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        <title>Kia ora Sue!

A relevant topic</title>
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            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Sue!

A relevant topic! I'm currently drafting a Cybercitizenry Policy for TCS. This was one of the issues I'd earmarked as a topic to cover in our policy.

I'm with Moodleman. I also agree that one can get one's long-johns in a real twist about this and lose sight of what we're about. Getting parents and students involved can save misunderstanding and threat of litigation, which seems to be the thing that scares most schools, more so than any perceived danger to the students.

Ensuring student/parent awareness is more important and useful than rampant prohibition. It is really the responsibility of the school to give access to that awareness to all who are involved with the school.

If there is any doubt, one simple way the school can cover itself (even if it's already covered in existing school policy) is to state simply on any consent form for student activities that pictures of students may be posted on the school's web-site. A tick box takes care of any dissent. It also gives autonomy to the parents and students and protects the school.

My daughter frequently posts on Bebo photos of her mates that were taken on school outings (and some holiday outings) and they likewise of her, on their Bebo pages. These things are happening all the time. If the school comes down hard on Internet posting of photos of students by the school, it would most likely happen anyway by the students. Best to be sensible and include disclaimers where appropriate, giving freedom to teachers and students.

Ka kite
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        <published>2008-08-30T05:38:39.487+02:00</published>
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        <title>Kia ora Michele!

Chocolate wi</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Michele!

Chocolate with EVERY course? I take it that you are a woman? Excuse the sexist remark, but my experience is that only a woman would choose chocolate at every course - sorry if I misinterpreted you ;-) I looove chocolate!

Security? As far as I can see, little has been spoken of the security differences of Web 2.0 or Web 1.0 on this post. That is quite another discourse Michele. But I agree with you that there are security issues with Web 2.0 that simply didn't exist with Web 1.0. There were security risks with the telephone that didn't exist with its precursor, the radio.

I have sufficient confidence in techonological advancement to have faith that these issues will be minimised in time. Swimming pools have their security issues too y'know. There are some things in this world that just wag the dog when it comes to security.

Ka kite
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        <published>2008-08-10T11:09:15.537+02:00</published>
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        <title>Kia ora Ferry!

You may well a</title>
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            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Ferry!

You may well ask about setting up a web-site for elearning. Of course, web-sites are so Web 1.0ish, but can still be used.

There are a number of ways one can do it BUT the exclusive use of learning objects (learning resources) is not how I'd recommend the learning resources be used. It's a bit like a chef serving every dessert with chocolate as an ingredient, or worse, every course.

Nevertheless there can be sequences of learning resources in twos, or at most threes, that work quite well though I'd even tend to split those up with other types of activities in between.

Here's a link to a post with several links to &lt;a href="http://newmiddle-earth.blogspot.com/2008/06/learning-objects-other-useful-outdated.html"&gt;learning resources&lt;/a&gt;. The resources, as you'll find, tend to stand on their own - they are web based, so I guess you could say that they are webs.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-08-07T09:44:43.638+02:00</published>
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        <title>Kia ora Tom!

I couldn't agree</title>
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            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Tom!

I couldn't agree more with what you're saying here. This applies equally well to what used to be called 'learning objects'. Learner choice permits the learner to become involved and has more likelihood of engaging the learner than a narrow guided pathway.

Levels of understanding can also be catered for in a well designed resource where there are no blocks to the learner looping back on material covered but not fully understood. There are ways of weaving this in without making the learner feel they aren't achieving anything, and there are then opportunities for further enrichment.

Plenty of positive feedback goes a long way, and does not necessarily have to respond only to 'correct' selections along the learning path.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-08-05T13:12:26.008+02:00</published>
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        <title>Tēnā koe Nigel!

Wenger speaks</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Tēnā koe Nigel!

Wenger speaks with caution when he refers to the periphery of a community of practice (CoP). If you think about it, where is the periphery? Who in any well established community (not a newcomer) sits at the periphery? The newcomer isn't really physically in the community as a newcomer and therefore cannot be positionally seen as being anywhere in it. I know, it is a moot point.

