Author Archives: Grace Elliott

About Grace Elliott

Working at present as an Education Advisor for Abu Dhabi Education Council.

Week 5 Lifestream Summary

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Grace Elliott

Virtual communities is the theme of this block and our task is to build an ethnography,  something I haven’t attempted before.  In order to get an understanding I read and re-read the recommended readings. If I understand Hine (2000) correctly, … Continue reading →

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Weeks 3 and 4

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Grace Elliott

Focus was on making connections between cyberculture and visual literacies. A Skype text chat was organised during Week 3 to discuss the effects these have on educational thinking and practice.  “Skype, however, is banned in the UAE and its website, … Continue reading →

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Finding a community

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Grace Elliott

  I know there are lots of online communities out there but I am struggling trying to find a suitable one for my ethnography.  I have spent quite a few hours searching, unsuccessfully. Made a start with looking at something I’m … Continue reading →

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Visual artefact

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Grace Elliott

I was actually enjoying working on this task before my frustrations with technology set in.  The theme I initially chose was Good and Bad and even had a piece of music I thought would slot in nicely (Biffy Clyro’s ‘God … Continue reading →

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Digital communication… or lack of

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Grace Elliott

This has been a week of problems with applications and Internet connection.  It’s part of life here that Internet connection can be intermittent.  Although I pay for higher bandwidth, the connection is extremely slow. Whenever I complain I’m told that … Continue reading →

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Is scholarly blogging an oxymoron?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Grace Elliott

Work demands has made it difficult for me to fully engage with Week 3.  None of my schools have Internet access at the moment so my evenings are spent playing catch-up.  I did some of the readings and I had … Continue reading →

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Trials and tribulations of Lifestream

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Grace Elliott

My day has been spent finding my way around Prezi. This application came highly recommended to me so I abandoned my attempts with Tumblr and began exploring Prezi. My plan was to look through the Synchtube session notes from the … Continue reading →

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Week 2 – Getting started with Lifestream

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Grace Elliott

I definitely needed the answer to “What is a lifestream?”  This is all very new to me, I’ve had  an extremely slow start and have basically resorted to just adding the suggested feeds. I shall continue to experiment and hope … Continue reading →

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Promises and Threats

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Grace Elliott

Hand’s article relating to “Narratives of Promise and Threat’ certainly struck a chord with what is happening in the UAE at present. To ensure the sustainability of their society, great investment is being made in education.   A completely new … Continue reading →

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