8 Random Things…and my favourite blogs and podcasts

Posted on August 9, 2007
Filed under Blogs & Blogging, Podcasts & Podcasting

I’ve been tagged (thanks to Chris Betcher)! So now I have to tell you 8 Random things about myself.

1. I used to work in a Bingo hall calling back the numbers.

2. I’m useless when it comes to eating hot and spicy food.

3. As part of my recent wedding vows I promised to try to be patient when my husband wants to buy expensive toys and try not to complain too much about how much time we spend at the footy club.

4. I taught kindergarten English in China.

5. I have recently had my tarot and palms read for the first time…interesting experience.

6. I have travelled to Kashgar, which is about as far as you can go in China before you get to Pakistan. That was great.

7. I’ve just started reading my first Patricia Cornwell novel.

8. I grew up in a suburb of Melbourne called ‘Research.’

Here are the rules for this game of ‘Tag’…

Post these rules before you give your facts (or after…)
List 8 random facts about yourself
At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them
Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they’ve been tagged

The rules say that I’m now supposed to tag 8 other bloggers, but I think I might just list a few people I’d like to tag and maybe when I get to know them better (and they get to know me!) then I’ll tag them…

Here are some of my favourite blogs and podcasts. I wish I could say I listen to all episodes and read all blog posts all the time – but I do need to sleep every now and again These blogs and podcasts are where I get my main inspirations from. Not only for ideas of things to write about (which I would like to be doing more of) but also for the inspiration to keep planning my own blogging project.

All of the podcasts in this list are available through iTunes.

Educational Technology:

Driving Questions (Kevin Honeycutt)
SMART Board Lessons Podcast (Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger)

The Virtual Staffroom (Chris Betcher)

November Learning Podcast Series

Blogs

Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson)

betchablog (Chris Betcher)

The Thinking Stick (Jeff Utecht)

Think Wonder and Learn Web (Anne Baird)

Languages and technology:

Modern Foreign Languages Environment (Scotland)

Langwitches (Silvia Tolisano)

The Linguist (Steve Kaufmann)

Issues in Education:

Radio National EdPod (Australia)

China Specific:

Edge on China (Sound of Hope Radio Network)

To listen to the technoLOTE podcast got to the Podcast page or read about the episodes in these posts: Making Teaching More Human and Classroom Collaboration the Ning Way.

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2 Responses to “8 Random Things…and my favourite blogs and podcasts”

Chris Betcher on August 10th, 2007 2:18 am

Thanks Jess… Great to learn a little more about other edubloggers. Thanks for sharing!
Langwitches on August 11th, 2007 12:19 pm

Jess,
Welcome to the edublogersphere! Looking forward to reading more from you.
Thank you for sharing the meme.

Silvia