1. - Or how much can I stick in my digitalcapability bag!

2. My learning started with myPLEWith a lack of experiencearound e-media I thoughtI could use a simplevideo captured on mysons Ipod to capture myPLE. I hoped it wouldshow my paper-basedworld where all mylessons are in foldersand text books. 3. I was initially asked to join a Ning.Page capture of NingWith a hyperlink The Ning introducedblogging to me 4. Next was connection to wiki spaces and ...I now had to blog for all the group work and it worked quite well 5. ...so I tweeted, though limited textlength shortens applicability 2 work. 6. I also joined a LinkedIn account as aconnection to other teachers. But for socialcontact... 7. ...I have a Facebook page which has links to all myfamily and this has been a revelation. I found a reason toconnect and now I understand that connection could beuseful. 8. So much so, I set up a Facebook site so I could contactthe football team I coach. It helps with an under 17youth team as they contact me directly instead of thruthe parents!So now I have apresence in the cloud. My son has also introducedme to YouTube(for music that is as old as me). Who would have thought you could get old video of Uriah Heep in their heyday! 9. Our class presentation introduced me to techniques thatI could use when connecting, now you can find myPrezis out there...And that not an Italian Bread ! 10. ...And I have made a video of aconcrete pour and edited it foruse in class 11. Last month I involvedtwo classes in the useof student smart phonesand a set of interactivequestions. The studentsworked through, thenpresented their sectionto a group. It went reallywell and no one wantedto connect to oursystem, they usedMaterial Productnamesuses Fire rating Storage /handling Characteristics Tools needed their connections.Steel/ metals Concrete Masonry Plastics 12. My Google home page now looks like this 13. ...and I am using Sharepoint forworkNow all my lessonsfor the Cert.IV inWHS Managementfor Builders are onStudent Sharepoint.This includespresentations,videos, textresources andquizzes 14. Where next?Paper boundInternettedFutureI have a pile of places where I blog So now that I have gained theconfidence to use E-Learning I startedfamily, friends and workmates. I have an online Sakai training course. What sold things on E-bay (with help) andabout Moodle or Adobe connect? gumtree, though I am yet to use myI am just waiting for the college to make Gmail and Tumblr accounts. up their minds. I suppose I will be able to use whatever is next to drop out ofthe heavens!