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I'm KerryJ, a trainer, educational designer and learner with a passionate interest in how technology is changing teaching, learning and communications.

Areas of specific interest and involvement
Virtual worlds, online classrooms (Live Classroom and Elluminate), the Moodle learning management system, multimedia production and live training.

Qualifications
Cert IV in Teaching and Assessment
Moodle Course Creator's Certificate
BSci Broadcasting and Advertising
Currently studying for Graduate Certificate in E-learning.

Currently employed by
Relationships Australia SA

Off the list

For selling clothing with pornographic, violent images of women; for promoting the sexualisation of little girls, for trying to encourage young women to aspire to be Playboy bunnies - I'm crossing these stores off my list of shopping destinations:

http://collectiveshout.org

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KerryJ’s blog at education.au

Final blog post - Thu, 22 Apr 2010
Friday April 23rd is my last day with Education Services Australia. I’m leaving to take up a position with the Cancer Council of South Australia as their Digital Communications Officer. That my new job title didn’t exist when I graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in “Electronic Communications” (formerly [...]

Coming to ACEC 2010? Join me in a 3D Safari! - Wed, 31 Mar 2010
Coming to ACEC 2010? Join me in a 3D Safari! There is going to be a 3-day feast of ideas next week in Melbourne called ACEC and I’m going to try to lure educators away from the conference to another world. On Friday, 9 April, I’ll be introducing a group through ImmersED Estate, [...]

Metaverse changer - Mon, 29 Mar 2010
You might not believe it – but this is a photo of something that will change the metaverse. This is a photo of an avatar created on one grid visiting with avatars on another grid.  Not impressed? Let’s back up a bit.   A grid is a hosted instance of a virtual world platform, in the case [...]

Stephen Heppell and Ustream/live audio nuts and bolts - Fri, 26 Mar 2010
I had the great pleasure and honour of meeting Stephen Heppell yesterday during his visit to the Adelaide offices of Education Services Australia. I livestreamed the audio via Ustream and recorded a feed from the mixing desk of his talk and the conversations that took place afterward. To listen, visit http://educationau.edu.au./stephen-heppell and download the [...]

ImmersED Island Overview - Sun, 14 Mar 2010
For those of you unable to make it to the presentation in Second Life as part of the Virtual Worlds Best Practice in Education conference, I’ve posted the presentation and notes to SlideShare. ImmersED in virtual worlds View more presentations from Kerry J.

My latest Diigo bookmarks

Take On Me by a-ha, North Korean Style - YouTube - Sat Feb 04 20:08

Five times Weird Al Yankovic: "Take On Me" à la North Korean http://t.co/PTnrP1bs

Great people talk... - Sat Feb 04 02:26

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, small people talk about other people.

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How to Prioritize When Everything Is Important - Wed Feb 01 01:43

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JellyCam - Stop Motion - Tue Jan 31 01:53

Make stop-motion films with a web-cam or a bunch of photos. No fancy features yet, but great for starting off or mucking about.

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Grandma's Corn Chowder Recipe - Allrecipes.com - Tue Jan 31 01:50

Sub out light cream or mix half cream, half milk to make half and half...

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My SlideShare presentations 

Drinking from the fire hose - Tue, 20 Dec 2011

Creativecommons a quicklook - Fri, 05 Nov 2010

A shorter, sharper, better version of a presentation I did a few years ago - updated to walk the walk as well as talk the talk. A very brief look at Creative Commons licensing.

3D Communications - Fri, 24 Sep 2010

An online session about on facilitating online sessions in virtual worlds... http://wikieducator.org/Facilitating_Online/Course_Schedule#September_20th_Managing_the_event_or_activity What facets of virtual worlds lend themselves to success in education, training, not for profit organisations and other uses? Elluminate session recording here: http://bit.ly/coAX7A

ImmersED in virtual worlds - Sat, 13 Mar 2010

An overview of "getting" virtual worlds, my journey and the created of ImmersED Estate, an OpenSim build on Reaction Grid with activities for educators to help them make meaningful use of virtual worlds.

Your next e-learning project: Make a case out of it why don't you? - Wed, 18 Nov 2009

So many educators across the sectors get funding for short-term projects that they feel should continue on after the funding ends. So often their great work gets a mention in a white paper or academic’s journal article and that’s the end of the story. This discussion starter aimed to get people thinking about what makes for a good case study and translate that to making an effective business case to their institutions and/or funding bodies.

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