But communities of practice are tangible things. Complexity is a way of looking at learning systems (the term &lt;i&gt;learning system&lt;/i&gt; refers to ANY system that is capable of adaptive, emergent behaviour).

While it is true that cultural change within a community is enhanced with support from management, it does not necessarily follow that transformation in some direction will not take place despite effort from management (to attempt to prevent it or divert it in some way).

Communities of practice, rather than forced work teams, have one special quality that likens them to complexity systems - that of permanence. One simple way to prove the permanence of any suspected CoP is to remove the guiding forces imposed by management.

Managers don't like this idea, but if the working group is a CoP it will continue to develop along the lines that management envisaged. If it's not, it will revert to some other culture, thereby indicating that it is really a forced work team not a CoP.

Ka kite
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        <published>2008-07-17T14:30:43.383+02:00</published>
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        <title>Kia ora Sue!

Wow, you're well</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Sue!

Wow, you're well organised! Thanks for all the links to the data - looks good from New Zealand!

All the best
Ka kite
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        <title>Kia ora Kevin

Some cool stuff</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Kevin

Some cool stuff here! Thanks for those.

While you might not be interested in the Chemistry, you may still be interested to know that this site for a &lt;/a&gt; exists.

It's a cool site that's been around for a few years now. Kentucky and Sheffield Universities collaborated over the whole project to give a site that is both informative with detailed information and comic based.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-07-16T03:20:16.619+02:00</published>
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        <title>Kia ora Nigel!

This is the se</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Nigel!

This is the second time this week I've seen this bell-curve pertaining to innovators-adopters etc. &lt;/a&gt; also featured it.

Enabling change is easy with things. It's more difficult with people. Recently I've had opportunity to think about this phenomenon when considering some &lt;/a&gt; I did earlier this year.

Alexander Graham Bell was a persistent Scot and a teacher. I put it down to his persistence as an entrepreneur that we have the phone systems we have today. Frankly, I think that they would still be around if Bell hadn't brought it to the world. But we'd be much the poorer because of it for progress and development would not have moved the way it has.

While demonstrating his new invention to prospective developers, a business man said to Bell "an interesting toy but with no commercial value." There are similar quotes of what was said of the aeroplane when it was first invented.

We certainly need Pollyannaism with this Nigel. But let's not permit it to get in the way of what can be done practically to achieve the end goal. :-)

It's a dynamic system we are dealing with here. Although usually applied in Chemistry, &lt;/a&gt; works for other dynamic systems like this one. It is similar to Newton's mechanical principle: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. But the latter pertains to static systems. Static systems can't transform.

But as with any dynamic system, there is always the possibility that it can transform with persistent application of action that moves it in the desired way.

So what strategies would I use?

&lt;b&gt;Persistence of actions leading to the desired situation.&lt;/b&gt;

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-07-15T03:37:42.248+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-15T03:37:42.248+02:00</updated>
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        <title>Kia ora tatou! &lt;i&gt;Hello everyo</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora tatou! &lt;i&gt;Hello everyone!&lt;/i&gt;

There are a lot of assumptions being made about the future of online learning. One is that home-schooled online learners won't need as many teachers as other systems of learning - False. Current statistics show that present practices in teaching home-schooled online-learners using available technologies require a greater teacher-student ratio (by far) for educational effectiveness.

Home-schoolers also require attentive supervision, and that can't be done by an online teacher. The jury is still out on the effectiveness of home-schooling for some learners because of the general quality of supervision some learners receive.

A blended approach to learning means that, whether it takes place at home or in a 'traditional' classroom, online-learning is only a part of the learning activities available for participation by the learner.

I think (I'm crystal-ball gazing here :-) that the learning of the future is likely to be more of a blended type, mixed for and suited to the learner, whether at home or 'in class'.

