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Acadia University and YouTube
I live just a few blocks away from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Although I’ve been a member of this small community for many years (and here, the university IS the community), I don’t really know much of what happens there. It’s like listening to a conversation from another room. You hear snippets but…
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Digital natives in the work world
Yesterday, a good & very wise friend sparked some thoughts on digital natives. If this is your first time hearing the phrase, the idea comes from Marc Prenksy. Digital natives are those people who have grown up with technology. They are the thumb people, a generation of video gamers and text messagers, and their work…
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Tools that are redefining the way we learn
A new family of tools is challenging the old ways we’ve been teaching adults online. Some people label this shift Web 2.0. Some call these tools social software. Some call this the read/write web because people create as much as they consume. Whatever it’s called, it’s a new way of looking at using technology to…
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Tag your resolutions …
… says WordPress. As for me, 2007 is shaping up to be a pretty good year, but if I had to lay down some goals, I’d like to write — a LOT. I’m a bit of a constipated writer. I write. I edit. I delete. I mope over what I’ve written. I re-write. I think…
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Can technology “make” you doing something?
I have an ongoing debate with a friend. He says technology is neutral. It’s how people use it that matters & people can use it any way they want. I say it’s loaded. Technology can be a catalyst for certain behaviour. A gun is designed to be shot, not for pounding nails. The way it’s…
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Happy New Years … from Second Life
Come visit us at the temporary home of the NSCC in Second Life.
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Why tagging is good
One of the hardest things to do online is find what you’re looking for. Believe it or not, people are the best information finders, not computers, & technology that leverages word of mouth — technologies like del.icio.us, Technorati and even Google — have been wildly successful. The first two work through tags (or a word…
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Welcome 2007!
It’s been a good full year since I’ve blogged, but I’m feeling the need to get my thoughts organized and share. With that in mind, in 2007 I resolve to blog!