http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org Journalling my lifelong learning in Vocational Education and Training Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:16:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en vc STA & EIT Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry Joyce Seitzinger, eLearning Adviser at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, recently asked me to present at their Half Day Retreat (Joyce and I are members of the OzNZ Educators network). The theme of the Retreat was “Engage, Relate, Connect” ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/06/20/networked-learning/ txt2spch podcasting Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry Txt-2-speech podcasting: When I learned about OdioGo text-to-speech podcasting from Lyn Marentette’s Classroom 2.0 update, I decided to apply it to my own blog. Visiting the OdioGo homepage, I pasted my blog’s URL and email address into the spaces provided. Process: It took me about fifteen minutes to carry ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/txt2spch-podcasting/ childhood things... Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry Operculum Seven years old. Walking behind my sister along Moreton Bay’s shoreline at Margate, I picked up an interesting stone. My lucky stone. I asked my Science Master in high school about it. No answer, until weeks later when I had an appointment with his dreaded cane. ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/05/02/childhood-things/ Stage 3 stonemasonry projects Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry Published by Tomas Lipps in The Stone Foundation periodical issue #8 Working stone by hand, I use a mason's steel hammer only with two stone working tools: the pitching tool and the punch. I drive the claw tool and the chisel with a nylon mallet. Regarding ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/04/30/masoning-stone/ Learning Table in the classroom Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry I had earlier blogged about RFID Learning Table, a software application developed by Daniel Dacey’s New England Computer Solutions. It was installed on the stonemasonry section’s classroom computer. This computer had always been used to operate SignLab VinylPro stencil cutting equipment, and was ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/04/28/learning-table-in-the-classroom/ ANZAC Day 2008 Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry Scotch Suit An American friend once described my Scottish garb as a “Scotch Suit.” I’ve been wearing kilts since tagging along with the local pipes and drums when I was eleven years old way back in 1974. My piano teacher at the time suffered a serious ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/anzac-day-2008/ stomas_ning Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry This is a screen shot of my online social network that I'm using with my stonemasonry apprentice students. Geographic spread I set up the Ning stonemasonry network in July 2007 to keep in touch with students between classes. Most of my students do not live in Brisbane - they ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/stomas_ning/ splitting stone Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry I’ve just learned that the Flickr photo sharing site is accepting videos up to ninety seconds long. I plan to use this feature extensively, encouraging my students to do the same so that we can build a public resource of stonemasonry activities. This is useful for ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/l-o-o-o-ng-photos/ TAFE Qld ResourceBank and My.TAFE Originally uploaded by st0nemas0nry RB02 Training Session I’ve just completed my first formal ResourceBank training session. ResourceBank is the TAFE Queensland database (built on the Equella platform), with an interface called My.TAFE (provided by Janison Systems). Contributing At the two-hour session, I learned how to contribute a resource to ResourceBank. ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/04/11/tafe-qld-resourcebank-and-mytafe/ Mobile drawingsOriginally uploaded by st0nemas0nry Many years ago, old friend William Whitmee gave me his book "The Elements of Geometrical Drawing" (Henry J. Spooner, 1914). On pages 167-169, Spooner describes Problem 194: To construct the Spiral called the Ionic Volute, the circumscribing Parallelogram having sides 3 1/2" and ... http://stoneteacher.edublogs.org/2008/03/24/sharing-electronic-drawings-in-flickr-and-slideshare/