Ka kite &lt;i&gt;Catcha later&lt;/i&gt;
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-07-15T01:56:58.296+02:00</published>
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        <title>&lt;b&gt;(H)e tames it, that fetters</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>&lt;b&gt;(H)e tames it, that fetters it in verse.
&lt;/a&gt;</content>
        <published>2008-07-12T07:04:04.528+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-07-12T07:04:04.528+02:00</updated>
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        <title>Kia ora Sue!

Ken Allan
Distan</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Sue!

Ken Allan
Distance Educator y9 - y13 +adults
Wellington, NZ

3 important aspects could be:

1 - Point don't poke.

2 - Regular e-contact, daily if necessary - certainly more than once weekly.

3 - Lashings of helpful praise and helpful tips - distance learners thrive on attention.

The networks I've used were important to me as it gave me a direct way of getting to know students that I never met, or even spoke with on the phone - many were overseas. I don't have a classroom, so that made the network even more precious to me.

The network was mainly one to many, with me being the one, though there were occasions when I used a collaborative approach to projects. But the enhancement came through the use of the Internet with these students who, hitherto, had worked from write-on booklets that they returned to me to assess. Interactive learning resources like the ones on my &lt;/a&gt; were a real hit - I got !!wow!! success from all my students without exception - I've got the statistics to prove it too.

I'm not hot on tips, as I still see myself as a learner in using networks. BUT lashings of feedback and praise seem to go a long way with all distance students. I use these a lot.

Pictures, video clips, audio clips all contribute heaps and often take the distance out of distance-learning :-)
&lt;/a&gt; was my pad and still is.

Good luck with your presentation Sue!

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-07-10T13:57:26.884+02:00</published>
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        <title>Tēnā koe Christine!

I'm stoke</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Tēnā koe Christine!

I'm stoked at your awesome Seesmic! And envious of your heatwave. Middle-earth is in mid-winter right now, and everyone knows is.

I've no magic formula for ice-cream though. We believe we've the finest ice-cream in the world available in the shops in New Zealand. We're utterly spoilt, I know, but we've just had no incentive to make our own.

They even sell flavoured whipped frozen yogurt - new on the market a few years ago. When you can get some to poke your tongue into it's just paradeesic!

Enjoy the heatwave!



Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-06-29T13:17:09.354+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-29T13:17:09.354+02:00</updated>
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        <title>Kia or Sue

Attend to drafty a</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia or Sue

Attend to drafty areas in the home and reduce the movement of air by closing doors after you. Curtains should be drawn before nightfall.

Use draft dogs under doors that may cause drafts, especially under exterior doors but inside too. Check drafts for windows similarly.

Don't listen to the would-be stalwarts. Everyone is different, Sue.

If you feel the cold it doesn't matter what others think. Unless you have an illness that makes you feel chilled (in which case you need medical attention) you should attend to yourself. Doing this helps you to feel happy.  :-)

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-22T00:33:53.267+02:00</published>
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        <title>Kia ora Sue!

Poor you! Here a</title>
        <author>
            <name>Anonymous</name>
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        <content>Kia ora Sue!

Poor you! Here are my tips for keeping warm:

Attend to drafty areas in the home. Reduce the movement of air home by closing doors after you. Curtains should be drawn before nightfall, windows closed.

Use dogs (long thin cylindrical cushions) under doors that may cause drafts, especially under exterior doors but interior doors too. Check drafts for windows similarly.

Don't listen to the would-be stalwarts. Everyone is different, Sue.

If you feel the cold, it doesn't matter what others think. Unless you have an illness that makes you feel chilled (in which case you need medical attention) you must attend to how you feel. Doing that helps you to feel happy. :-)

Ka kite ano</content>
        <published>2008-06-22T00:30:12.505+02:00</published>
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        <title>Tēnā koe Sue!

I always though</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Tēnā koe Sue!

