Sue Waters Blog

Unfortunately it is very easy to misinterpret and/or mis-use any type of statistics.
People often look at the number while failing to consider how the statistic was calculated or what it truly means.
About Misinterpreting Statistics
Here’s an example:
Statistics show that 45% of the population can’t read the newspaper.
Shocking literacy rates! Or is it? How many included [...]

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Let’s be honest, I’m not sure about others, but I don’t expect gifts when I do presentations but it’s always nice to receive. But I usually give them away (usually to a participant) ’cause I don’t drink.
But thanks to Kerry J I received the absolute prefect presentation gift for EDNA’s Blogging - it’s a [...]

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Don’t you get frustrated with mess? I do! But I’ll procrastinate how I can clean up the mess until I can’t take it anymore. Only then will I take action.
Today was my blog cleaning day! I’ve finished what I can but still not happy (are we ever totally happy with blog cleaning?). [...]

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Great news!!! I’ve been asked by Robin Ellis and Darren Draper to talk about blogging with educators participating in Open PD.
Slight problem! Minor really — hardily worth mentioning but it’s at 5.00 am tomorrow morning my time (their local time of 5-6 pm US Eastern Time Zone on Wednesday April 9).
Time for a confession [...]

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If you’re not already subscribing to the RSS feed from your own blog using a feed reader e.g. Google Reader it’s time you did! You can’t always guarantee readers will tell you there is a problem .
What happened to Martin Weller (The Ed Techie) yesterday is a classic example of the need to [...]

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So what does make a good blog?
Tara Ethridge asked the Classroom 2.0 community “What are your top 3 blogs you’d recommend others to read about web 2.0, collaboration or anything technology-related?” so that she could create a list for teachers at her school of the most commonly recommended.
While I like the idea of helping teachers [...]

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Blogging is all about having the conversations — not talking to yourself! True conversations, which is what we want to achieve, is when we all, author and commenters interact.
Managing Comments on Other People’s blogs
I’ve many tips for keeping up the conversations on blogs but I believe the most important is being very effective at managing [...]

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Finally I can shared some really cool and exciting news of my latest venture. A few weeks ago James Farmer, founder of Edublogs, approached me to ask if I was willing to be the editor of The Edublogger, a blog set up by Edublogs dedicated to helping educational bloggers with using emerging technologies in [...]

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Sure it is nice when a blogger posts on the topics they normally write on but it is also enjoyable when they occasionally share what is happening in their life. Why? Because you can now connect with them as a real person; not just someone who always seems to be talking business.
For me, [...]

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Confession! Been a bit quiet lately because I have taken some time to smell the roses — read books, watch meaningless TV. Really relaxing but has made me struggle with blogging. [Image by Auntie P]

So today I decided that if blogging is not happening it is better to step away and do a podcast [...]

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