On the wire – Tineye labs, 3d Printers, Cambridge Digital Library and more

Its been a while since I have had the time to pen an on the wire update, but here is one. 1. TinEye Labs – http://labs.tineye.com/ This is a search engine with a difference, this one is based on colour. The search feature allows you to select a colour and then search through Flickr for [...]

Commoncraft

I have long been a fan of the work of Sash and Lee Le Fever of the Commoncraft show – http://www.commoncraft.com/ The videos they ahve produced have provide excellent professional development resources and I frequently direct my students and staff to these resources on their website. Earlier in the week I visited the commoncraft site [...]

On the wire

Wow, four days off visiting family. Its so nice to have some downtime, but boy was my RSS reader full. Here are some interesting sites and resources I have found “on the wire”. 1. Storybird – http://storybird.com/ This is a collaborative digital story creation tool. worth a visit. 2. Multitasking research. This is some interesting [...]

7 things you should know about Microblogging

This is the latest installment in the Seven things you should know series, this one covering the increasingly popular trend of “Microblogging” Microblogging, of course, includes that staple tool twitter. This paper looks at twitter and microblogging in general from an educational perspective. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7051.pdf If you need a how to sheet for twitter – use [...]

Seven things you should know about Voicethread

This is the latest in the series of resources or briefing papers on Web 2.0 tools. In this case the Tool is voicethread. This is an excellent professional development resource: The PDF version of this report is available here – http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7050.pdf Educauses abstract for this tool is… “VoiceThread is a media aggregator that allows people [...]

Educause – 7 things about USTREAM

This is another excellent briefing paper from Educause, this time on USTREAM. A useful resources for students and staff alike. Here are the important links: 7 things about ustream – pdf – http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7042.pdf 7 things about ustream – home page – http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/47506 7 things about series  – home page- http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495