Archive - January, 2009

Informal learning Wordles

learnt at home

Here’s a creative use for the ‘word cloud’ site Wordle. Miles Berry, a Headteacher in Godalming, used the data from a questionnaire asking about children’s use of technology outside school, to feed into Wordle resulting in a number of interesting images that display the children’s preferences. In a wordle image, the clouds give greater prominence [...]

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Sunday Shares: 26 January 2009

The following links are items that I have read and shared through Google Reader in the last 7 days. Some will be youth work or youth ministry related, while others are of personal interest. You can view my full shared items here. New Zealand Man Buys Thrift-Shop MP3 Player Full of US Army Classified Information [...]

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Paisley YMCA building for sale

I noticed this bit of news in my reader today. PAISLEY’S famous YMCA building is being axed after 100 years of service to the town. Over the years I’ve met a number of workers from Paisley YMCA through my study at The George Williams College so was surprised and a little sad to hear the [...]

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Sunday Shares: 19 January 2009

The following links are items that I have read and shared through Google Reader in the last 7 days. Some will be youth work or youth ministry related, while others are of personal interest. You can view my full shared items here. “seriously ridiculous” stuff for free 18 December 2008

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Youth Work Promo Video

A few months back, my little brother Tim started filming some of the activities we run at church in order to make a short promotional video to help explain what we do a little bit better. After he filmed an interview with me, I pretty much left him to it. Last week, he showed me [...]

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Sunday Shares: 12 January 2009

The following links are items that I have read and shared through Google Reader in the last 7 days. Some will be youth work or youth ministry related, while others are of personal interest. You can view my full shared items here. Swarm 11 January 2009 UPDATE: OK, it’s obvious this post wasn’t published on [...]

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Facebook Connect

Through the wonder that is the Disqus comments system, you can now leave a comment on this blog using your Facebook profile! Handy for anyone who doesn’t have a profile elsewhere, and great for gaining a bit of continuity across various websites. Just for fun, leave a comment below by signing in with your Facebook [...]

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