Something I've learned

ONE:
Twitter people (tweeps) are FANTASTIC! (Ok, so i didn't just learn that, but it's been verified many times over this weekend.)

I put out a few requests and got replies instantly. Here's a couple of the bigger examples:

I asked if anyone knew where I could watch Dylan Wiliam's Classroom Experiment. It had long gone from the BBC iplayer and I was desperate to see it. Dylan Wiliam was the man responsible for the start of my teaching career, giving me my place at King's College London School of Education.

That was a strange day. It had snowed the night before and everyone knows trains in London don't run in the snow! However, he and I had both managed to get there and I had a one-to-one session with him for much of the day because my original interviewer and many other candidates were unable to reach Central London.

So, a twitter pal, indeed not only knew where I could watch the programme, but had allowed me access to his mp4 files so I could get a copy of my own! The power of the internet is astounding!

I then asked for suggestions for links about maths education to add to my google reader so I could get a constant feed of incoming information (podcasts, new articles, etc). One twitterer sent me four fab links, and another gave me access to his own feed, to which he had already added about twenty different sources of incoming information! I am so grateful to both!

A couple more basic requests provided me with instant information I needed, and it got me thinking about how powerful PLN's can be. That is another big post for the future!

TWO:

You can open video files directly in the Google Chrome browser! That was totally unexpected, but when I clicked on a filename, it asked if I wanted to open it in Chrome. Yup. You bet I do! I have many reasons to love Google - and this is just one more to add to the list!