Goin' Black!

This blog is ''goin' black for a lil while' in celebration of the ABs inning the Rugby World Cup tournament tonight or tomorrow! Wup wup!

Go the ABs!

I know I'm a wee bit late with this posting, but here goes....YAY the ABs!  Too close a game!  I spent the last 5 minutes on my phone playing games so I didn't have to watch the game and then as soon as 80 mins was on the board, teeth chattering, phone clutching, on the edge of your seat tension was in the air!  It wasn't the best game the ABs have played but NZ won the RWC!!!  So all I can say is 'Woohoooo!  Go the All Blacks!'.

So What, So Far???

Day 2 of the ULearn Conference and I am thinking 'So What, So Far???'...What have I taken away with me so far:

*In the physical sense,  I've bought an A3 folder/book with pockets for kids work ANNNND the kids can record their stories as this A3book has recordable capabilities.  Each page has a number and when you push that number you hear their story replayed!  WOW!  Quick, easy and re-useable!

Quietly, I am looking at a Mac Pro (oooooooo I want one!).

**Twitter:  For example, you can tweet a question and get loads of replies in a matter of minutes (I soooo did not see that one...yes I am a 'non-twittier' but am slowly seeing 'a picture').

***Creativity: As one follow ULearner put it (while discussing the characteristics of creativity in one of our sessions), FUN - you can have fun while you drive a car drunk, INNOVATIVE - you can be innovative while causing destruction....Mr Creativity-KillJoy!

Borrowed from deviant-art, from the net.

He is right, you can be all of these things and still have slithers of creativity when looking from a different aspect, but for me, FUN, INNOVATION, EXPRESSION are only a few parts of the Creativity-Puzzle in a positive sense.  *I also had to consider Fear of being creative (especially when surrounded by people that don't see that creativity...yet, or fear of failure).

****Interesting:  Apart from meeting lots of new interesting people, yesterday I sat in a Keynote Session (probably the one I tweeted about saying "I am hungry!"), and Dr Jack Bacon was speaking.  This man has had an INTERESTING family, Grandparents that worked in Aviation, his Grandmother one of the first American women to gain a University Degree, they both worked with one of the Wright brothers through this organised Aviation Community, Grandfather had met Gene Roddenberry (you heard it!  And so had Dr Jack Bacon!), Dr Jack himself is a distinguished lecturer (emeritus) of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) but there is so much more about this man that is....INTERESTING!  Please click on his coloured name to see more about Dr Jack!

Anyway, I am actually sitting in the middle of another Keynote Session and trying to listen, think and type!  So 'gotta' go.  Will add pictures...some time! 
:)

ULearn 2011

Am sitting in my first Breakout Session at my first ULearn Conference and what did I choose??? Tweeting and Twittering! And I am not very good at any of it but on the up side... the internet played a big part in me being 'sucky'! I am still having a great time! PS The food smells devine at Novotel!