I always thought that asynchronous chat allowed late replies - that's what makes it so convenient.  ;-)

Thanks for the info - I'll follow it up.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-14T05:38:39.936+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-14T05:38:39.936+02:00</updated>
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        <title>Kia Ora Sue - here's mine 5 da</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
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        <content>Kia Ora Sue - here's mine 5 days late :-(
   
 * Learning to use the software. CoComment and Google Reader were the software I chose in the beginning. I was impressed with what they did and glad I'd taken the time to find out on advice from Michele Martin on RSS and Sue Waters on comment tracker and how to install them and use them. When I found out what the reader and the comment tracker could do for me I was stoked!

    * Creating my blog. I feel proud that this was something I chose to do for myself, before it became obvious during the challenge that it was really a necessary thing to have, at least as necessary as the other freebie software. That's another payoff - all the software was free! (Scottish people are resourceful, not skinflintish - they simply say why part with money when you don't need to).

    * Learning blog etiquette and protocol. I knew a thing or two about the etiquette (not unlike netiquette) but it was good to confirm what I knew.

    * I learnt a strategy for commenting, most of which I worked out for myself. The application of a few available tools like Word and Notepad in executing that strategy was easy to work out.

    * I learnt that you're never too old to learn new tricks. I had my ##th birthday during the challenge. I thought that it would test the old neurons. I wasn't wrong, but I feel that they would have been tested the same way had I done the challenge 45 years ago, provided of course we had computers, Internet and the software in those days.

      The nearest thing I operated to a computer when I was 18 years old was a traditional Facit pinwheel calculator, which was an entirely mechanical device that could afford answers to 13 decimal places. You'd to be able to operate all its handles with unerring accuracy or it turned to mush, quite literally.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-06T13:24:30.379+02:00</published>
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        <title>Kia Ora Nancy.

It being World</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
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        <content>Kia Ora Nancy.

It being World Environment Day today 5 June 2008, here's my day in a sentence:

This was not just an ordinary day,
one when the half-moon and sun together
peeped into limpid pools cracks and hollows
on boulders dozing like pitted gargoyles
along the far beach-line, and fixed their gaze
through soft-puffed light cloud so that what one missed
the other glimpsed: a painted paradise.</content>
        <published>2008-06-05T11:35:53.314+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-05T11:35:53.314+02:00</updated>
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        <title>Tena korua

Britt and Charles
</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Alan</name>
        </author>
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        <content>Tena korua

Britt and Charles

Well there y'go. You never can trust who you'll meet when writing about trust quotients on a blog :-)

Good to meet you Charles. I'm glad you found reading the discussion enjoyable. I certainly enjoyed it.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-06-04T13:53:44.692+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-04T13:53:44.692+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413582&amp;comment_id=27064916</id>
        <title>Tena Korua

Britt and Charles
</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Alan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413582&amp;comment_id=27064916"/>
        <content>Tena Korua

Britt and Charles

Well there y'go. You can never trust who you'll meet when you write about trust quotients on a blog! Great to meet you Charles. I'm glad you found some sense in the discussion. I certainly enjoyed it.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-06-04T13:50:19.196+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-04T13:50:19.196+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1417262&amp;comment_id=27038777</id>
        <title>Kia Ora Tom

It may amuse you </title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1417262&amp;comment_id=27038777"/>
        <content>Kia Ora Tom

It may amuse you to learn that &lt;a href="http://www.correspondence.school.nz/"&gt;the 'company'&lt;/a&gt; that I work for banned presentations given in Power Point, at least for any presentation delivered by a job applicant. As an elearning teacher for many years I have to admit that the idea of preparing a Power Point presentation now gives me the shudders, though I have sat pleasantly through many a presentation delivered by  others who have used the same app.

I've used everything from 35mm projector slides (decades ago) to html for my presentations. I even admit to having used Power Point! What would you recommend as being universally acceptable for 21st C?

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-03T12:46:10.692+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-03T12:46:10.692+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413550&amp;comment_id=26992555</id>
        <title>Tena koe Kevin.

Like you I co</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413550&amp;comment_id=26992555"/>
        <content>Tena koe Kevin.

