Luke took a neat slant on the project. He read the book The Giving Tree. What a great solution for when you have to "make up" something to post.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Bryan Suhovy Podcast
Here is Bryan's podcast. I think he might have turned off the record function a little before he was done but he did get it done.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Can We Trust Students to Learn in Web 2.0?
Can We Trust Students to Learn in Web 2.0?Can We Trust Students to Learn in Web 2.0?
6/4/2008 By Trent Batson
A core debate about learning design arises from the fear that, if we allow learners too much freedom, they will not learn the right things. Web 2.0 exacerbates that fear because it is beyond the control of educators.
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Who's Out Front with Technology Innovation on Campus?
Who's Out Front with Technology Innovation on Campus?Who's Out Front with Technology Innovation on Campus?
6/4/2008 By Trent Batson
The Web 2.0 wave on campus may have left academic computing units in its wake. Is anyone in charge of technology innovation?
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
New Media Consortium Launches $100,000 Program for Virtual Learning
New Media Consortium Launches $100,000 Program for Virtual Learning
New Media Consortium Launches $100,000 Program for Virtual Learning
5/16/2008
The New Media Consortium,
a not-for-profit group of organizations focused on bringing technology
into the learning process, has kicked off a competitive award program
for educational communities in Second Life and Project Wonderland.
Twenty grants totaling $100,000 in cash and development assistance will
be awarded this year to fund these educational efforts.
According to the consortium, NMC is "looking for projects that use
immersive 3D environments to teach cross-disciplinary concepts that are
difficult to teach by traditional means." The criteria for selection
include novel approaches to learning, immersiveness, and broad
applicability (across disciplines).
Individual prizes include $500 in cash and $4,500 in development assistance from NMC Virtual Worlds,
a program within NMC that provides pro bono services for education. The
assistance includes "professional building, scripting, design,
animation, avatar design, and/or related services," according to NMC.
Proposals are being accepted now, and the submission period will
remain open until all 20 grants have been awarded. The competitive
awards are open to all but are geared specifically toward educators at
K-12 and post-secondary institutions. Winners agree to make all
finished materials developed as a part of the funded program available
for license under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Further information about the program can be found here.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
How to Make Facebook Useful Again - ReadWriteWeb
How to Make Facebook Useful Again - ReadWriteWeb
Oh the heels of some of Facebook's missteps (ahem, Beacon) and the proliferation of a myriad of useless, silly, and time-wasting apps, some former Facebook users
decided to quit the site for good this year. However, a handful of
early adopter angst doesn't have Facebook worried. Why is that? Because
Facebook has a whole generation of users who grew up using their site
for everything social back when it was just a way to network with their
high school or college friends. So what are the everyday Facebook users
doing that keep them engaged in the service? It's not throwing sheep,
apparently. For many Facebook users, there are still useful apps to be
found and ways to use the service that the rest of us could learn from.
MORE...
Oh the heels of some of Facebook's missteps (ahem, Beacon) and the proliferation of a myriad of useless, silly, and time-wasting apps, some former Facebook users
decided to quit the site for good this year. However, a handful of
early adopter angst doesn't have Facebook worried. Why is that? Because
Facebook has a whole generation of users who grew up using their site
for everything social back when it was just a way to network with their
high school or college friends. So what are the everyday Facebook users
doing that keep them engaged in the service? It's not throwing sheep,
apparently. For many Facebook users, there are still useful apps to be
found and ways to use the service that the rest of us could learn from.
MORE...
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Google Health beta test begins | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
Google Health beta test begins | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google on Monday launched a beta test of its Google Health service to archive medical records and find medical services.
The site is a personal portal that can be used to upload, store, and
view personal information, retrieve records from partners, investigate
health matters, set alerts such as a reminder to take medication, and
run applications that can, for example, keep track of how many miles a
person has walked.
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Two Blonde Boys: Why You Should Blog...
Two Blonde Boys: Why You Should Blog...
Blogging Statistics:
* 12 million adults maintain a blog.
* 57 millions Americans read blogs.
* 89% of surveyed big dawgs think blogs will be very important in businesses... more so than websites.
* 120,000 blogs are created every day.
* 22 out of 100 of the top websites in the world are blogs.
* 51% of bloggers purchase things online.
* The average person spends 23 hours a week online.
So why are you not blogging yet?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Deals: Get 91% Off Microsoft Office Ultimate
A Microsoft student promotion that slashes 91% off a copy of Office Ultimate applies to anyoneDeals: Get 91% Off Microsoft Office Ultimate
with a .edu email address—and most universities offer .edu addresses to
their alumni for free. Microsoft Office Ultimate, which retails for
$680, is available to students for only $60 until May 16th. But if you
can snag a .edu address, you too can cash in on the deal—all you have
to do is get yourself an alumni email address at your alma mater. The
promotion's web site says you have to prove you're enrolled in
coursework, but the New York Times reports
that a senior VP at Microsoft confirmed all you need is an .edu email
address. Let us know if you snag the deal and how it goes in the
comments.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser
Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser
Now that you are a social media junkie, how are you ever going to keep up with all your peeps? Who has time to go check out all your friend's Facebooks, Twitter, YouTubes, Flickr, Photobucket, Blogs.....?
Flock is the answer because no one has that kind of time. I am so used to using Flock that I forget other people are working so hard to stay connected. Here is the scoop:
Flock is a browser (like Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) but it has powerful social networking tools built in. One of my favorite features is the people browser. To the left side of your browser window is a panel with all your people shown in little boxes. I have it set to list the person at the top who has made the most recent modification to their Facebook or has posted an update in Twitter. Then I don't have to go to those sites to see if anything changed.
It also makes it easy to generate content. For example, if you are watching a YouTube video and would like to post it on your blog you simply hover over it and a bar shows up at the top of the video window. The bar gives you the option of emailing the video or blogging it. After you have registered your blog on your computer it is super easy to cross post stuff from any webpage you discover something cool.
That is the way I made this post. Any problems or issues? I have had the browser shut down on me a few times but it always started back up and gave me the option to "Restore session." Doing so brings back all the tabs I had open before it shut down.
It also is my favorite price - FREE! Let me know if you check it out or have any questions. Enjoy.
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Xobni: Learn more about Xobni for Outlook
Xobni: Learn more about Xobni for Outlook
If you use Microsoft Outlook you are going to love Xobni. (Hint: Inbox spelled backwards). It takes email organization to an entirely new level. I just installed it last week. It runs with Outlook so you don't have to dump anything.
Some of the really cool things I have found it to do are:
1) it searches all your emails and comes up with a bunch of really cool analytic stats such as: a) how many emails have you received and sent to a particular individual, b) what time of day does the person usually send you an email, c) what attachments have been sent from that person, and d) who does that person know who you also know (what is their network). It is really a little scary.
2) it has this button under the person's name. It reads "Schedule time with". If you click it the program looks at your calendar and finds gaps in the calendar over the next several days. It then generates an email asking the person if they are available and lists your available times from you calendar. It is amazing. You can edit the email before it is sent, of course.
It is my favorite price also - FREE. Currently in Public BETA so no guarantees but I have not had any problems with it.
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