KerryJ’s Neotenous Tech

It’s after Thanksgiving and time for all of us of American distraction to write our annual Christmas letters.  The art of balancing between bragging and whining and pitching a missive at people you a)only talk to once per year AND b) those you keep up with regularly is a dying art.
After deciding that this Christmas [...]

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There are so many people who have contributed to my learning this year — in person and online.
My nominations for the 2008 Edublog awards are:

Best individual blog http://ogrady.globalteacher.org.au/ Lauren O’Grady is an intelligent, passionate young professional whose personality shines through in her online work.  She inspires me to be myself online.

Best resource sharing blog [...]

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Google’s foray into 3 D chat - Google Lively - is going to be shut down at the end of this year http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/lively-no-more.html
Is Google the McDonald’s of the internet in that if they pull out of a neighbourhood it is time to sell up?  I don’t think so.
For me, Lively has never had the ingredients [...]

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Okay, here I’ve been having vibrant discussions around what blogs are - conversations on reasonably consistent topic areas is my take on it - and I’m about to deviate madly.  But there is a tenuous edutech connection…
I’m an American-born, soon to be Australian and next week it’s Thanksgiving.  For me, it’s on a par with [...]

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The countdown is on to South Australia’s EDayz and I’ve been working up the in-world sessions for the people coming to my Second Life sessions.
On Wednesday night, we’re going to do a nuts and bolts session on the basics — how to walk, talk, teleport and interact with objects.
That’s taking place at the learning loft [...]

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