Contemplation : A Year On

It seems an eon ago that I was at the helm of NSW LearnScope, at least thinking I was, only to find that not only was it a sinking ship, but also that it was bound to be scuttled, archived and fondly remembered.

It also seems odd that a few months on I’m up here in the country (as they say in Australia) trying to forge my way around and gain employment whilst going about family business “down town” where doing business is gaining employment and forging around. It’s a complex mix, prone to potent immediacy which others call gossip and some call news.

Which ever way I look at it the case for Alexander Hayes, educator is certainly full of scope and not with standing full of expectation and loaded with history. I just want to take forward all that Ive learned and actually APPLY it , not fluff around any further.

Working for the AFLF afforded me a ceratin distance from the workings of VET Institutes, immune to working parties and committees and action statements and meeting minutes and the like. The grindwheel of beuraucracy that some would argue as a necessary evil. I cast no bones when it comes to my mixed feelings on the subject and only but try every which way but loose to remain exactly that….dodging the mass of dis-enfranchised humdrum. Not that it’s all that….just groundhog day aint ever tooooo far away right ?
My time will come.

Minutes in a wiki live sounds good. Podcast meetings. A blogging ID.

Open courseware - how novel.

Yes …..I also know it’s all about what competition out there barks at the heels of the bigger fish.

On a more positive note I have an office in a cupboard….with a fast internet connection at cost.
The Engageme four disk set arrived on my doorstep today - complete with re-design. My baby son has been taking up a lot of my time. I drink green tea at night. I’m building again things over at MECaT and the Atkinson group.

I’m hacking Moodle with some good results. I’m facilitating a professional development course. Re-theming websites. Web designing again. Hands on tools.

Roll on full-time work. Anyone need a customised Moodle outfit ?

Give me a call

Moodle Hack

Today’s been a day of squinting through an array of code and f-5 prompts to corall the MECaT Online Moodle environ. into some semblance of readability.

Thanks to NewSchoolLearning I’ve converted their Convertible theme for a grandsum of $39.95 USD and rendered the MECaT Moodle into anything but poo.

Front end theme is an Extreme Updates lover affair. Still not happy with the Mistylook top end but that will change.

Learning lots.

Still going through consults with Atkinson Training for front end look and feel but it’s edging closer to some that resembles a working solution.

New site.

Old site.

Tell me the difference.

Desktops

 

Wish me luck.

I’ve logged in and seeking help within 40 seconds. Hmmm….

• Where can I hack the code ?
• Any chance of getting my header in here ?
• Creative Commons ?
• Mash ?

I could’nt care less how long my students have been in here……the question is what have they done in the times in between that matter most.

Atkinson Training

 

A brief chat with Tony and Karen which I’m hoping to use as an audio testomonial when the website re-build is complete….great people !

Intro here

Download MP3 : 5.5 mbs

Slideshare

Funky Movie

1:44 AM

The job application for CEO New Learning Technologies - Educational Leader  is complete.

New Learning Technologies ? CEO ?

Whats become of my life ? others have pointed me in this direction for while but will this spell the end to the open ended, catastrophic online entity namely alexanderhayes…..

Here’s to fate.

Either that or i’ll have to invent some other fiction.