http://www.tweetwheel.com/
If you use twitter you may find this site useful and interesting.
Essentially it draws a relationship circle between you and your friends. As you hover over a follower its shows you who else follows (or has a relationship) with that person. Clicking on the person will open their profile. Here is my Tweetwheel. Simply [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP79vYsfbo
This is a nice find, I spotted on Miguel’s diigo.
Its an interesting video on convergence of digital media, citizen journalism, blogs etc. In a Cartoon/animation style its 4 minutes long and is well worth watching.
It raises some interesting questions about privacy, freedom of information etc. From this prespective it has worth as a conversation and discussion starter [...]
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46436
This is the latest in the excellent series from Educause. This latest installment looks at google applications.
Here is there blurb
“Google Apps is a collection of web-based programs and file storage that run in a web browser. The applications include communication tools (Gmail, Google Talk, and Google Calendar), productivity tools (Google Docs: text files, spreadsheets, and [...]
Its the fifth Anniversery of the war in Iraq and Reuters and MediaStorm have produced a 4-5 minute video compiled from the resources of journalists, with interviews of the war.
http://iraq.reuters.com/
This is compelling viewing and well supported by timelines, profiles, maps (see below) and resources (links to a wide range of sites).
Word of Caution - Some [...]
here are two visual resources that are worth having a look at
1. Visible Body - http://www.visiblebody.com
This is cool site for biologist and scientists, but it does have one limitation - It is only available in Internet explorer . However its worth a visit and is free to sign up
2. Visual geography - http://www.visualgeography.com/
A nice easy [...]
This is a neat little virtual tour that takes you through the process of creating Cape Cod Potatoes Chips (these are apparently world reknowned).
It is a nice clean insight into the process of taking a raw product (the humble potato) and creating these tasty products.
http://www.capecodchips.com/popups/FactoryTour.htm
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The World Wide Web is an amazing resource with an abundance of tools that enhance education. With so many tools we are spoilt for choice, and often teachers are overwhelmed by the sheer volume. How do I use this? What is flick and twitter? Who is wiki?
Here are some of my favourite things and resources [...]
http://connect.educause.edu/taxonomy/term/5373
Regularly educause produces useful professional development resources (and teaching materials too) called the “seven things you should know” series. They look at an emerging technology and provide detailed information for educators. These are really useful. Here are there latest ones…
Seven things you should know about flickr
Seven things you should know about Lulu
Seven things you should [...]
http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/e-learning-reloaded:-top-50-web-2.0-tools-for-info-junkies,-researchers-&-students
This is an article looking at the top 50 tools for researchers and students. They have arranged the list into:
organisation
communication
bookmarks and citations
Money and numbers
Search tools
Learning
This is quite useful.
The OEDb also has a couple of other interesting articles…
Skip the Tuition: 100 Free Podcasts from the Best Colleges in the World
100 Ways to Use Your iPod to [...]
Here are some more Web 2.0 Tools, widgets and resource pages to add to the list .
This is the Learning Activities.org page on widgit and I would have to say there are some nice tools on this page that are well worth using. [http://learning-activities.org/widgets/].
The rest of the site is also worth looking at to as [...]
