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Archive for December, 2007
May your New Year be benign and filled with turducken …
Posted in Random on December 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
What did I learn in 2007?
Posted in Random on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Learning Circuit’s Big Question for December was “What did you learn about learning in 2007?” Year-end is a natural time for reflection but I had to give this question some heavy thinking. So much of what I’ve learned has already seeped into the back of my brain and isn’t easy to define. It’s [...]
Learning gives back
Posted in Random on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Elliott & Cathy Masie are blogging from Mali about their experiences being part of a project that will donate over 2 million mosquito nets to protect people against malaria. Elliott is posting some beautiful little snippets including interviews with people in the area. I especially like the short video taken while he was conducting [...]
Is Web 2.0 a girl thang?
Posted in Digital Learners, Research on December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I glanced at the latest statistics on teens & social media released yesterday from Pew Internet and noticed an interesting distinction. Girls are more likely than boys to create and share content online. They’re more likely to blog and more likely to share photos. Boys do dominate in one category, however. [...]
We’ve crossed that line and there’s no going back
Posted in Digital Learners, Random, Wikis on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are a couple of items I came across today about bending with the world rather than against it.
First, according to the Edublog Awards, Karl Fisch wrote the most influential edublog post of the year by asking, Is it ok to be a technologically-illiterate teacher? I have to admit, Karl’s words are direct [...]
We won’t be raising our hands anymore
Posted in Digital Learners on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Launching on December 10th, Students 2.0 is spearheaded by Clay Burell (self-confessed hater of “schooliness” and lover of learning) and a number of student edubloggers from around the globe. From the Students 2.0 site …
“For decades, students have been put in classrooms, sat down at desks, and told how to learn and what to [...]
This week I signed up for ….
Posted in Random, Tools to Try on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tangler … a very Web 2.0-y discussion forum
A Very Short List … a daily mailing list about pop culture (proof positive that the good ol’ mailing list is still alive & kickin’)
Dopplr … a place to share travel plans & connect with others
Icon Buffet … a trading site for icons
Spock … search organized around people
How [...]
Google your bus route
Posted in Random, Tools to Try on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In my hometown of Fredericton, NB, the public transit system uses Google Maps to help you map out your bus route. How cool is that?
MIT Highlights for High School
Posted in Open Content on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This week, MIT launched a project called Highlights for High Schools, an extension of their Open CourseWare Initiative, a project that opens access to all its course resources online. (Imagine if your college or university put all its course outlines, handouts, tests, etc. online for free for anyone to use. That’s what MIT does.)
This week [...]
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