Last week I had the opportunity to do a couple of workshops on Learning Table and have a stand at the eLearning08 conference at the University of NSW. It was great to catchup with some existing customers and colleagues as well as have the opportunity to introduce rfid Learning Table to lots of people for the first time. The workshops were well patronised and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and said hello and thank you to the organisers for the invitation to attend. I certainly hope to do another eLearning Conference in the future!

 
I managed to snap one photo in the morning while some early arrivals were settling in for the first of two workshops on rfid Learning Table.

I guess here at NECS, we were ahead of our time. :)

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Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit in online with the Riverina TAFE's Learning Technology Mentors Showcase. The quality of the work presented and the enthusiasm shown by the teachers in the Mentor program was truly outstanding. I left the showcase deeply impressed and certain that students who attend Riverina TAFE are in the very best of hands.

Congratulations to Jacqueline Bates, Bronwyn Collins,  and the teachers in the program for a first class result. You have very reason to be proud of your efforts.

Dan

Verona McMahon a teacher of Foundation Studies at Riverina TAFE and a member of the excellent Learning Technology Mentors program that Institute is running. She recently sent me a copy of a video she shot of her work with rfid Learning Table.

Here is what Verona said about the video  and her use of rfid Learning Table: 

I ran a course which was a joint venture between: Riverina Institute of TAFE NSW, Coomealla Campus; Coomealla High School, NSW DET; Schools in Partnership; and the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG), Dareton.

Our students were years 7 to 10 students from Coomealla High School. Students worked on their own raps to express their experiences of living in their particular communities at their age and to relate their stories round this. Each student recorded a rap. When the AECG had a barbecue at Coomealla TAFE I showcased the students' raps outdoors by using the laptop and both the speakers and RFID scanner powered by the laptop battery. Each student's rap was tagged to a plastic card RFID tag.

This tag was inserted into a plastic sleeve which also held a photo of the student and the rap title. People in attendance at the BBQ were free to come up to the laptop and receive simple instructions on how to listen to the individual raps via your Learning Table Player. Enjoy the outback ambience as you view this video.

Thanks Verona, for sharing this and well done on a innovative and interesting use for Learning Table.

Dan