You might have seen this floating around the blogosphere over the past few days. It’s Hans Rosling’s second presentation at Ted. For those who didn’t see the first, check it out. Rosling is brilliant at explaining tough concepts visually. Brilliant. In 20 minutes, he can change the way you look at the world. Better yet, [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Hans Rosling and The End of Poverty
Posted in Open Content, Random, Research on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How is distance education better than sex
Posted in Random on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you get tired, you can stop, save your place and pick up where you left off. You can finish early without feeling guilty. You can get rid of any viruses you catch with a $50 program from McAfee. With a little coffee you can do it all night. You don’t usually get divorced if [...]
Sharing your gifts
Posted in Random on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Summers are a great time at the college where I work. New faculty and staff go to Truro to attend Summer Institute. It’s the most energizing experiences you can have as a new employee. It’s time to reflect on what you do and how you can do it better. It’s also a great opportunity to [...]
Hey NSCC bloggers!
Posted in Blogs on June 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My friend Chris tells me that he’s doing a session on blogs and wikis for faculty and staff tonight in Truro. I wish I could be there, but then I’d like to be anywhere with Chris because he’s taught me so much & because he’s such a great guy. Have fun & hope you learn [...]
Looking at how people learn informally with technology
Posted in Blogs, Informal Learning on June 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the lead up to this week’s National Media Education Conference, I was checking out Project NML. Project NML is funded by the MacArthur Foundation to look at how young people are using emerging technologies to learn informally, what skills they’re developing, and then to develop materials for teachers so that they can support that [...]
Dave Sifry’s advice to bloggers
Posted in Blogs on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I came across a wonderful podcast interview (mp3) with Dave Sifry, the founder of Technorati, where he offers some two great pieces of advice people who blog to develop their brand. Sifry says the currency of bloggers is the link. The more that people link to you, the better off you are. Sifry offers three [...]
Reflections on blogging
Posted in Blogs on June 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Karl Fisch (of Did You Know/Shift Happens fame) posted a wonderful video of interviews with teachers and students who are blogging at Arapahoe High School in Colorado. They talk about what they’re doing (lots of great ideas!) and how blogging has changed the way they’re learning. It’s wonderful stuff … especially for anyone who’s thinking [...]
If real life were like Second Life
Posted in Second Life on June 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This made me laugh … and laugh … and laugh.
Please leave a message
Posted in Tools to Try on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Chinswing is an interesting site. It’s a kind of discussion board with voice instead of text. A person starts a conversation by recording their voice & the conversation is carried on by anyone who wants to leave a voice message. The interface is interesting. It looks like a timeline in a piece of editing software [...]
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