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Day two of BYOD4L mini course , and I'm still here, though a little late to blog about it. The theme was communicating and we had a very intense twitter chat on that topic. The first task, which I completed over lunchtime on my iPad, was to create a representation of yourself as a communicator in your private and professional life The directions suggested that I find a free app that would help me with this. Some mind-mapping apps were suggested, but eventually I decided that iBrainstorm looked fairly easy. This is what I came up with. Me, as a communicator Interestingly , in retrospect, I focused on me (as a communicator) rather than focusing on the tools that I use - though some are mentioned. I also chose to reveal an aspect of my personality, that I am an introvert. This was actually the first thing I pinned to the board, because I feel that it does define the way that I prefer and choose to communicate. The Videos I did look at both video scenarios . I reflected a little on t...

This week I am dipping into the open bite-size course BYOD4L: Bring Your Own Device for Learning . I can't promise that I'll keep up, especially since the History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education MOOC also starts today. But since it's only over 5 days, I might just manage. The first topic is that of Connecting . There was quite a bit of connecting on the twitter chat this evening , under the hashtag #BYOD4Lchat. It was fast and furious. But, back to the task at hand. I watched both videos embedded on the Resources page and decided to reflect on the second one, from the point of view of the teacher. This is a scenario with which I am familiar, since I work in supporting teaching staff in their use of technology. A constant refrain is "I haven't got time", which, to be fair, is usually true. Academics are, increasingly, very busy with many demands on their time. To start using a new technology (device, app, system, tool) for teaching, they need to be c...