I had lots of fun with code monkey which was on https://code.org/ – in fact I probably got a little too carried away. Although the game was aimed at kids I was soon hooked on completing as many levels as I could in the time I had and was surprised at how quickly I picked things up. … Continue reading Thing 21 -Online games and learning
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Thing 20 – Professional social networks
Linkedin has been a really useful site for me to keep all my professional and educational achievements together – unfortunately I have not kept my site as up-to-date as I would have liked to – maybe I should add it to my list of new Year resolutions! Re-connecting with people who I have … Continue reading Thing 20 – Professional social networks
Thing9: collaborate and hangouts
Ok so I’m 2 months late to the party with 23Things and have missed all the live activity! Doh. However, in good news, I just had my first shot of Collaborate Ultra at work last week, so this is fresh in my mind. I had used regular Collaborate before, and I liked how Ultra is […]
Face(book)ing up to legacy contacts
Thing 8 I really do find the Facebook privacy stuff a bit baffling, I don’t think they’ve quite nailed the wording or explanations about things very well, and actually most of the time I end up just abandoning the setting because I don’t quite understand what it’s saying. And while there’s a niggling feeling in […]
Understanding twitter analytics – thing7
I’m pretty familiar with Twitter, using my work account the most. I don’t use my personal account as often, and when I do it’s more as a way of quickly catching up with news than as an active tweeter. When I do tweet it tends to be to moan at a company, or to have […]
Thing 16: OneNote
I haven’t used OneNote before so I watched Microsoft’s Getting Started with OneNote Guide for Teachers (nice interactive video!). I was surprised by how many different things can be added to a notebook. Then I… More
Thing 14 – podcasts
I love podcasts! I love radio and the realisation several years back that you could listen to featured programmes or topics at a time of your choosing (post tape-recorder and very early-mp3 player) was fantastic. I still subscribe to podcasts now even though I could find most of the content through other platforms – I … Continue reading Thing 14 – podcasts
Thing 17: Geolocation
This is a cross-post between WordPress and Medium. There’s sort of these two polarising perspectives, right? Everything is great. The Internet has created all this freedom and liberty, and everything’s going to be fantastic. Or, everything’s terrible. The Internet has created all these tools for cracking down, and spying, and controlling what we say. The thing is, … Continue reading “Thing 17: Geolocation”
Thing 13 – YouTube
I watched the Lynda.com course on YouTube and enjoyed finding out more about the monetisation of videos – I can’t imagine racking up in excess of 100 hours of interest in anything I may upload but who knows? I tend to search for videos as and when I need them therefore have never set up … Continue reading Thing 13 – YouTube
Thing 19 -Altmetrics
I admit this is something which I had not looked into much before now but after some background reading I feel it could be a really useful tool for academics and students. Personally, I don’t think I will be using it in my own work but is something which may be of interest to the academics I … Continue reading Thing 19 -Altmetrics
Thing 23: Reflection
Here I am finally (and just a few weeks late!) tackling the final’thing’ by looking back over my experience of completing the 23 Things for Digital Knowledge activities. The things that I particularly enjoyed are: Bitmoji from Thing 5: Diversity – why write a message when a small image of myself can say it better? SoundCloud from … Continue reading Thing 23: Reflection →
Thing 22: Vine
For this ‘thing’ – about fun and play – I decided to experiment with Vine. I wasn’t 100% sure what I usefully do with a 6 second video – but I was inspired by the examples on 6secondscience.tumblr.com. I began by watching the Lynda.com Vine Video Tutorial which made it all seem very straightforward. However my experience was … Continue reading Thing 22: Vine →