In Plain English – Commoncraft

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As the web develops new possibilities for communication are created. Here are three examples. The main example is how Commoncraft uses simple video and recorded voice to communicate basic concepts. Both of the following videos are illustrations of this.

This first is about how to use Google Docs to write collaboratively. Notice how clearly the information is displayed and described.
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The second is an explanation of the new communication situation for PR and is, I think, like the Google Docs one, an ad wrapped in a concept – a style of communication that works particularly well in this era of rapidly changing communications.

I think this is really clear communication. What do you think?

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September = School

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All my life, since I was 4, September has meant that school starts again. I remember in grade school, promising myself that this year my notebooks would be beautiful, that I wouldn’t make messy mistakes in them. Always, September meant the chance to see old friends who were somewhere else over the summer, the chance to find a new friend who would truly understand me and like me, the chance for something wonderful to happen. Is it any wonder that I find September an exciting yet anxious month?

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Business and Web 2.0 – Again

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A couple of weeks ago I posted a link to a SlideShare site on Enterprise 2.0 – http://webtoolsforlearners.blogspot.com/2007/08/understanding-web-20-and-business.html

I believe that business, like all of our culture, is on the edge of a whole new way of communication with a generation that understands and uses the new way, but not the old way. Rich Hoeg, in his blog, eContent, has put up an interesting webcast on the subject of learning in business

From Flat Learning – Learning 2.0

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Visualizing Data

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I have trouble understanding numbers, however visual images make sense to me.This shows house prices around the world, and I “get” it.

Check out the Daily Mail link to see how the following are spread out over the world: alcohol consumption, HIV prevalence, house prices, military spending, war and death, toy imports, toy exports, the wealth of nations in 1500, and the wealth of nations in 2002.

Geography and political science teachers should be using this kind of visualization, IMHO, so students who are visual can understand even if they are numbers-blind.

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VoiceThreads

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VoiceThreads is a beta application that looks like a lot of fun; it’s very easy and free. You use photos or other images, upload them, and use your computer’s microphone to add narration or other audio, or, if you don’t have, or don’t want to use a sound recording, you can simply type copy. Then people can comment, by voice or text, on your VoiceThreads, or you can limit who comments and who sees/hears the comment when. For more information, see my EduSpaces blog on it – http://eduspaces.net/vinall/weblog/189270.html

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Understanding Web 2.0 and Business

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Meet Charlie – Enterprise 2.0 is a slide show that shows where Web 2.0 is taking business. I’ve hesitated adding it to my blog because it is filled with misused apostrophes. (Please see Lynn Truss’s Eats, Shoots and Leaves for a detailed explanation of what I’m complaining about!)

However,Scott Gavin’s slide show, posted on SlideShare – http://www.slideshare.net/slgavin/meet-charlie-what-is-enterprise20 – provides an excellent description of where the business world is going, because of the web, as well as demonstrating how a PowerPoint can communicate effectively even without audio.

Enjoy – and learn!

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Top 10 Tools, or What Other Educators are Using

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I stumbled across Top 10 Tools yesterday, and found it a rich resource for web tools I could using in my teaching, learning and playing on the web. I sent in my own choices:


Check out my full list – http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/joanvinallcox.html
and find the riches in the collection of lists – http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/index.html

Thanks to Jane Hart and the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

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