Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-05

@dgachago17 it was a wonderful week, i learned so much from everyone I spoke to, must chat about collab project #
@LenSteenkamp Staying at the Beach Hotel, SAA paying for everything, so thats not too bad. Was just a disappointing end #
Flight home canceled, spending another night in PE. A bit pissed off with #SAA for stuffing up what had been a good week at #heltasa11 #
#pencilchat on Twitter has been a lot of fun. Thank you everyone for making the point in a way that I can only describe as delightful 🙂 #
RT @timbuckteeth What if the students break them? They won’t be able to write! #pencilchat #
RT @philipgreen #pencilchat Give me a pencil and a place to stand, and I could move the world #
RT @timbuckteeth Pencils will dumb down education. Keep the oral traditions alive! #pencilchat #
#pencilchat Just bought an accessory to look flash in meetings – a pencil grip – boss is asking where I got it #
RT @sangsterphil: Students at our school spend more time customising their pencils than writing with them #pencilchat #
RT @GuyJudge: @timbuckteeth Pencils criticized in plagiarism study. They make it too easy to copy. #pencilchat #
RT @GuyJudge: Don’t press down too hard when you use a pencil as you may leave an imprint that other people can read #pencilchat #
RT @johnmayo: I sure hope someone is going to use all these #pencilchat tweets in a presentation at some stage What about copyright? All CC? #
RT @GrahamBM: We have found that 1:3 pencil sharing has improved learner collaboration #pencilchat #
@timbuckteeth Poets among early pencil adopters. Now even builders use them. #pencilchat #
RT @HeidiSiwak: Pencils: anywhere, anyone, anytime on anything writing! The future is now! #pencilchat #
RT @briankotts: There is no evidence that the pencil makes learning faster, easier or better. #pencilchat #
RT @aangeli: RT @dughall: 2B or not 2B? That is the question. #pencilchat #
RT @noblerod: #pencilchat privacy concerns arise when students discovered using pencils to record friend’s antics during lunch #
@sandynay sorry, http://t.co/rVfBYAee #
RT @heidisiwak: RT @mgraffin: Check out the #pencilchat trend map 🙂 http://t.co/VKvzjHEE… #
RT @wholeboxndice: RT @delta_dc: Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give him a pencil and he can draw a fish. #pencilchat #
#pencilchat is what Twitter was invented for #
RT @johntspencer: Violent games do not lead to violent people. I played hang man numerous times and I’ve never hung anyone. #pencilchat #
RT @edutechhannah: I’ve doubled my productivity by sharpening both ends #pencilchat #
RT @ekendriss: RT @pammoran: Can pencil immigrants teach pencil natives? #pencilchat #
RT @ekendriss: RT @bhsprincipal: Pencils are always broken. They never work when I need them. #pencilchat #
RT @raventech: Anyone know if the added weight of an external eraser slows down todays graphite pencils? Concerned re. mobility #pencilchat #
RT @ronhoutman: @timbuckteeth If you didn’t grow up with pencils, then you will find them too hard to learn how to use. #pencilchat #
RT @webenglishteach: If we start using pencils, when will the kids learn keyboarding or the value of different fonts? #pencilchat #
RT @erinneo: refuse to use pencils in my classroom until manufacturers figure out a way 2 limit what [they] can write with them #pencilchat #
RT @vghathaway: RT @timstirrup: have you seen the things kids write about each other using pencils? this just HAS to stop! #pencilchat #
RT @heidisiwak: My school is adopting pencils but going to keep them in 1 room, each class allowed 40 minutes a week to use them #pencilchat #
RT @edutechhannah: Just spotted a student ‘doodling’ with one in class. Surely this will just become another distraction? #pencilchat #
RT @rebeccaradics: RT @Justgosailing: We are preparing students for pencils that have not yet been made. #shifthappens #pencilchat #
RT @tmartinowen: Time to drop pencils out of helicopters on all villages -one pencil per child #pencilchat #
RT @timbuckteeth: I’m resisting pencils at present. If I adopt them, I’ll have to change the way I teach. #pencilchat #
RT @heidisiwak: RT @markuos: #pencilchat Apparently you can use one ‘pencil dock’ at the front of the class to keep 30 pencils updated #
RT @dgree132: #pencilchat I’m worried about my son, he sits writing or drawing by himself for long periods of time. I think he’s addicted. #
RT @johnmayo: Data recovery for erased data with a pencil is very difficult #pencildata #
Apple marketing appeals to emotion, not features. That’s why everyone loves them. You need to switch off your heart to be immune #heltasa11 #
I hate it when marketers (esp. from #Apple push something without context i.e. iPad = good for education with no validation #heltasa11 #
@ronaldarendse To be fair, it’s only 1 person from #UCT who isn’t keen on sharing. I’m sure it’s not an institutional policy to censor 🙂 #
This “panel discussion” is actually a series of short presentations by 5 people. There’s no discussion happening? #heltasa11 #
@ronaldarendse Isn’t the point of coming to a conference to share practices so that we can all learn? What’s going on at #UCT #heltasa11 #
@ronaldarendse @LenSteenkamp So, attendance = success. Students say they attend. Therefore intervention = success? Mmm, seems shaky to me 🙂 #
@ronaldarendse What are you talking about, I’m in a great mood #
@ronaldarendse Maybe the student attendance figures were a minor component of the study. Was attendance relevant for the conclusions drawn? #
@ronaldarendse Sorry, let me help you…sarcasm = “The use of irony to mock or convey contempt” #
