Diigo Links 03/16/2008
Miami University: IT Services: Academic Technology Services
tags: academic-tech, edtech, multimedia
EdVentures in Technology
teaching, learning and changeDiigo Links 03/14/2008
tags: lms, lms-project
- Allegheny moved from Blackboard to Sakai. This blog details some of their efforts in that transition.
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Diigo Links 03/07/2008
- A nice counter to the non-stop virtual life around us in the form of an electronic reminder to stop
and think.
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Diigo Links 04/07/2007
New bar codes can talk with your cell phone | CNET News.com Annotated
- I originally found this article in the NY Times but refused to link to them until they get rid of their foolish practice of requiring a “free” registration to view.
Between motion sensing, barcode reading and flexible screens, the tech that can be placed into a cell phone could take the concept of convergence to a new level.
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With a wave, the phone can read encoded information on everyday objects and translate that into videos, pictures or text files on its screen.
Motion-sensing comes to mobile phones | CNET News.com Annotated
- Who needs a Wii when you have your cell phone?
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The same technology used in Nintendo’s popular Wii video game console that lets you bowl strikes and hit tennis volleys like you’re Venus Williams is also making its way into mobile handsets.
www.sifry.com: State of the Blogosphere / State of the Live Web
- This page has links to the quarterly state of the blogosphere reports coming out of Sifry.com going back to October 2004.
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KickRSS :: Create An Aggregated RSS Feed
- Sounds like SuprGlu – take multiple feeds and create as Wes Fryer terms it, a “Feed River.”
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Education Week: Let’s Abolish High School Annotated
Were our young people always required to attend school, and were their work opportunities always limited to babysitting, yard work, and cleaning the floors at fast-food joints? Were they always subject to so many restrictions? Are teenagers necessarily incompetent and irresponsible, as the media tell us?
- From Slashdot:
Microsoft announced their new Live Maps, in addition to supporting Firefox on Windows for 3D, now supports the GeoRSS standard. They join Google which recently announced the support of GeoRSS and KML mapping in their Google Maps API. In short, GeoRSS is a standard supported by the Open Geospatial Consortium that incorporates geolocation in an interoperable manner to RSS feeds. The applications are numerous. With Yahoo!’s support of GeoRSS, all the major players are in and the future looks bright for this emerging standard.- post by edventures
Diigo Links 04/05/2007 – The Cool Tools Edition (oh yeah and the UMich degree too)
UMichingan School of Information – MSI: Social Computing Graduate Program
- Interesting offering beginning in the Fall of 2007 but the site doesn’t give any indication that any of its courses are available online.
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- A prototype nextgen browser which obviously recognizes the value of Flock’s contributions considering the screenshots on the Lab page. I’m thinking that if Twitter support and shared webpage browsing were included that this could be a terrific real-time point-to-point collaboration environment. Wonder how much weight this is being given in the Lab venue?
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Epsilen Environment – An ePortfolio tool
- Currently providing free accounts to holders of a .edu email address during their beta period with the expectation that this will turn into a commercial venture aimed at K-12 and Higher Ed institutions, although not dismissing corporate utility. My test profile can be viewed at: http://jemartin.plymouth.epsilen.com
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Schoolhouse 2 – The homework manager for Mac.
- A free, education oriented OneNote equivalent for Macs which features:
- Tasks
- Notes
- File Attachments
- Classcasting
- Smart Notebooks
- Grades
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Create a custom Google Map from published Google Spreadsheets
- This tutorial allows you to create customized Google maps using your own data as maintained in a a published Google Spreadsheet.
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Swivel – a data presentation tool
- A wild tool for mashing up data and presenting it in graphic format online.
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Diigo Links 04/03/2007 – The GeoBlogging and GeoTagging Edition, part II
A few more links which will help with my Galapagos GeoBlogging and PemiVoices endeavors. The first is an educational resource which could have potential benefit to those exploring earth systems science. PemiVoices is a digital heritage project that will hopefully have a strong but localized impact on literacy, community and authorship.
The Christensen Fund Annotated
The Christensen Fund embraces the perspective that recognizes the interdependence of cultural and biological integrity and focuses its efforts on that component of diversity which has been recently coined as biocultural – namely the weave of humankind and nature, cultural pluralism and ecological integrity.
- Great primer on translating geo-coordinates into X-Y axis points
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spiralbound.net – Geo Dive Blogging 101
- Cliff Pearson’s info on how he is turning his blog into a dive log complete with geotagging.
