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School / Work Affiliation: Ed Dept of WA

Blog: http://digitalchalkie.com

Website: http://paulreid.id.au

About Me: I'm particularly interested in social software and the role technology can play in engaging the digital natives we have in our schools. Having led K-7 Curriculum based ICT at Paraburdoo Primary School and 3 years of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) ESL in a Japanese High School, I now work as a Senior Curriculum Officer in the Curriculum Through ICT section of the West Australian Department of Education. Specifically I am interested in the benefits ICT can provide in an educational setting. Having managed an Apple lab and a Windows lab (albeit in Japanese) I have experienced first hand the differences between the major operating systems. Despite the arguments for and against both platforms I personally believe user engagement, connectivism and critical literacy are central to the efficacy of curriculum ICT integration. In classrooms, infrastructure simplicity and access to integrated content production wins handsdown. I also run a couple of educational group blogs called Digital Chalkie and AusMacEd as a means to link with fellow educators interested in empowering their students through the use of ICTs.

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Online image editors

Posted on April 27, 2007 at 7:39am 1 Comment 0 Likes

With Adobe's announcement last week of it's intention to produce a scaled down web-version of PhotoShop I thought I'd have a look at a couple of examples of what is out there already. Picnik and Snipshot a couple of web2.0 online image editors I've come across. Both of these apps have interfaces that are very…

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At 1:10am on April 28, 2007, Paul Reid said…: Yes web2.0 at an enterprise level needs this kind of discussion - although here in Perth, Moodle has not been given the recognition it deserves on a local level. The national deployment of EdNA with Moodle at it's core however is doing some marvellous things in realising connectivism for teachers.

At 1:26pm on April 27, 2007, Peter Sereinigg said…: Hi - comming from Perth, the hometome of moodle, you should be very familar with it :)
best regards Peter

At 7:36am on April 27, 2007, Paul Reid said…: I'm impressed a network so strong has already formed around the potential of web2.0 in the classroom.

What is the classroom though and where will it be in 5 years?