My name is Sue Waters and I’m the person behind Mobile Technology in TAFE web sites. But before I tell you about these web sites let me first give you a glimpse of who I am.
I’m Australian based in Perth and are married with two kids. Definitely love my work as a full-time TAFE lecturer, as I live in a northern suburb of Perth and travel 45 mins to my workplace at Challenger TAFE in pretty Fremantle (right next to the ocean). TAFE stands for Tertiary and Further Education - I work in the vocational education and training sector.
While my work as an aquaculture lecturer has earned me the vote of the coolest job title my passion is the use of technology to enhance student learning. My technology use has changed considerably since I was first introduced to it’s potential in 2000; from a LMS (WebCT) to Virtual Classrooms (Elluminate), mobile technologies (spyglasses, PDAs, iPods) and Web 2.0 (blogs, wikis etc).
For the last 18 months I have been fortunate to be involved facilitating professional development workshops within my college and for other organisations in Western Australia.
As a blogger I stands for — practical application of technologies in education, and most importantly HELPING OTHERS learn how to use these technologies.
About Mobile Technology in TAFE web sites
I have been sharing my experiences with Web 2.0, e-learning and m-learning (mobile learning) since early 2006 through my Mobile Technology in TAFE web sites:
- I originally started out with my Mobile technology in TAFE podcast site for my audio and video podcasts.
- When I wanted a site to share “How to” - I set up Mobile Technology in TAFE wiki site.
- Finally I wanted a site where I could record and express my thoughts, and so this blog was started.
- I’m also the editor of The Edublogger, a blog set up by Edublogs to support the educational blogging community.
- Here is my wiki on elearning leadership.
About Mobile Technology in TAFE blog
Mobile Technology in TAFE blog is a finalist in the 2007 Edublog Awards in three separate categories: Best Individual Blog; Best New Blog and Best Ed Tech Support blog. Thanks to my readers for nominating my blog for the awards.
What else I am involved with
Yes, people do wonder that with all the different sites I must have no time left - not true. Here is what else I am involved with:
- e-learning - I am in responsible for all online students who study aquaculture remotely at Challenger TAFE via the Internet plus I use e-learning with my on-campus students (read more about my online students!)
- m-learning - I am well known in Australia for my use of m-learning with students (e.g. check out how I use PDAs with my students) and as a podcaster
- professional development - part of my work has involved facilitating professional development workshops with other lecturing staff
- speaking - I regularly speak at conferences and workshops for other organizations on various topics relating to web 2.0, e-learning and m-learning.
Based on my sites it is not hard to pick that I am into technology - just a little - and I do spend a lot of time researching this topic - which is huge as it includes e-learning, Web 2.0, m-learning and mobile technology. Don’t worry I do fit time in for my personal life - I love nothing better than a good book or a movie at the cinema.
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I hope that’s given a glimpse of who I am and what I do. If you’re into using these technologies with students then I’d love to keep in touch.
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2 responses so far ↓
hi sue
i’m originally from freo - go dockers.
why did you choose ‘podomatic’ to host your podcast? did you consider any others?
cheers
brette lockyer
Hi Brette
As you can see I work in Freo and my College is big into the Freo Dockers. Went with Podomatic because I liked the way I could have all my episodes on the one page and also many other educators were also using it.
Sue
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