About “Human”…
Hello and welcome
My name is Tomaz Lasic, the author of “Human”. If you wonder about the name of this site…well, none of this has meaning or value unless it is used and interpreted by fellow humans. I was actually very surprised when the blog name was still available!
I am a teacher and ICT coordinator at Belmont City College, a medium-size public school in Perth, Western Australia. I have a Masters Degree in Education and about twenty years experience of working with people, young and old(er), elite and beginners, as a coach, mentor and teacher. I have taught for nine years at various schools in WA. Currently, I coordinate efforts at our school to use ICT for greater motivation and engagement of staff and students.
My creed is “what if?” and I often tinker with ICT, particularly with Moodle and Web2.0 tools. My other passion of 30 years is water polo.
“Human” is here mainly to provide easy access to tutorials on Moodle and other ICT related topics for the members of our school community. If anyone out there finds “Human” useful – please feel free to use it, share it and support it. You can also follow me on Twitter @lasic
The blog contains a personal musing or two about technology and its impacts on the way we teach, but I am wary of adding to the glut of hype.
I am always open to employment offers from anywhere in the world – more stories to tell grandchildren one day!
Please feel free to leave a comment. Unless volunteered, please do not ask for any personal information, thank you.
July 30th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Hi Tomaz,
I’ve just had a look at your site – it looks terrific. You really inspire me with the work you’re doing and the discussions you initiate. THANKS!
Helene
August 30th, 2008 at 8:42 am
[...] Tomaz Lasic has done an amazing job with Moodle at his school and also gets a blog gong from me for his top stuff and making me think. ICT is now more integrated and used by some once tech shy staff, a fantastic leap forward for digital learning. The 70:20:10 rule in my blog title is also attributed to Tomaz, well he made me aware of it. [...]
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August 30th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Tomaz
A small token of sincere appreciation awaits you http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/08/30/web20-is-real-people/
Some of our tech shy staff(or supposedly tech savvy in a few critical areas) are now also asking, whats Moodle?
Thanks
Tony
September 11th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Tomaz, I simply enjoy reading what you have to express. The thought “…but I am wary of adding to the glut of hype” struck me. Since I changed the name of my blog from TeachTech to Watershed I have felt a burden had been lifted. I blog about all sorts of stuff now. You are right, there is a lot of hype.
Cheers, John.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Hello Tomaz,
I’m Duane from Packt, a UK based publishing company specializing in focused IT books. You can read more about us at http://www.packtpub.com
From your website, I see that your have an interest in Moodle. We have recently released a new book called Moodle Administration, which you can read more about here: http://www.packtpub.com/moodle-administration-guide/book
If you’re interested in reviewing this book, do let me know along with your shipping details and I will be happy to send you a copy.
Thank You,
Duane
November 4th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Thank you for your very interesting blog
Very useful blog
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November 11th, 2008 at 2:03 am
great site, enjoyed reading it!
December 8th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Tomaz
I found your site by a wonderful serendipity. Congratulations on developing such a delightful, thought-provoking site.
Life out of the water is suiting you!
My very best wishes
Keith
January 8th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Hi, Tomaz,
I’m writing to you from the Great Books Foundation to let you know about our new professional development website: http://www.GreatTeacherGreatResults.org. I hope you’ll take a look at the site and consider sharing information about this continuing education opportunity with other educators in your community.
The Great Books Foundation offers professional development opportunities to teachers of all subject areas, and the Great Teachers Great Results website features videos and resources that demonstrate why it works and how it gets results. I hope you’ll take a few moments to visit the site—and please download the free PDF, which has some great tips about effectively using questions in the classroom.
I’ve included some additional information about the Great Books Foundation below, and I’d be more than happy to answer your questions or provide you with any additional information you might need. Please feel free to contact me at any time.
Sincerely,
Elliot Greene
http://www.GreatTeachersGreatResults.org
February 16th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
[...] site is by an Australian moodler Tomaz Lasic. Tom has some great little video tutorials on how to use and set up a range of resources and [...]
March 7th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
hello you are so great i can’t thank you at all but please go to daniel1231.edublogs.org please and comment and also email me at daniel.daniel.gostelow379@gmail.com because i want to keep in better touch thank you.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Dear Tomaz Lasic,
you are nominated for the “Top 100 Language Blogs 2009″ competition. Congratulations! After last year’s success the bab.la language portal and Lexiophiles language blog are hosting this year’s worldwide language blog competition once again. We are confident to surpass more than the 350 blogs which entered the competition in 2008.
We have made two major changes to last year:
1. Due to the amount of blogs we have created categories.
(Language Learning/Language Teaching/Language Technology/
Language Professionals)
You are in category Language Learning
2. User voting will count 50% towards final score
Voting will start on July 8, leaving you enough time to prepare your readers for the upcoming voting. Voting will close on July 27 and the winners will be announced on July 30.
For more information on the 2009 competition and what it is all about visit [http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/top-100-language-blogs-2009-nomination-started]
So now you may ask yourself what you can do. Here are some suggestions
-Nominations are open until July 6, so feel free to share any blog you like with us
-Each blog will have a one-sentence-description for the voting. If you would like a special description to go along with your blog, just send me an email [marc@bab.la]
Kind regards,
Marc
On behalf of the bab.la and Lexiophiles team
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August 4th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Very interesting and nice to read blog! Thanks for all the work you put in there!
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