Comments for A View from my Valley http://valleyboy.wordpress.com travel, work, play Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on TeachMeet Falkirk 09 by Margaret V http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/teachmeet-falkirk-09/#comment-164 Margaret V Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=333#comment-164 Thanks, Nick, for getting the ball rolling by setting up the wiki in the first place! It was a great TM and was worth all the organisation. There was a fantastic amount of help from others all the way up to 2 minutes before the event. There was some work involved sourcing and communicating with sponsors. Once the venue was decided upon by the majority of our 'wee committee', I went along with Cassie on a number of ocassions to sort out everything on that front .... and there were a fair amount of emails fired back and forth, too! I think you're right, Rich, about the 'having to sign up on a wiki' barrier. A lot of the work involved actually reaching the local folk. None of them signed up via the wiki themselves. Permission was granted to send out blanket emails on a few ocassions to targeted individuals - and of course the had to reply to someone - and someone had to put their name on :-) I think that a a lot of the work was the spontaneous 'next job has just arisen and needs dealt with now!' scenario. Sooo ..... it was a case of 'you don't know what you don't know until it arises' and that makes it difficult to delegate tasks. Gosh - feel another blog post coming on :-) Thanks, Nick, for getting the ball rolling by setting up the wiki in the first place!

It was a great TM and was worth all the organisation. There was a fantastic amount of help from others all the way up to 2 minutes before the event.

There was some work involved sourcing and communicating with sponsors. Once the venue was decided upon by the majority of our ‘wee committee’, I went along with Cassie on a number of ocassions to sort out everything on that front …. and there were a fair amount of emails fired back and forth, too!

I think you’re right, Rich, about the ‘having to sign up on a wiki’ barrier.
A lot of the work involved actually reaching the local folk. None of them signed up via the wiki themselves. Permission was granted to send out blanket emails on a few ocassions to targeted individuals – and of course the had to reply to someone – and someone had to put their name on :-)

I think that a a lot of the work was the spontaneous ‘next job has just arisen and needs dealt with now!’ scenario.

Sooo ….. it was a case of ‘you don’t know what you don’t know until it arises’ and that makes it difficult to delegate tasks.

Gosh – feel another blog post coming on :-)

]]> Comment on TeachMeet Falkirk 09 by teachtechy http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/teachmeet-falkirk-09/#comment-163 teachtechy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:37 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=333#comment-163 Hello from down the valley. Good post, you guys did the vast majority of organising, I just added TMfalkirk to the Teachmeet wiki ! You are right about the ICT nature but there was a lot of interest/chat at breaks. The theory, in the Brainpop video, is that TM lurkers spread the word back at their school etc. There certainly seems to be lots of TMs rolling out. Nick Hello from down the valley.

Good post, you guys did the vast majority of organising, I just added TMfalkirk to the Teachmeet wiki !

You are right about the ICT nature but there was a lot of interest/chat at breaks. The theory, in the Brainpop video, is that TM lurkers spread the word back at their school etc.

There certainly seems to be lots of TMs rolling out.

Nick

]]> Comment on A little birdy told me… by Tessa Collins http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/a-little-birdy-told-me/#comment-162 Tessa Collins Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:24:31 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=325#comment-162 It's a dying art form and must be saved!!! I am sure Nintento could come up with some pitch-recognition game to encourage young whistlers!! (A new version of Guitar Hero...) It’s a dying art form and must be saved!!! I am sure Nintento could come up with some pitch-recognition game to encourage young whistlers!! (A new version of Guitar Hero…)

]]> Comment on Meetings and Ponderings by Cassie http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/meetings-and-ponderings/#comment-160 Cassie Wed, 27 May 2009 21:24:42 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=300#comment-160 Sounds like you use a lot of great ICT in your class. What year do you teach? How do you get access to all of the different resources? Sounds like you use a lot of great ICT in your class. What year do you teach?

How do you get access to all of the different resources?

]]> Comment on A little birdy told me… by Lynzy http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/a-little-birdy-told-me/#comment-157 Lynzy Sat, 16 May 2009 19:54:19 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=325#comment-157 a great post gig anaylsis there rich! definitely an escape to another place nite! a great post gig anaylsis there rich! definitely an escape to another place nite!

]]> Comment on Films n Footy by Lynzy http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/films-n-footy/#comment-152 Lynzy Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:46:01 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-152 hey, we, ur reading public, demand more regular blogs again!! what's happened- have u just not done or seen anything interesting for the past 21 days!? (football style chant, blo-og, blo-og, blo-og!) hey, we, ur reading public, demand more regular blogs again!!

what’s happened- have u just not done or seen anything interesting for the past 21 days!? (football style chant, blo-og, blo-og, blo-og!)

]]> Comment on Films n Footy by last year's girl http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/films-n-footy/#comment-149 last year's girl Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:17:14 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-149 Sheen was fantastic in The Damned United, his presence is magnetic. For the record, I thought it was <i>better</i> than the book while Watchmen was garbage (and I didn't even read the book til afterwards but, my god, so much nuance and subtlety and cleverness cut out in favour of extended unnecessary fight scenes). Sheen was fantastic in The Damned United, his presence is magnetic.

For the record, I thought it was better than the book while Watchmen was garbage (and I didn’t even read the book til afterwards but, my god, so much nuance and subtlety and cleverness cut out in favour of extended unnecessary fight scenes).

]]> Comment on Gran Torino by Bruce http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/gran-torino/#comment-143 Bruce Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:39:01 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-143 Just looking in Rich. sadly haven't seen either of these films. Did see a strange one recently called Franklyn, a British sci-fi, pretty original.. Just looking in Rich. sadly haven’t seen either of these films. Did see a strange one recently called Franklyn, a British sci-fi, pretty original..

]]> Comment on Schmap!! by Mark http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/schmap/#comment-141 Mark Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:57:48 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=296#comment-141 congratulations loving the fact that you gave them such a good plug that I just HAVE to visit their site. Perhaps that's why they use punters photos - free advertising congratulations

loving the fact that you gave them such a good plug that I just HAVE to visit their site. Perhaps that’s why they use punters photos – free advertising

]]> Comment on Schmap!! by last year's girl http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/schmap/#comment-140 last year's girl Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:13:05 +0000 http://valleyboy.wordpress.com/?p=296#comment-140 They used one of mine on their Berlin map, and it's not nearly the best photo from that trip! Guess we fill an unexpected niche ;) Congrats! They used one of mine on their Berlin map, and it’s not nearly the best photo from that trip! Guess we fill an unexpected niche ;) Congrats!

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