EdVentures in Technology
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Archive for Web 2.0
June 18, 2008 at 9:05 pm · Filed under EdTech, Random Thoughts, Web 2.0
Like many others in the EdTech arena, I’ve been playing about with the tag/word cloud imaging app Wordle. Below is an image which represents the data in my most recent C.V. Interesting to note that in a technology career of nearly 20 years, the most prevalent terms, outside of technology and my online persona EdVentures, are: learning, development and management.
Tags: wordlecv resume vita tagcloud wordcloud visualization
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February 14, 2008 at 1:04 pm · Filed under TechTalk, Web 2.0
From Weblog Tools Collection comes this late breaking item.
Chris Johnston has announced the availability of a public WordPress 2.5 demo site. This site will house the most up to date version of WordPress 2.5 prior to its release in March. This is particularly useful to those who do not wish to setup an SVN install of WordPress on their local machine or web server.
I had problems with a redirect to SiteSpinner using the URL http://wp.chrisjohnston.org but adding /wp-admin to the end got me right to the login screen.
The username/password combo for the demo site is admin/demo
Below are current screenshots of the major working spaces. Click on the image to see a larger version in my Flickr account.
Dashboard
Write
Manage
Design
Comment
Plugins
Users
Settings
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Tags: wordpresswp2.5 wordpress2.5 blog
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June 21, 2007 at 10:16 pm · Filed under Teaching & Learning, Web 2.0
My thanks to Danah Boyd who brought to my attention testimony she and a number of others including a professor from my undergraduate alma mater, Dr. David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire, provided to the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus. Their testimony has been posted online and includes video (note this version requires Real Player, but read on for links to a YouTube version), audio (43MB) and transcript of the proceedings which lasted just under an hour and a half.
I highly recommend either viewing, listening to or reading this testimony. Read also Danah’s posts which are substantiated by statistical data and do far more justice to the topic than I can. It is interesting to see and hear from experts in the field, particularly as their testimony is often at odds with the fear pandering and net paranoia espoused by our media, and in some cases our government officials. Take for instance this sobering fact. When it comes to sexual predation, strangers account for only 10% of those cases. The predominant offender? Parents at 78.5% of reported cases.
As a parent myself, I understand and advocate for a greater level of parental involvement in the lives of our children. Any child predation is too much. However, it is also important for us to work from facts rather than assumptions. The bottom line is that online predation is far less a threat to our children than the lack of parental involvement, guidance and love in their lives. We don’t need more legislation, we need more communication!
[tags]online, youth, victimization, predation, netcaucus[/tags]
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June 21, 2007 at 9:20 am · Filed under Web 2.0
Thanks to Vicki over at CoolCatTeacher blog for pointing out this slide set. Probably old hat for those of us living this but this is a great icebreaker and introduction to what it is that we are trying to do. Perhaps Enterprise 2.0 is too overpowering for educators and maybe this slide set could be remixed to address educational purposes or realignments.
[tags]slideshare, enterprise2.0, web2.0, collaboration[/tags]
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Tags: slideshare, enterprise2.0, web2.0, collaboration
April 30, 2007 at 1:10 pm · Filed under Videos, Web 2.0
Check out this great intro to managing the mass of information available on the web from Lee LeFever and The Common Craft Show.
Bottom line: Feed reader + subscription = A more manageable flow of information and a happier you!
There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to start.
[tags]video, rss, reader, aggregator, web2.0[/tags]
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April 27, 2007 at 11:36 am · Filed under Twitter Log, Web 2.0
This may come as a relief to some but I’ve decided that since I can’t make my Twitter blog posts private by default that I am no longer going to be posting them here. I’m not sure how much they contribute to my readership, although I enjoy having a record of my daily activities.
For those who are actually interested though, I’m not dumping the idea entirely. I’ve moved my Twitter posts to a new blog, johnericmartin.com/Twitter.
I do plan to keep on Twittering though. I really do like the stream of consciousness brain dump outlet it provides.
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April 27, 2007 at 8:13 am · Filed under Library, Web 2.0
I am currently developing a technology plan for our local library. It is being developed online using PBwiki and is available here: http://edventures.pbwiki.com/SwlLibrary
The Samuel H Wentworth Library serves the town of Sandwich and its 1300+ residents. It is also home to the grassroots wireless network, Cyberpine, which serves our town in lieu of typical broadband connections such as cable or DSL. This relationship allows the Library to provide free wireless access to patrons, as well as four public access terminals. Future growth of public net access is somewhat restricted as it is tempered by the availability of bandwidth through CyberPine which is currently served by a T1 line.
As of this moment, the Library does not have a web presence, although that is of great interest to its director. As I develop this technology plan, I would be interested in hearing what other libraries of similar size and capacity are doing to extend their services to their respective communities. Please drop a comment and let me know what you would like to see in such a library.
[tags]library, swl-library, technology[/tags]
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April 18, 2007 at 8:14 am · Filed under Web 2.0
I blogged awhile back about swirling rumors that Google would be rolling out a presentation tool to augment their existing web office suite. Turns out those rumors have a basis in fact. According to c|net news:
“Google is adding a feature to its Docs & Spreadsheets Web-hosted software that will enable people to create presentations and slide shows, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Expo.”
On the one hand, this is exciting in that it is strengthening the single venue approach to web office apps. On the other hand, is Google a day late and a dollar short when you consider the concept of “small pieces, loosely joined.” With all of the screencasting, slide sharing apps out there, how will Google’s product stand out from the crowd?
Guess we’ll have to wait and see. The article says soon but no specific release date was provided.
[tags]google, presentation, google-office, weboffice, powerpoint[/tags]
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April 11, 2007 at 8:10 pm · Filed under Web 2.0
According to the folks at PBwiki, they will be holding a joint press conference with their colleagues at YackPack tomorrow, April 12th, to discuss the delivery of a widget intended to provide an audio component to the wiki experience. The techie/tech journalist press conference will be held at 2 PM Pacific, 5 PM EST, while educators and edubloggers will have their own press conference at 6 PM Pacific, 9 PM EST. The press conference will be held online at http://press.pbwiki.com employing the very technology being announced.
For those unfamiliar, PBwiki provides free basic wiki hosting while YackPack is known for their work on unified communications services.
What new doors will this alignment of resources provide to educators, particularly those who work asynchronously with learners in other areas of the globe? It is an exciting time to be sure and leaves me wondering, as always, what tomorrow will bring?
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April 6, 2007 at 1:17 pm · Filed under Creativity, Web 2.0
Inspired by Jen Wagner, I too am celebrating Cyber-compliment Day.
I find myself often inspired and amazed by what I come across in the blogosphere. So I too will make some time today to send a shout out to those who have inspired or challenged me. What a positive way to address the issues raised after last weeks Cyber-bullying downturn.
I’d post more on this but I’m off to thank my feeders personally. Won’t you join me?
[tags]cybercompliment, cyberbullying, inspire[/tags]
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