Like you I commented in another language spawned out of a bit of software on the Internet. I made two comments on &lt;a href="http://gabinetedeinformatica.net/wp15/2008/01/24/trabajando-con-comunidades-de-aprendizaje-online/"&gt;the blog site&lt;/a&gt;. One in English, that I had sent some time ago and got no reply. The other was in the foreign language - Spanish.

The response I got was an email, in very polite English, requesting that I remove the offending translation.

&lt;a href="http://www.correspondence.school.nz/departments/esection/ken_allan/pets/maukie.html"&gt;Peace in cats.&lt;/a&gt; :-)

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-01T11:04:38.978+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-01T11:04:38.978+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413550&amp;comment_id=26992554</id>
        <title>Tena koe Kevin.

Like you I co</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413550&amp;comment_id=26992554"/>
        <content>Tena koe Kevin.

Like you I commented in another language spawned out of a bit of software on the Internet. I made two comments on &lt;a href="http://gabinetedeinformatica.net/wp15/2008/01/24/trabajando-con-comunidades-de-aprendizaje-online/"&gt;the blog site&lt;/a&gt;. One in English, that I had sent some time ago and got no reply. The other was in the foreign language - Spanish.

The response I got was an email, in very polite English, requesting that I remove the offending translation.

&lt;a href="http://www.correspondence.school.nz/departments/esection/ken_allan/pets/maukie.html"&gt;Peace in pussy-cats.&lt;/a&gt; :-)

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-01T11:03:05.244+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-01T11:03:05.244+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413582&amp;comment_id=26988564</id>
        <title>Tena koe Britt

I would think </title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413582&amp;comment_id=26988564"/>
        <content>Tena koe Britt

I would think that the 'Stephen Downes baby' would be difficult to throw on its own, never mind with the bath water (metaphorically speaking of course!)

Thanks for you appreciation. I had a closer look at the Trust Assessor. I'm not surprised that you were a little shocked at how “poorly” you scored on the Trust Quotient. I must admit that I didn't do much better with a quotient of 5.4 and recommendation to attend to simar areas of my 'behaviour'.

I'm not disputing the result but in the words of Dickens' Fagan "I'm reviewing the situation". I stand by my belief in the capriciousness of trust itself by the way that it is assessed by groups within society.

I suppose that it'd be just as feasible to create a similar device to assess the value of a work of art from data entered by the owner. After all, whose opinion was drawn on when you did your assessment?

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-01T07:35:49.775+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-01T07:35:49.775+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1414057&amp;comment_id=26986219</id>
        <title>Kia Ora Britt

Another brillia</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1414057&amp;comment_id=26986219"/>
        <content>Kia Ora Britt

Another brilliant and compressed summary of how you view it so far. &lt;a href="http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/about/"&gt;Sue Waters&lt;/a&gt; will be pleased with this one too I've no doubt! (got here first Sue:-) )

Some good lessons on this post I see too. It's amazing what you learn just by doing (famous pedagogical quote!) :-)

I'm runing out of smileys. Thanks for using the stacked logo. Sharing'as what it's (supposed to be) all about.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-06-01T05:52:57.094+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-01T05:52:57.094+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413949&amp;comment_id=26980644</id>
        <title>Tena Korua!

Table Mountain. I</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1413949&amp;comment_id=26980644"/>
        <content>Tena Korua!

Table Mountain. I recall seeing this amazing mountain from the deck of a Union Castle Liner way back. I was a child, but the image was stunning. We stayed on the ship, so I didn't see Cape Town except from the ship.

Certainly one of the images I'd never forget.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-06-01T01:31:57.046+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-01T01:31:57.046+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1410154&amp;comment_id=26980574</id>
        <title>@Kevin - I think I must have m</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1410154&amp;comment_id=26980574"/>
        <content>@Kevin - I think I must have missed this. Oh well. I sent you a comic anyway. It wasn't a-day-in-a-comic. It was 31-days-in-a-comic. Ha ha ha!

I think kids will have fun with this. I've bookmarked it for my own two. Won't get on the computer now!

