Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, December 23, 2009,
In :
Communication
I can hear Chrissie and Keith (Senior Adviser and Technical Adviser)
tut, tutting at me for even flagging up software in Alpha; but here
goes anyway.
Twitter has emerged as one of the world’s most widely used social networking services.
Twitter’s appeal lies in...
its simplicity, and
the way it fosters a sense of immediacy.
Communication on Twitter must be brief and to the point,
because “tweets” are limited to 140 characters; it doesn’t have to take
up a great deal of ...
Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, October 6, 2009,
In :
Communication
Tar Heel Reader, set up by Gary Bishop,
is an amazing online collection of accessible “books for beginning
readers of all ages” that has grown to approximately 6000 titles!
Tar Heel Reader books are...
beautifully illustrated with images from Flickr
truly engaging for a wide range of readers
accessible to ALL learners.
Tar Heel Reader books can be...
read and/or listened to online.
accessed with a mouse, with up to three switches, or via overlays on Intellikeys.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
