e-learning as a student as well as developing practical skills for online teachers. I am always
11:55 @suethomas If it’s the Catherine I know please give her my regards! # 12:53 My brain hurts! Can anyone suggest a possible icebreaker for a physical geography class? # 12:55 @shanitomorrow Web research could be anything – research ON the web – a mundane google search – or research
12:28 Bit of sorting out this morning before settling to project work this afternoon. So important to be organised :) # 12:35 @AJCann Hello Mike. Twitter is fun – and addictive # 15:01 I’d write twaiku on / National Poetry day / But there is no tag… # 15:03 Join
It’s National Poetry Day and this year’s theme is “work” so in the spirit of this here is a haiku: Is a poem work? A poet would say yes, though poems feed the soul. Please feel free to contribute a haiku or other poem on this year’s subject of “work”
11:23 Looking at Elluminate bridge for Moodle. Interesting – anyone used it? # 12:31 I’ve installed the Mind Map module in our Moodle. It’s really useful and works well. Pondering adding Google maps next… # 13:33 Ten tips for coping with information overload tinyurl.com/4neubj # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
1. Use a to-do list I use a weekly list rather than a daily list and even then it is sometimes an “everything I have to do” list. There are several online tools that can help with making lists, including wrike.com, rememberthemilk.com and joesgoals.com (see previous post). 2. Prioritise Do