I have just run my 90 tools in 90 minutes presentation again, with added tools.  This is the second time that I have done this presentation.  I had a couple of moments of brain freeze where I muddled up tools.  It is such a high energy presentation it leaves me exhausted!  I actually delivered 94 tools in 84 minutes.  The response from the delegates was overwhelmingly positive, the gratifying thing is that 55 people completed their forms and submitted them.  I will run it again if there is interest in me doing so.  I am currently working on a presentation for Ulearn in Christchurch, but this one is more aimed at school leadership and systems analysis.  I am now working on tomorrows far more practical session.

I departed the supertanker in August of 2009 and joined Team Solutions on 6 month contract.  That short but happy and productive contract has now ended and I am now out on my own as in independent facilitator.  Next year is already looking to be a full and productive year.  I will be working in many schools and also for some commercial clients too. I am spending the summer organising my computers and resources to meet the needs of the many different schools that I am scheduled to be working in.  I am blocked out for specific schools on specific days for all but a few days of the entire academic year.

I will be at Learning @ Schools 10 and have submitted a couple of proposals to the organisers and am waiting to hear if I have been successful again.  I am also intending to go to Ulearn10 in Christchurch, but that is much later in the year.

I am looking back at the last year and am very pleased with the journey that has brought me this far.  As the year closes, I am now eagerly anticipating the challenges of the coming weeks and months.

ToonDoo a cloud cartooning utility which I was singing the prasies of at Ulearn09 and have been using in classes here and in the UK for the last couple of years has just added a new service, specifically aimed at educational institutions who want to use the site but are concerned about privacy etc.  The new service is called ToonDooSpaces.  It is free to sign up and trial for 15 days, but after that and if you want to continue, there is a charge.  However as the books in and cartoon strips are embedable and always have been in ToonDoo then maybe your blog or Wiki will offer you the walled garden security that some are seeking.  For those of you that want ToonDoo and privacy, this new variant offers you a wider range of privacy but it will cost.

I have just added a new resource to the resources page, the new resource is called Aviary.  You can check what I had to say here.