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 research out [...]
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 this starter sheet.
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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 to post media [...]
PLE is Personal Learning Environment.
Educause has just released the latest in the 7 things you should know series. This one talks about personal learning Environments. These are great resources for Information Technology, Professional development or just interest.
PDF Version -http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7049.pdf
Homepage for this issue -http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutPerso/171521
Recent issues in this series
Second life – http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSecon/163004
Flip camcorders – http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutFlipC/163488
Google apps – [...]
The guys from Educause have released their latest addition in the Seven things you should know series.
You can download the pdf version at http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7045.pdf
Great work and well worth downloading – read the brief at – http://connect.educause.edu/blog/pkurkowski/neweli7thingsbriefexplore/48028
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Another resource from Educause. This latest installment of the seven things you should know series looks at lecture capture. Here is the synopsis from the educause site:
“Lecture capture is an umbrella term describing any technology that allows instructors to record what happens in their classrooms and make it available digitally. In its simplest form, lecture [...]
Educause has released their latest publication -
7 Things You Should Know About Flip Camcorders
These cheap and simple tools have been earning fans everywhere not the least of which is Richard – TEK
You can view the article online or down load it as a pdf file
Recent:
7 Things You Should Know About Ustream
7 Things You Should [...]
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
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Every month Educause produces a briefing paper on a new or emerging technology. This months paper looks at GEOLOCATION
Whats GEOLOCATION? Well if you are asking that, this is the link you should click to download this easy to read, education focused briefing paper.
Pssst. Hint. Geolocation is also called Geotagging
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http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46666
Educause has released their latest in the Seven Things you should know series. This installment looks at Ning. I like Ning, it was first brought to my attention by Sheryl with her excellent PLP sites – Powerful Learning Practice – for teacher education. A useful and flexible tool.
Here is [...]
