- I continue to be amazed at the short-form story telling skills of Felicia Day http://j.mp/cS6cEM 'Game on' repays multiple viewings. #
- Had high hopes for Evernote sync between desktop and mobile. But frustrated with slow speed on computer and no local storage on phone. #tech #
- Animated Explanations gives dated tips on safe passwords potentially leading to unsafe password practice http://j.mp/ahweQx #edtech #
- @ianaddison Doubt Google will destroy lg teaching. If anything Google Translate shows tht interesting things can be said in other languages. in reply to ianaddison #
- If you'd like to see what it's like to make a site on #OpenScholar you can use http://openscholardemo.researchity.net #digitalhumanities #
- Just added myself to the TeachMeet map: http://j.mp/97fYJM #
- "Ignore these calls to bury the novel" http://j.mp/caadvO < Novel-like narratives still alive and well. Just not necessarily in print. #
- RT @MoodleDan: Educators who are 30+ did you have a VLE, an IT suite, iPod touches, a laptop…… So why aren't you out of a job? #
- New Kindle – want, want, want. Sorry Old Kindle, eBay is your destiny… http://j.mp/9CR45k #
- @ferdialimadhi #openscholar UX/UI could benefit from scheduler, better formats, content moderation, SWFUpload, (save) draft #Drupal modules in reply to ferdialimadhi #
- New on Researchity: Harvard leads the way on building institutional academic communities http://j.mp/9cZCKy #
- #openscholar greatly leverages Drupal's power and flexibility but also suffers from its occasional interface clunkiness: http://j.mp/bxV1YB #
- @ferdialimadhi How easy is it to integrate #OpenScholar into an existing #Drupal site? #
- Just signed up for a third web account in as many days that returned my password in plain text by email! We can do better! #security #edtech #
- @amandafrench I'm hoping to test OpenScholar soon on my own server. Hope the publications feature is the Biblio module eg http://j.mp/9axVem in reply to amandafrench #
- RT @sherah1918: Walking around CHNM, have noticed that women are leading the 3 #oneweek teams. #
- Getting ready to reinstall my system so I started using Wakoopa again: http://wakoopa.com/techczech Anybody wants to join a team? #edtech #
- Every University should run OpenScholar for their faculty! Well done Harvard and #drupal http://j.mp/bmFdN3 #oneweek #
- My vote for #oneweek "2) Humanities portfolio/CV builder" – started jotting down some ideas on http://researchity.net. #
- @TeachPaperless You shouldn't spend time looking for resources. You should be part of a learning community that leads you to them. #edchat #
- Many of the ideas discussed in #edchat on role of resources were contained in the 1970s Humanities Curriculum Project: http://j.mp/brPxbl #
- Many students & teachers thrive on the structure provided by textbooks. Many don't. OERs could cater to both. Present system can't. #edchat #
- RT @theodometer parents demand textbooks motivated by their need to understand the structure of child's learning. They deserve this. #edchat #
- @dannymaas @evmaiden Some students can learn more through creating than consuming resources. OERs could make it an option for them. #edchat in reply to dannymaas #
- Charles Leadbeater-Education innovation in the slums "education needs to work by pull not push." http://bit.ly/dtIM6W #edchat #metaphor #ted #
- RT @Mamacita: I've always thought the "teacher's edition" was a mistake. If the teacher doesn't know the answers. . . . get out. #echat #
- @marynabadenhors True. When you hear a rustle from your Kindle, you know you're in trouble. You could use sound effects, though…;) in reply to marynabadenhors #
- @dannymaas Do we even need publishers for Open Educational Resources? The teaching and academic communities can come together for curation. in reply to dannymaas #
- RT @Mamacita: I cannot imagine a good teacher believing that EVERYTHING in any textbook is absolutely correct. It's just a tool. #edchat #
