Comments on: blogging from the boat… http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/05/blogging-from-the-boat/ Pontydysgu - Educational Research Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cristina Costa http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/05/blogging-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-4375 Cristina Costa Mon, 26 May 2008 18:42:12 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=486#comment-4375 Thanks Pekka. My typing is full of typos...especially when on a Boat (can I used that as an Excuse?) Still need to check that eportfolio tool. Have you? Is it any good? Thanks Pekka. My typing is full of typos…especially when on a Boat (can I used that as an Excuse?)
Still need to check that eportfolio tool. Have you? Is it any good?

]]> By: Cristina Costa http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/05/blogging-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-4374 Cristina Costa Mon, 26 May 2008 18:40:46 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=486#comment-4374 what about with twemes? http://twemes.com/ But then it means you need to have your phone connected to the Internet. I wonder how they automatically got the SMSs to display on the screen. I would be interested in it. I would also be interested in being able to display them automatically on the web like twemes does. Will blog later more about the digifolio experience. We definitely rocked the boat and it was a lot of fun and meaningful networking despite the huge amount of short presentations. We were really part of the boat community metaphor. Not having anywhere else to go (with water surrounding us from all sides), we did make the best of it. After the natural selection of people grouping with other people they thought more interesting, we were ready to learn about each other: we socialized, talked, shared info about other projects, made plans for future get-togethers. The Portuguese also laughed a lot, danced, sang...till the next day. I liked the boat adventure! IT wasn't really a voyage to knowldege, but it was a voyage into knowing a little bit more, and that was definitely fun! But I am a little tired now! ;-) what about with twemes? http://twemes.com/
But then it means you need to have your phone connected to the Internet. I wonder how they automatically got the SMSs to display on the screen. I would be interested in it. I would also be interested in being able to display them automatically on the web like twemes does.

Will blog later more about the digifolio experience. We definitely rocked the boat and it was a lot of fun and meaningful networking despite the huge amount of short presentations. We were really part of the boat community metaphor. Not having anywhere else to go (with water surrounding us from all sides), we did make the best of it. After the natural selection of people grouping with other people they thought more interesting, we were ready to learn about each other: we socialized, talked, shared info about other projects, made plans for future get-togethers. The Portuguese also laughed a lot, danced, sang…till the next day.

I liked the boat adventure! IT wasn’t really a voyage to knowldege, but it was a voyage into knowing a little bit more, and that was definitely fun! But I am a little tired now! ;-)

]]> By: Graham Attwell http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/05/blogging-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-4373 Graham Attwell Mon, 26 May 2008 18:28:45 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=486#comment-4373 Steve - I like the idea of using phones as a back channel - anyone any idea how to do this easily - perhaps with Twitter? Steve – I like the idea of using phones as a back channel – anyone any idea how to do this easily – perhaps with Twitter?

]]> By: Pekka Kämäräinen http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/05/blogging-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-4318 Pekka Kämäräinen Fri, 23 May 2008 15:47:54 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=486#comment-4318 Cristina, there was a typo in the link. The correct one is here: http://eportefolio.ese.ipsantarem.pt/repe_en Cristina, there was a typo in the link. The correct one is here:

http://eportefolio.ese.ipsantarem.pt/repe_en

]]> By: Steve Wheeler http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/05/blogging-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-4304 Steve Wheeler Fri, 23 May 2008 08:01:27 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=486#comment-4304 Mobile phones are the lingua franca of the net generation. Banning them from schools solves some problems such as 'happy slapping', cheeting and invasion of privacy, but creates others such as loss of the ability to communicate or access information in a way that is culturally relevant. During a session I went to organised by FutureLab two years ago, one of the speakers said to the audience 'please don't turn your mobile phones off - simply switch them to silent'. Then he gave us a number to text our questions to during his talk. The questions appeared anonymously on the screen behind him and he addressed them as he spoke. How cool is that? Mobile phones are the lingua franca of the net generation. Banning them from schools solves some problems such as ‘happy slapping’, cheeting and invasion of privacy, but creates others such as loss of the ability to communicate or access information in a way that is culturally relevant.

During a session I went to organised by FutureLab two years ago, one of the speakers said to the audience ‘please don’t turn your mobile phones off – simply switch them to silent’. Then he gave us a number to text our questions to during his talk. The questions appeared anonymously on the screen behind him and he addressed them as he spoke. How cool is that?

]]> By: Graham Attwell http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/05/blogging-from-the-boat/comment-page-1/#comment-4302 Graham Attwell Fri, 23 May 2008 07:33:07 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=486#comment-4302 Sounds like a lot of presentations - is this the best way of learning in a connected world Sounds like a lot of presentations – is this the best way of learning in a connected world

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