2009 Talks
Teaching with Social Media Tools
11 October 2009, Guest lecture for Foundations of Learning and Teaching subject, Bond
A survey of social media tools I have used for teaching purposes over the last few years at Bond.
Web 2.0 tools: 25 Tools, 100 Tools, Twitter, Google Reader, Gmail, Delicious, Wordpress, PBworks, Slideshare, Mindmeister,Prezi, Polleverywhere, Gliffy
Developing A Social Media Roadmap for Your Business – Master Class
2 October 2009, with Des Walsh, Princeton Room, Bond
A 1-day master class introducing social media, the key online tools and how a social media roadmap can be created to advance the effectiveness of a business.
Electronic resources not available
Communities Online with Social Media
15 September 2009, Broadbeach Library, part of Techno Expo
A talk under the auspices of Social Media Club Gold Coast about how to use a range of social media tools for creating and maintaining online communities.
Electronic resources prepared in association with Peta Hopkins but no longer available.
Get Connected: Developing A Social Media Roadmap for Your Business
25 August 2009, with Des Walsh, University Club, Bond
A talk introducing social media, the key online tools and how social media can be applied to improving the effectiveness of business.
Electronic resources not available.
Favourite Cloud Apps
18 July 2009, BarcampQld Meeting 3, East Brisbane Bowls Club
A short presentation of some of my favourite cloud applications, particularly for preparing presentations like this.
Cloud apps: Gliffy, Google Docs, Slideshare, Prezi, Delicious, Archive.org, Evernote, Live Mesh, Live Sync, Skydrive, S3, Gladinet, PollEverywhere (note links will have aged)
Teaching with Web 2.0 and Social Media Tools
16 July 2009, Bond
A report on some of the online Web 2.0 and social media tools used for teaching purposes.
Web 2.0 tools: 25 Tools, 100 Tools, Twitter, Google Reader, Gmail, Evernote, Delicious, Wordpress, PBworks, Slideshare,Mindmeister, Prezi, Polleverywhere, Gliffy, Posterous, Write4 (links will have aged)
Screencasting to Enhance Teaching Materials
2 July 2009, Bond
A presentation of some of the outcomes of my Vice-Chancellor's T&L grant on screencasting.
QCEC2009: Virtual IT Teaching Laboratory
5 June 2009, Queensland Computing Education Conventicle 2009, QUT, Gardens Point
A presentation to QCEC2009 about the Virtual IT Teaching Lab in the School of IT at Bond University and the benefits virtual machines have brought to practical assignments for advanced IT subjects.
Slideshare slides, Virtual IT Teaching Lab, Paper
Web 2.0 Tools for Education
28 May 2009, IT Teachers Dinner, Bond University
A presentation to teachers of IT at local schools about a favourite set of Web 2.0 tools for students and teachers.
Social Media: Changing the Face of Education
29 March 2009, Collaborative Learning Room, Multimedia Learning Centre, Bond University from 6 pm
A presentation to the Social Media Club Gold Coast March 2009 Meeting about the effects and trends in higher education brought about by social media tools.
Screencast, Prezi presentation
Enhancing Teaching Materials with Screencasts
18 March 2009, University Club, Bond University
A short report on the VC T&L grant for the project 'Enhancing Teaching Materials with Screencasting: Production and Deployment'.
Working in The Cloud
15 March 2009 at Barcamp Gold Coast Meeting 3
A report on my ongoing INFOWOE experience with using netbooks as thin clients with all applications and data being resident in the cloud.
Slides: Slidecast – General Edition, Slideshare, Survey, INFOWOE Blog Posts
Twitter for Education
9 February 2009 16:00 for Marian Williams’ class
An introduction to Twitter and its potential use for teaching in class.
Slides: Slideshare, YouTube of Prezi demo
Virtual IT Teaching Lab: Current Progress
6 February 2009 15:30 Part of School of IT research seminar series
Social Media Club Gold Coast Meeting 1
29 January 2009 18:00 CLR
The inaugural meeting of the Social Media Club Gold Coast hosted by Bond.
My slides: Slideshare Whole meeting: slidecast