Getting ready for ULearn

Well three terms have flown past and we are on the homeward straight. It is sad to think that my year is coming to an end. It has been a wonderful, challenging, stretching, growing year and I have changed significantly because of it. Mostly because I have been surrounded with people who are as passionate for teaching and learning and technology as I am. I have been able to engage in debates and have my mind changed and pursue different points of view while spending time with my mentors and the other efellows.  I no longer feel I am in a vacuum. Sometimes when you are passionate about something, your colleagues think you are 'strange' :-). The efellowship allowed me to spend time with other 'strange' people.

I leave for uLearn in two day's time. I will be running a full day seminar and two workshops. I get to present the findings of my research and see what it means to others. I am looking forward to seeing the reactions of my participants to these findings. I hope they have as much potency in my presentation as they did when I uncovered them.

Once uLearn is finished I will be preparing some of my students to run a podcasting workshop at the Dunedin Kids @ Conference. They are nervous and excited about it, a bit like how I feel about uLearn. Then all that will be left to do for the efellowship is to finish writing the final report.

I'll keep you posted ...