Thanks for the link.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-01T01:11:08.798+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-01T01:11:08.798+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1410154&amp;comment_id=26980569</id>
        <title>@Kevin - I must have missed th</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1410154&amp;comment_id=26980569"/>
        <content>@Kevin - I must have missed this one - ah well. I sent you a comic anyway. But it wasn't a day-in-a-comic. It was 31-days-in-a-comic. Ha ha ha!

Seriously though, I think this tool is weely neat. Kids could have a lot of fun with this.

I've bookmarked the site for my own two. I won't be able to get on the computer when I show them it!

Hey, thanks for the link.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-06-01T01:07:18.827+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-06-01T01:07:18.827+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1410673&amp;comment_id=26930679</id>
        <title>Tena korua

@Alice, @Kevin - I</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1410673&amp;comment_id=26930679"/>
        <content>Tena korua

@Alice, @Kevin - I have used the term 'voice' in the context of diction in the text of a comment (or post). I concur with you, Kevin, that it tends to define the writer. The brand that is associated with the 'voice' has the potential to connote the 'voice' of the writer. I see it as much the same vein as the author's name in relation to the known works of the author.

But the connotation that many have of the words 'brand' and 'branding' is perhaps unfortunate.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth :-)</content>
        <published>2008-05-30T13:58:23.616+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-30T13:58:23.616+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1394990&amp;comment_id=26925087</id>
        <title>@Christine - I guess the poste</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1394990&amp;comment_id=26925087"/>
        <content>@Christine - I guess the poster never really finds out what their comment screens look like unless they sit with a commenter. With your posts, I submit my comment as usual, then the comment is displayed with a message along the top that tells me that it is awaiting moderation.

This does two things.

It tells me that the comment submission is successful, and it tells me that if the poster is vigilant my comment will soon appear on the screens of other viewers.

Better that than nothing at all, which tells me nothing about the success of the submission. It could mean that my well worded and spellchekced comment has disappeared into cyberspace :-)

Ka kit</content>
        <published>2008-05-30T11:13:12.257+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-30T11:13:12.257+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1385804&amp;comment_id=26924642</id>
        <title>@Christine - speed readers fin</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1385804&amp;comment_id=26924642"/>
        <content>@Christine - speed readers find long wide-screen-written lines impossible. They can only take in the information, at an astonishing rate, when it is columnised.

I reckon the brain is programmed to assimilate data best in a vertical format rather in a horizontal one. After all, when our primitive ancestors were confronted with a death-threatening enemy, it would probably be looming vertically rather than horizontally. Those that could assess the situation quickest would be more likely to survive. These were our ancestors.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-05-30T10:52:06.832+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-30T10:52:06.832+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1404924&amp;comment_id=26837767</id>
        <title>Tena korua &lt;i&gt;Hello (to two pe</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1404924&amp;comment_id=26837767"/>
        <content>Tena korua &lt;i&gt;Hello (to two people)&lt;/i&gt;
@Andrea - So &lt;b&gt;you&lt;/b&gt; thought that Bonnie was a "mystery-blogger" too! It took me a few days to work out who she was the first time I saw one of her comments on my blog. For the life of me I could not track her down - don't ask me why.

@Bonnie @Andrea - Yes I think homing in on some point or something the poster (or commenter) said is a good way to focus your comment and an excellent place to start your part of the discussion.

I use this same technique when writing student reports. It's specially good to highlight a neat point or something you liked that the writer had said. It also has a good feel to it, for it tends to make the reader feel that they are being spoken to directly by the commenter - always a good ploy I reckon.
Ka kite
&lt;i&gt;Spot ya&lt;/i&gt;</content>
        <published>2008-05-27T09:47:01.467+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-27T09:47:01.467+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1405080&amp;comment_id=26813273</id>
        <title>Kia Ora

I teach chemistry. I </title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1405080&amp;comment_id=26813273"/>
        <content>Kia Ora

I teach chemistry. I have used this theme in the classroom and often referred to it as a model but not the way it is depicted in the video.