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MaisonBisson’s bsuite_geocode Plugin for WordPress
cyberhobo’s Geo Mashup WordPress Plugin
- Updated version of the Geo Mashup plugin
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Diigo Links 03/21/2007 – The Kitchen Sink Edition
blog of proximal development » Blog Archive » Passion-Based Learning Annotated
- Are passion based teaching and learning incompatible with NCLB and standards based assessments? Or do we just need to take some time to create a bridge between the two?
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learning today can be “passion-based and deeply personalized.”
David Truss :: Pair-a-Dimes Annotated
- Eerie, unsettling, restless, dissatisfied
Hmm, sound familiar?
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It has been eerie. Unsettling.
I’ve been restless. Dissatisfied.
… and I don’t think that I am alone.
I’ve been restless. Dissatisfied.
… and I don’t think that I am alone.
WikiHome – JotSpot Wiki (continuouspartialattention) Annotated
To pay continuous partial attention is to pay partial attention — CONTINUOUSLY.
I can’t teach properly at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk Annotated
- I can empathize with Doug. How do we challenge this dominating paradigm in our school culture?
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I’m growing increasingly frustrated in the teaching profession. I can’t teach the way that I want to, and I find it extraordinarily difficult to teach in the ‘traditional’ manner which is assumed and seemingly expected by all around me.
Julie Lindsay Presentation Links / ECISIT07
- Julie Lindsay’s ECIS IT Conference presentations on Using Web 2.0 Tools, Wikis that work and Podcasting in the Classroom.
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CITE Editorial: Research on the Effectiveness of Technology in Schools: The Roles of Pedagogy and Content Annotated
Editorial: Research on the Effectiveness of Technology in Schools:
The Roles of Pedagogy and Content
The Roles of Pedagogy and Content
Daily Diigo Links 03/14/2007
YouTube – The Inner Life Of A Cell (HQ)
- A wild look at the life of a white blood cell.
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Pew Internet – Teen Content Creators and Consumers Annotated
- Published in November 2005, I wonder how much this has grown in the past 16 months?
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elearnspace – Knowing Knowlege – Book Annotated
elearnspace – Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age Annotated
Daily Diigo Links 03/12/2007
I want a Freeware Utility to … 450+ common problems solved : eConsultant Annotated
- Great collection of freeware to solve common needs. I love the preface “I want to…” Because it is all about me (or you) y’know.
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I want a Freeware Utility to … 450+ common problems solved.
Extremely useful free utilities that do specific jobs really well and save time and money.
damaka – experience the joy of communicating…peer to peer, sip, phone, video Annotated
- New kid on the block, or at least second fiddle to Skype, Damaka is looking to make inroads in the VoIP market. Read Elsua’s post for more info.
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Daily Diigo Links – The Galapagos Edition – 03/08/2007
My wife will be traveling to the Galapagos Islands in June as part of a travel study program through Plymouth State University. Unfortunately for her, the trip leader, Dr. Mary Ann McGarry, has been nice enough to let me help craft the culminating project my wife will develop as the credit bearing portion of the trip. So if you were able to craft a project for someone who will be onsite in an exotic and bio-rich environment, what would be valuable for you? Please feel free to drop your comments below and I’ll see what I can include in the culminating project proposal.
The links below will come in useful as it turns out that the Boston Museum of Science is hosting not only the IMAX movie on the Galapagos, but also the American Natural History Museum’s traveling exhibit, Darwin.
IMAX Educator Resources Annotated
- Link to the educator’s resource guide which accompanies the IMAX presentation of the Galapagos movie.
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Galapagos
Darwin Online Educator’s Guide | American Museum of Natural History Annotated
- The American Museum of Natural History’s educators guide to accompany the Darwin traveling exhibit.
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Darwin – American Museum of Natural History
- Website focusing on the work of Charles Darwin as illustrated in the traveling exhibit.
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Museum of Science, Boston | Exhibits | Darwin
- National and Massachusetts science standards linkages for the traveling Darwin exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science can be found here.
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- The Darwin Traveling Exhibit will be at the Boston Museum of Science. The Educators Guide is available here.
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World Wildlife Fund presents The Galápagos Islands
- Information and resources pertaining to the Galapagos as provided by the World Wildlife Fund.
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Galápagos – National Science Teachers Association site Annotated
- The National Science Teachers Association website hosts a wonderful resource on the Galapagos Islands.
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Galapagos Imax Movie – Museum of Science, Boston Annotated
- The Galapagos IMAX movie is playing at the Boston Museum of Science from 7 March – 25 April 2007. Accompanying the movie is the traveling exhibit, Darwin.
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Galapagos – The IMAX Experience Annotated
- Visit the Galapagos, IMAX style!
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