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The Clever Sheep: To Tweet or Not to Tweet…
What Twitte is useful for.
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The Future(S) Of Education Project
Interesting possibilities for change. Slide 7 is central.
Author: joanvinallcox
Joan Vinall-Cox, Ph.D. is a lifelong learner, retired communications professor, rabid reader and poet who has taught in both the college and university systems.
Her Ph.D., in 2004 was an Autoethnographic Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry focused on moving from technophobia to technophilia.
She is a widow from a happy marriage and a mother to a strong and kind daughter.
Her interests include Centering Prayer, Multiple Intelligences, Attention Deficit Disorder and its connection to creativity, Jung, Campbell’s Monomyth, and Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry
WebTools For Teachers 07/24/2008
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Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows.
A free screencasting tool. You can post the resulting video online, in a blog, or save it on your computer. (swf files) I like the length restriction to 5 minutes.
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PLE: 3 Views – joanvinallcox’s posterous
An interesting approach to blogging – you can mail in your post!
Piracy and Innovation
The YouTube video, The Pirate’s Dilemma, looks at the cultural problem of our creativity being largely bricolagic, (if that’s a word). We see other’s doing something and we imitate and/or adapt it. We follow trends, and we build on other’s ideas. But people need to make livings, and creators should get credit and rewards. Yet we humans like to play with ‘stuff’. Where does the label “piracy” stifle innovation, and where is it accurately describing a rip-off? This is the question that motivates people on both side of the Canadian C-61 debate, and the world-wide copyright and intellectual property debates.
via Chris Brogan
Where do you stand?
WebTools For Teachers 07/23/2008
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Web2.0@work: In Pursuit Of Passion
Good advice. Via Michel Martin, Bamboo Project
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The Gen Y Guide to Web 2.0 at Work
Good advice for anyone. Found via Michele Martin, the Bamboo Project Blog
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Internet Evolution – Alan Reiter – Grownups, Not Kids, Are the Dumbest Generation
Parents and teachers have always complained about “the younger generation.” And yes, the Internet and electronic gizmos do indeed offer a panoply of distractions. But children aren’t being born stupider. Students’ problems aren’t about the Internet per se. The problem is that for years, too many parents and educators have been — and remain — clueless about teaching the effective use of electronic tools.
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Another interesting visualization tool.
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Virtual Organizations & collaboration
Fun With Wordle
I enjoy playing with visual apps, like Wordle
Here’s a visual of a previous post –
This is from my new WetPaint wiki, WhyUseWikis –
It’s just fun changing the appearance of Wordle clouds, but the images can convey a strong sens of what the source is about. It cam be a interesting discussion starter.
WebTools For Teachers 07/21/2008
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Looks at the positive effect of feedback through blogging as part of students’ Personal Learning Networks. Shows influence of Roam’s Napkin.
C-61 Contest on YouTube
Canada has a proposed DMCA bill, C-61, waiting for approval. Michael Geist, our digital rights superhero, has posted a video content on YouTube. Check it out!
WebTools For Teachers 07/19/2008
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Very interesting post on rhetoric, Generation Millenium, and visual thinking. Couldn’t post a comment.
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A wiki on visual thinking, by vizthink.
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Classroom 2.0 is a social networking site of those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education, especially for beginners
WebTools For Teachers 07/18/2008
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YouTube – Finding photos licenced creative commons
Excellent demonstration on how to use Flickr and Creative Commons. Excellent. Under 5 minutes.
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YouTube – Find (and Use) Creative Commons Photos in Flickr
A guide to how to find photos for use in blogs, presentations etc. from Flickr and ‘licensed’ by Creative Commons. Under 3 minutes.
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A brief overview of common tropes such as metaphor. Well done; useful for English/language classes.
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YouTube – Pay Attention (Did You Know)
A very informative 7 minute video on what kids already know about technology and how chools could be using that.
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