While the theme on the video appears to be chemical elements and their reactions there really is little learning on chemistry conveyed, which is a pity. The idea is one that has some merit but without some careful thought to the plot there's little to pass on to a student who would like to learn what chemistry is really all about.

Thanks for the opportunity to view a video with a chemical theme.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-05-25T11:18:02.207+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-25T11:18:02.207+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1404924&amp;comment_id=26810428</id>
        <title>Kia Ora Bonnie!

I'd just been</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1404924&amp;comment_id=26810428"/>
        <content>Kia Ora Bonnie!

I'd just been reading and commenting on Kevin's latest post on &lt;a href="http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2008/05/24/more-comment-challenges/"&gt;More Comment Challenges&lt;/a&gt;.

Yours was the only comment there at the time - I recognised &lt;b&gt;blk1&lt;/b&gt; for some reason as I'd recalled &lt;b&gt;bk&lt;/b&gt;, but your name clinched it and I knew I had &lt;i&gt;Alzheimer's&lt;/i&gt; (I can never remember how to spell that word :)

It must be &lt;i&gt;deja vu&lt;/i&gt; after all, for it's certainly not normal recall.

I liked your concise thoughts on what makes a good comment - I'm now beginning to think I made a meal of mine, whatever. But like Kevin, you have a holistic view of the issues. I admire that. I'm stoked that my previous comment meant so much to where you are with all this right now.

So nice to be back for a visit, Bonnie!

&lt;i&gt;Spot ya&lt;/i&gt;</content>
        <published>2008-05-25T05:10:39.941+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-25T05:10:39.941+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1400192&amp;comment_id=26798909</id>
        <title>Kia Ora Mary.

Hey, I just dro</title>
        <author>
            <name>Blogger In Middle-earth</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1400192&amp;comment_id=26798909"/>
        <content>Kia Ora Mary.

Hey, I just dropped in to say hello.

Some good things happening on your blog. I am impressed with your array of useful links - especially the one on how to blog like a King or Queen. I'll check it out.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-05-24T08:28:45.818+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-24T08:28:45.818+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1396639&amp;comment_id=26785930</id>
        <title>Tena koutou

@Kate, @Sue - Blo</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1396639&amp;comment_id=26785930"/>
        <content>Tena koutou

@Kate, @Sue - Blogroll? Hmmm. I suspect I'll have to learn about all this fairly soon and start applying what I don't yet know :-)

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-05-23T11:02:16.824+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-23T11:02:16.824+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1385804&amp;comment_id=26766643</id>
        <title>Kia Ora Christine!I have alway</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1385804&amp;comment_id=26766643"/>
        <content>Kia Ora Christine!I have always enjoyed reading text in columns. I learnt about the reasons behind columnising text some years back and had never understood why it made it easier to read.I get a headache reading text (especially in emails) that stretches right across the screen. Whereas a column of text not only facilitates the reading task but also permits scanning and speed-reading, even from the screen.Ka kite ano</content>
        <published>2008-05-21T21:36:17.590+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-21T21:36:17.590+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1394990&amp;comment_id=26766612</id>
        <title>@Christine - I find, on your s</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1394990&amp;comment_id=26766612"/>
        <content>@Christine - I find, on your site, that my comment is displayed when sent, despite the moderation being in place. This is relief indeed and a great improvement on a blank screen showing nothing but the moderation message - some don't even do that.Spot ya!</content>
        <published>2008-05-21T21:27:53.786+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-21T21:27:53.786+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1394990&amp;comment_id=26766592</id>
        <title>@Kia Ora Christine - Comment m</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1394990&amp;comment_id=26766592"/>
        <content>@Kia Ora Christine - Comment moderation is something that I've found somewhat dissapointing for reason of uncertainty, though I fully understand the point of activating it.Not infrequently on this challenge I've had to go back to re-send my comment. I always check the post to see if my comment arrived and, of course, comment moderation doesn't permit this. So in instances when comments are moderated I'm never sure if I've said anything till later.It's like talking to someone in a noisy crowd, not hearing what I've said and wondering if anyone else had.Ka kitefrom Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-05-21T21:23:15.268+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-21T21:23:15.268+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1396548&amp;comment_id=26716476</id>
        <title>A Day in Sentence Found Poem -</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1396548&amp;comment_id=26716476"/>
        <content>A Day in Sentence Found Poem - well up there Kevin!
Cheers</content>
        <published>2008-05-19T12:24:34.227+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-19T12:24:34.227+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1396639&amp;comment_id=26716471</id>
        <title>Kia Ora Kate!

