Friday 9 December 2011

Because of Liam....

This post is dedicated to Liam Dunphy (@liamdunphy) who has done so much for me and my teaching pedagogy this year. He does so much and gets little in return, so here is my tribute to one person who has been one of the biggest influences on my teaching.


Because of Liam, I’m using technology more in the classroom.
Because of Liam, I want to use more technology in my classroom
Because of Liam, I’ve enjoyed teaching using technology.
Because of Liam, I’m on twitter.
Because of Liam, I longer no just follow Ashton Kutcher on Twitter.
Because of Liam, I have a twitter addiction.
Because of Liam, Liz & I are trying to out do each other on twitter.
Because of Liam, I’m now connected with other educators around the world.
Because of Liam, I’ve got my class to interact with other classes around the world.
Because of Liam, my class connected with Van Meter Iowa.
Because of Liam, my class has created an advert for Australia that was viewed in Iowa and around the world.
Because of Liam, I participated in #ccGlobal.
Because of Liam, my class swapped Christmas greetings with other classes around the world.
Because of Liam, my class was mentioned in the Sydney Morning Herald for the work we have been doing with schools in other countries.
Because of Liam, I’ve lost the amount of educational websites I’ve now joined.
Because of Liam, Liz and I have changed the way we teach and view technology.
Because of Liam, Liz and I have sort out new furniture the primary at our school through Bizfurn.
Because of Liam, I can’t wait to teach next year in the new classroom.
Because of Liam, I go to Teachmeet and am looking at hosting one next year.
Because of Liam, I now want a tablet or other fancy IT device.
Because of Liam, I’ve checked twitter numerous times whilst writing this.
Because of Liam, each statement starts with a conjunction.
Because of Liam, you are reading this.
Because of Liam, my teaching pedagogy has completely changed.
THANK S LIAM.
If anyone else has a because of Liam please comment and I’ll post it after mine.

1 comment:

  1. Because of Liam my daughters class are on twitter :-)

    Because of Liam my daughters class think I'm great fun because we do lots of #ccglobal fun things when I go in to help out with technology :-)

    Because of Liam classes around the world are learning about QR codes, Animoto, voice thread etc :-)

    Because of Liam I have now joined so many learning / social networks I can't keep track of them all :-)

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