After an excellent suggestion from a contact on twitter to take a look at Edmodo as an example of a microblogging service I started thinking about what I would be focussing on in the new academic year in my own professional practice at school. The obvious tasks are as follows I think the above list is an obvious given So what will I be trying to different this year? I think definitely this year will be about trying to get realistic, safe and educationally appropriate social networking established at my school. The possible way I will be doing this is through Edmodo which was suggested to me by @josepicardo on twitter. This is a fantastic little system which I think could revolutionise how teachers and students interact and manage their learning. What else will I try and do differently this year? Blog more frequently on educational issues. Lets see how this one goes … Till next time Brian
What about beyond that? 2009 has been a pretty banner year for me in terms of changes in ICT. I came to late to the party on the power of RSS and have been using Twitter pretty much on a daily basis for about half a year now. Those two services have pretty much radically reshaped how I am using and understanding ICT and education.