For years I muc</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1396639&amp;comment_id=26716471"/>
        <content>Kia Ora Kate!

For years I mucked around with bookmarks and folders. I had picked up about RSS Feed but never really went there. Then only a few weeks ago I read from posts by Michele Martin and Sue Waters about Google Reader.

When I think of the hours I must have wasted . . .

It's so easy now. But your also right about hitting the little orange top when viewing a new and interesting site. I now do it as a matter of course and edit under Manage Subscriptions to get rid of the ones I don't want to keep.

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-05-19T12:19:22.874+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-19T12:19:22.874+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1387263&amp;comment_id=26546358</id>
        <title>@Sue - Thanks for the links. I</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1387263&amp;comment_id=26546358"/>
        <content>@Sue - Thanks for the links. I will peruse them when I've written my blog policy!
;-)

Ka kite</content>
        <published>2008-05-12T12:52:43.622+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-12T12:52:43.622+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1387263&amp;comment_id=26522970</id>
        <title>My Goodness Sue, you've done i</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1387263&amp;comment_id=26522970"/>
        <content>My Goodness Sue, you've done it again!

Yet another splendidly informative posting. I'll be using your techniques ;-)

I've altered my Blogger settings, thanks. I will expect to see the comments pouring in :-)

Hmm.

I wondered about all this at various times when accessing other blogs. Any other helpful suggestions about Blogger settings would be Gr8!

Ka kite ano
Blogger in Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-05-11T13:03:04.546+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-11T13:03:04.546+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1385091&amp;comment_id=26502241</id>
        <title>Kia Ora Kevin!

This is probla</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1385091&amp;comment_id=26502241"/>
        <content>Kia Ora Kevin!

This is problably the most innovative blog I've seen so far.
Well done!

I hope you maintain your innovation!  :-)

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-05-10T12:10:00.513+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-10T12:10:00.513+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1376240&amp;comment_id=26396867</id>
        <title>@Sue - I could write a blog on</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1376240&amp;comment_id=26396867"/>
        <content>@Sue - I could write a blog on Prensky's digitals too. But it would be a waste of time. Nuff said.</content>
        <published>2008-05-06T20:20:10.593+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-06T20:20:10.593+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1376240&amp;comment_id=26334773</id>
        <title>Thank you Sue,
I (think I) hav</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1376240&amp;comment_id=26334773"/>
        <content>Thank you Sue,
I (think I) have installed coComment and I (think I) may be able to use it :-)

I tend to agree with Lori -  it was not as easy as I'd hoped -  I'm never quite sure if what I see happening is what's supposed to happen. But if it is a WYSIWSTH then everything is OK ;-) 
I guess I'm emulating what Mark Prensky calls a &lt;a href="http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf"&gt;digital immigrant&lt;/a&gt; .

Ka kite
from Middle-earth</content>
        <published>2008-05-03T11:39:07.112+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-03T11:39:07.112+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <id>http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1361080&amp;comment_id=26334631</id>
        <title>This is my test comment for co</title>
        <author>
            <name>Ken Allan</name>
        </author>
        <link rel="self" href="http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&amp;context=explore&amp;mode=detail&amp;id=kallan&amp;conv=1361080&amp;comment_id=26334631"/>
        <content>This is my test comment for coComment.
I hope this works. I'm using Firefox!</content>
        <published>2008-05-03T10:56:53.502+02:00</published>
        <updated>2008-05-03T10:56:53.502+02:00</updated>
    </entry>
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