TAFENSW Quality Awards and Showcase

Wow! Yesterday I saw some amazing technology at the TAFENSW awards. I also found some new resources and ideas to bring back to my colleagues. The event was truely inspirational!

Wikis

I think wikis are a great resource. The web is so big these days you can spend a lot of time searching the web.

Interactive Retail

Interactive windows. Stores now are using technology in their window displays to engage their customers. They are also using interactive screens within the store to let customers select colours and information on products aswell as order them to be delivered to their door. It would certainly save floor space within stores. A Sydney hairsalon is using this type of system to compete with people buying online as this avoids the salon holding stock to sell on the shelf and then they can be more competitive with price.

Blog Challenge

Write a post at least each week.

I've been exploring more technologies and now I've set up a Adobe Connect Room for online teaching and meetings. It's very exciting! I can't wait to host my first online class. Community Pharmacy has just loaded it's first unit online - Blood Pressure and I've just started on another.
I'm still only just on my L plates.

What do you think about online learning? Please comment

Launched the THRAPS wikispace at our Team meeting in Coffs last night

Our Retail teachers had a meeting last night and I showed them the THRAPS wikispace and the Retail wiki and useful links etc. The team was quite interested in this information. It was great to see.

Commercial Cookery Group is Bloggin'

I recently presented a elearning presentation to the Commercial Cookery Project Team.
I created them a blog and they have been engaging with it. I'm so excited! They were also given quick reference guides on eLearning for future reference.

New Feature!!

I've just tried a poll feature. It's just to the right of this post. Please vote it would be great to see how many people who read this blog vote on my new poll feature. This poll feature could be used for businesses to poll their customers and teachers to poll their students etc.