- @geloomis @ColinTGraham Who guarantees quality of text now? See Texas School board for example. Open, community-driven resources are better. in reply to geloomis #
- RT @andycinek: When we remove text we increase teacher's role in facilitating & monitoring credible content that comes in2 classrm #edchat #
- @marynabadenhors You can use Instapaper to have webpages sent to Kindle or Mobile Phone for Sunday morning bed reading. #edchat in reply to marynabadenhors #
- @stubbornella Extremely well argued. Affirmative Action in CS +1. Thank you for sharing http://j.mp/asf47j via @hjames @epersonae @heyrocker in reply to hjames #
- @BreannePH The collaborative highlighting on the new Kindle OS takes reading to a new level. I use it all the time. #edchat in reply to BreannePH #
- RT @EdReformPR: Teachers Gone Wild (#TGW) 8: Tchrs demand accountability systems actually designed 2 measure jobs tchrs do. #edustat10 #
- @BTCare Fault at the exchange, now fixed. But offline since Friday AM. Much too long in 2010. BT should have technicians working weekends. in reply to BTCare #
- CATMA: http://bit.ly/aikhu8 interesting #FOSS alternative to NVIVO, Atlas.ti, etc. via DiRT: http://bit.ly/dldEkt #research #edtech #
- Using Archivist to compare what educators say about teachers http://bit.ly/9muJeR with the rest of twitterverse http://bit.ly/b3dfOy #edchat #
- RT @oldaily: National programs supporting open educational resources (OERs) are springing up. http://www.downes.ca/post/52969 #
- Still no #Moodle 2.0 RC a week after target date for full release. Can we help? #
- Not a big fan but worth having digitally: RT @morsmal: [Free book]Chomsky, Language and Mind http://bit.ly/bd1imb #language #edchat #
- RT @cliotropic: RT @Boston1775: Exploring 18thConnect, "a community of scholars…..: http://bit.ly/aWMph5 #
- My Czech article on #ebooks #digitalhumanities & #thatcamp http://ow.ly/1qKbh4 Not worth learning Czech for but if you speak it already… #
- Most academic books should be written this way: An open approach to book writing http://j.mp/a46Obc #
- Reading through http://ow.ly/2g3Vy I can't shake the feeling that the academics are just talking to each other. Interesting research but… #
- RT @jjeff: At @jenlampton's DrupalCamp NY presentation. Drupal 7 looks AMAZING… oh wait… this is WordPress 3. #dcnyc8 #
- Need a quick, free DYI VLE? How about a combination of WordPress.com and Drop.io? http://bit.ly/cZy0R2 #
- Not require students to publish on web: "irrational objection, compared with the practices everywhere else in education" http://j.mp/d1ELWF #
- RT @NMHS_Principal: RT @ChrisLAtkinson: The Tempered Radical – Tools for Successful Digital Conversations http://bit.ly/bRRxXS #
- "establishment media outlets perpetrate a total fraud on the public
by pretending that they have standards…" http://ow.ly/1qKrEn # - The Teaching Company History of Ancient Egypt lectures now on sale: http://ow.ly/1qKrso Well worth a listen. #
- Powerful illustration of how seductive the free market metaphor can be for educators… #edchat http://amzn.com/k/Y3ITJ034SHF4 #Kindle #
- I know Ravitch is the new darling of the edurati but this reads a bit like self-serving revisionism http://amzn.com/k/1NWOFVO3ODLOU #Kindle #
- RT @metaphorhacker: "Just because we do something in the real world doesn't mean that the metaphor makes sense in the digital world." ~WW #
- @cliotropic Sounds like for you, Moodle is overkill-esp if you've a shared host. Also exciting things in store for SP http://ow.ly/1qKiPz. in reply to cliotropic #
- @cliotropic Moodle 2 will be much better albeit with a lot of clunkiness left in. Would be interested to hear how ScholarPress works out. in reply to cliotropic #
- #btfail After 3 calls, BT made me move furniture and dissassemble their socket only to tell me I may have no broadband for five days! #
- "responsiveness within [a distance learning] system is not a given" and must be constantly refreshed by practice http://ow.ly/2g3T0 p211 #