So far the panel discussion at #heltasa11 has been about (insecure) researchers trying to justify what they do. Am I missing something? #
@ronaldarendse There’s nothing wrong with basing conclusions on self-report. Students always tell me they “learn a lot” #heltasa11 #
@ronaldarendse Are you saying that the UCT presenter isn’t sharing? Sounds about right 🙂 #heltasa11 #
@ronaldarendse Always sets off alarm bells when someone tells me that I’m about to be amazed with something I’ve never heard before #
@ronaldarendse Never mind, it was meant for the moment, which you clearly missed 🙂 #
@ronaldarendse How can you not like this guy? #
Check out http://t.co/zv6lAUQx: interesting way for students to present information in an online poster. Uses flash tho & no collaboration #
This looks like a useful tool for student collections of content around a topic? http://t.co/qwUTDE9B #
RT @alexisangelus: @LenSteenkamp Congratulations on ur 2011 Award in National Excellence in Teaching & Learning!!! Bravo! Bravo! #HELTASA11 #
RT @ronaldarendse: Prof Delia Marshall of the Faculty of Science wins the teaching and learning excellence award! #HELTASA11 #ProudlyUdubs #
RT @jackiesredpath: Big shout out to @LenSteenkamp! Congrats on winning the award! From Dine and the NWU ladies #HELTASA11 #
Daily Papert: should encourage a deeper understanding of technology, beyond searching for information and communication http://t.co/rw7R1WFo #
Congratulations to Prof Delia Marshal from #UWC on her T&L award at #heltasa11 #
@carinavr No problem, glad to know that someone else finds them a little bit useful #
@dgachago17 Cool, will stick with the Laurillard book for now, otherwise I’ll just end up with 20 that I never read #
@dgachago17 Any suggestions? Too much to browse, need to have specific things to look for #
@dgachago17 Just got the book you mentioned, thanks for pointing it out. Will have a look at it later #
Excellent presentation by @dgachago17 on the disruptive nature of emerging technologies #heltasa11 #
@LenSteenkamp not at all, it’s just semantics 🙂 #
@LenSteenkamp good point, but then you’re not replacing an LMS with G+, you’re talking about using Google as a platform #
@dgachago17 They’re not equivalent & therefore 1 can’t replace the other. U can’t use G+ for admin, & an LMS has little to do with learning #
@ronaldarendse Not saying that’s my opinion, but why would they say anything different? We need to decide if it’s a viable / useful tool #
@LenSteenkamp I think they have different functions. G+ is social / communication. LMS is about management #heltasa11 #
@lensteenkamp I use G+, never liked FB much. We use a WordPress/Buddypress social network for coursework, I don’t intrude on students’ SN #
@dgachago17 Google will say: “Use Google+ because it will fulfill all of your educational needs and it is a magical experience” 🙂 #
@dgachago17 Why wait for Google? What are we doing to promote it’s use? Are we even sure it has a use? #heltasa11 #
#heltasa11 day 2 is proving to be intellectually stimulating. Loving the presentations so far #
Naude: challenge students to imagine a future that doesn’t exist, then help them develop knowledge & skills to create it #heltasa11 #
1st speaker of the day says using technology in teaching isn’t as good as a good lecturer. Clearly he’s missing the point #heltasa11 #
@RonaldArendse I think it is viable #
@vivboz some people think he’s a big name, judging from comments I’ve heard. Not my opinion #
@RonaldArendse sorry, typing mistake, just pointing out Jansens ignorance…or was it a lie 🙂 #
If students can pass without attending class, you have failed as a teacher. Best point of #heltasa11 so far #
@RonaldArendse Brian O’ Connell is a trained teacher. He’s not a VC though 🙂 #
@dgachago17 a bit caught up in his own story though #
@dgachago17 @RonaldArendse battery going to die soon, will see you around #
@dgachago17 first keynote presenter was a “big name” #heltasa11 #
@RonaldArendse Maybe because the wifi doesn’t work? Or maybe because it’s not interesting? #heltasa11 #
@RonaldArendse Try to find one take away message from each presentation. Agree that this could be a challenge 🙁 #
Thought we’d moved the conversation away from Prensky’s millenials? Why are we still talking about about how they’re “different”? #heltasa11 #
Interactive workshop on web-based clickers using cellphones with. Low cost approach for resource constrained environments #heltasa11 #
Everyone at #heltasa11 #heltasa – lets choose 1 hashtag for consistency. I vote for #heltasa11 Thoughts? #
I prefer “relationships” rather than “networks” #heltasa11 #
After Gutenberg learning was about “place”. After the 60’s it was about “technology”. Now it should be about “networks” #heltasa11 #
Disappointing keynote at #heltasa11 Too much “management”, not enough “learning” involved 🙁 #
Here’s a post on some of my thoughts on my PhD process. I’m not sure how (or even if I can) push posts from my blog… http://t.co/w5uGnJE0 #
I’m at a meeting for a research project that is looking at the use of “emerging technologies” in higher education.… http://t.co/WN8Fjp1o #
@mah_asf40 no problem, maybe next year. Come spend some time in cape town 🙂 #
@mah_asf40 it’s a conference for a group of south african educators to discuss approaches to teaching & learning in higher education #
@mah_asf40 it’s a higher education conference in Port Elizabeth #
Theoretical frameworks are just different ways of looking at the world. You can use different frameworks to look at… http://t.co/AuB7LWlG #
#heltasa11 begins tomorrow, anyone want to meet up? #

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