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Half an Hour: Meaning as Medium
“Language is the vehicle we use to extend ourselves into the world. It is what we use to express our intent, and hence to manifest our thoughts as external realities.”
WebTools For Teachers 05/06/2008
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YouTube – Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
Using Flickr to save photos online.
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Spark | CBC Radio | The history of digital community in less than 7 minutes
The history of the web in under 7 minutes. Fun & informational.
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One year look @ Facebook Growth #Canada | Thought Balloons
Chart showing Facebook growth in Canada over this past year.
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Browse videos – Community Clips
Help videos for MS products
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The Clever Sheep: Google Docs, Great for Surveys!
An interesting possibility, well explained, using a screencast. Good for classroom surveys, etc.
WebTools For Teachers 05/05/2008
WebTools For Teachers 05/03/2008
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pass the relish » Blog Archive » Facebook in real life
If Facebook were real life …
WebTools For Teachers 05/02/2008
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Word HTML File Conversion Tips and Resources – Productivity Portfolio
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Love the visual of language uses
WebTools For Teachers 05/01/2008
WebTools For Teachers 04/30/2008
WebTools For Teachers 04/29/2008
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Carrotmob Makes It Rain on Vimeo
An enjoyable video showing how comsumers can use their power to make real environmental change.
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udutu | Create simulations online with ease.
These applications can turn existing social networks such as Facebook. Into a powerful Learning Management System, (LMS, LCMS) and retain all the rich communication and scheduling tools that these applications offer.
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Create timelines
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Ways of Meaning – Types of Languages – phonetic, symbolic, visual
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Dave Gray » Forms, fields and flows
A helpful explanation – about 7 minutes long
WebTools For Teachers 04/28/2008
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Visual on language use for communication
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Dave Gray » What’s next in visual communication?
An overview of human communication highpoints.
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10 Blogging Tips | chrisbrogan.com
Good, brief tips on how to blog well.
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How to Make and Spread Rumors | Dan Zarrella
How the military used gossip, and what works for spreading rumours.
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Describing a growing interest in font, plus a very brief excerpt from the film, Helvetica.
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Read RSS Newsfeeds In Style With “Times” | The Apple Blog
For Macs
Daniel J. Solove’s “The Future of Reputation”
The Future of Reputation is an interesting overview of what is happening to humans today as we become more and more enmeshed in our communications technology and culture. Solove says:
In the past, oral gossip could tarnish a reputation, but it would fade from memories over time. People could move elsewhere and start anew. The printed word, however, was different. As Judge Benjamin Cardozo wrote in 1931: “What gives the sting to writing is its permanence in form. The spoken word dissolves, but the written one abides and perpetuates the scandal.”90 In the past, people could even escape printed words because most publications would get buried away in the dusty corners of libraries. The information would be hard to retrieve, and a sleuth would have to devote a lot of time to dig it up. The Internet, however, makes gossip a permanent reputational stain, one that never fades. It is available around the world, and with Google it can be readily found in less than a second.
This is how our reputations are formed and found currently.
The Future of Reputation is available online for free – http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/Future-of-Reputation/text.htm
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