Were there Things that you particularly enjoyed? I particularly enjoyed Things 21 ‘Online Games and Learning’ and 22 ‘Fun and Play’ because they were games and fun. I also enjoyed Thing 14 ‘Audio – Podcasts and SoundCloud’ because I have recently been getting into and listening to all different kinds of podcasts. Was there a … Continue reading Reflection →

SnapChat I chose to to play with SnapChat because I already had an account and hadn’t used it for a while. I thought it would be fun to send some terrible selfies to friends and family! Since I had last used SnapChat the lenses have been updated and there were some new ones that I … Continue reading Fun and Play →

Kahoot I just happened to have created a Kahoot for another PD program I am completing at the moment. The program askes you to create a short quiz about Christmas. I created one about celebrating Christmas in Australia. If you would like to play it (warning it is pretty tacky) here it is: Christmas in … Continue reading Online Games and Learning →

I have had a profile on LinkedIn for a few years so have some experience as a user of the network. I haven’t found it to have that much impact on my professional development. I think I may need to update my profile and add more of my accomplishments and experiences to get more out … Continue reading Professional Social Networks (LinkedIn) →

I searched our library catalogue to find an article in my field that had altmetrics. This was a lot harder than I expected because either the articles I found didn’t have a DOI on the page (which is what altermetrics search for) or it did have a DOI on the page and the software just … Continue reading Altmetrics →

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality is something I have some experience in and find extremely fun. My workplace has VR equipment so I was able to try the InCell game and many other games and experiences. It is an amazing to be physically somewhere but be virtually somewhere else. I have also found that throwing objects … Continue reading Augmented and Virtual Reality →

I had a play with OneNote and although an interesting program I am not sure what immediate uses I would have for it. It might be helpful if I needed to share information or a document with a group of people but have previously used different sharing programs to the same effect. For example I … Continue reading OneNote and ClassNotebook →

As I have used Tumblr for many years now for my countless different obsessions (TV shows, films, books, sport) I attempted to make a story through Storify. I had trouble thinking of something to make a story about but eventually decided to make a story about a conference I attended back in late August. Its … Continue reading Tumblr / Storify →

I regularly use the iTunes Podcast app to download and listen to podcasts. I have currently been listening to radio show podcasts of Hamish and Andy. They are very entertaining and make my time on public transport go a lot faster! I went and explored SoundCloud to see what I could find that was interesting. I … Continue reading Audio – Podcasts and SoundCloud →

As I use YouTube all the time I thought I would have a look at Vimeo to see how it compared. I searched Vimeo for ‘books’ to see if I could find any interesting videos to share. This video is one cute example. Penguin Books BG 01 by 29cm licensed by CC BY-SA 3.0 I … Continue reading Video – Vimeo →