New Colours – Keeping it Fresh

Just in case you happened to notice…yes the colours on my page have been changed. I tend to do this every so often. One, because it keeps it fresh (maybe only to myself) without changing the content and layout. Two, it is kind of fun to play around with your layout and code (hmmm, maybe […]

I wish I was European…I could go to Mars

The European Space Agency (Esa) is seeking volunteers for a simulated human trip to Mars, in which six crew spend 17 months in an isolation tank. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6221424.stm Sounds like fun to me!

Microsoft Surface

Dear Santa: I’ve been very good this year (so far). For christmas could you please bring me a Microsoft Surface. I think I may need one really badly. If not could you at least send me to a conference or hotel lobby where I could play with one. Thank you,Tracyps. say hi to the reindeer

Recent posts

My last 3 posts, if it wasn’t completely apparent already, were assignment submissions for my current online course. If you have any comments on them it would be greatly appreciated. I do keep looking to the same blogs at the moment and referencing them quite frequently. I’m not trying to be biased and I’m sure […]

Customizing my blog

I’ve had a ton fun over the last few days playing around with the format, colours, background, etc of my blog. I wanted to put in more picture elements of some of my own photographs. I really love taking pictures and have taken so many on my travels that I feel they are truly a […]

Turning other’s on to blogging

I was just showing my co-worker my blog and all you can do with them. Not that mine is all you can do with them. But it’s great to see how excited she was to start and create her own. She is getting ready for a 6 week journey to India and thought it would […]

eLearning 2.0 – I’m trying to DO IT

eLearning 2.0 – Go Do It : eLearning Technology Funny just when I really needed it in my professional and academic career I was able to get the the eLearning Guild Annual Gathering. Then just when I needed some guidance on where to start and what to get excited about I heard a speaker there […]

Still Using Paper & Pencil

I am disheartened that another year has gone by in our organization and we still have to test all of our 2200+ staff with paper and pencil. We must test them yearly on a set of core curriculum and the only method I currently have to accomplish this task is to give them a paper […]