- "Campus-level concerns can lead to…educators being directed towards solutions…less appropriate for their…contexts." http://ow.ly/2g3Qy #
- "Directive systems increase the tendency that ways of working will be reified…which…then blocks true emergence." p195 http://ow.ly/2g3Og #
- As someone with an exceedingly non-linear mind, I'm amazed, I can't figure out how to use Prezzi. #
- RT @hjames: This is cool. Document your open source contributions: http://openhatch.org/ #
- Great to have something interesting to listen while testing Drupal modules: BBC Launches World Music Archive Open Culture http://ow.ly/2g22B #
- @PavelBenes No to jsem rád. Už se těším až si budu moct na svou Kindli stáhnout digitální edice Čapka Choda. in reply to PavelBenes #
- Disappointed the Kindle app on Android doesn't let me make annotations and tweet excerpts. #
- How sure are we our own pet reform idea isn't like 'vertical penmanship' of 1910s? http://amzn.com/k/39NLC14FISQMA #Kindle #
- http://bit.ly/aBNvRd "there are striking similarities between students born between 1982 and 1994 and older age groups.” re open technology #
- RT @metaphorhacker: Best example of #metaphor hypostasis I can think of: "Stress of daily grind takes toll on teeth" http://j.mp/dcMeKF #
- RT @Haimanti14: Weather is a great metaphor for life sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, & theres nothing much u can do about it but… #
- What will literacy look like in a multimodal info world? < "Until now, information has typically been delivered as text" http://j.mp/cYxIWU #
- Old routine: I get up, read my news, make notes. New routine: I get up, read my news, Tweet about it. #
- Ken Robinson's TED talk is full of inspiring quotables but wrongly assumes that education's problem is a lack of ideas. http://j.mp/dqJeSj #
- Anybody who needs a reliable website quickly should try Drupal Gardens, now in open beta http://j.mp/aQM4Do #
- @footnotesrising Thanks for the literally re-tweet. I've been keeping track of metaphor related tweets on @metaphorhacker in reply to footnotesrising #
- I analysed a week's worth of tweets and found out I write like @doctorow. "Proof": http://iwl.me/s/31398c21 Sorry. More on @metaphorhacker #
- Please read this before you have the urge to correct or infer hidden meanings from someone's grammar: http://j.mp/c7YD4T And then don't! #
- The increasing importance of open source for the EU at OSS Watch team blog http://j.mp/d8yumN #
- How many people with a Yahoo/Google Toolbar: a) use it, b) know what it is, c) installed it on purpose, d)know how to get rid of it? #edtech #
- All the stories about how the internet is making our lives more difficult seem to assume it was somehow easy before. http://j.mp/av3jkg #
- @michael_rowe Would like to pursue the differences between health and education practitioners' use of research more. How about a webinar? in reply to michael_rowe #
- @michael_rowe Interesting. In education, research is often inaccessible to practitioners who don't see it as answering questions they asked. in reply to michael_rowe #
- Open Tweet to branded USB stick suppliers: Don't offer to email me quotes, list your prices on your website and I will give you my business. #
- Is there a place in the UK that will tell me how much their branded USB drives costs without a ridiculous sales run around? #
- @moodlehelen Was excited about Moodle 2.0 until I realized that its late release means I may not get to use it until 2011/2012. #
- Any newspaper articles containing the phrase "for most of human history" make me immediately suspicious. http://j.mp/du6dXW #nytimesfail #
- @michael_rowe It shouldn't be just funders. Practitioners would get even more out of an open research process. See http://researchity.net in reply to michael_rowe #
- Funders should require this: RT @michael_rowe: blogging your research http://tinyurl.com/34nm94h #
- Muphry's Law: "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault…in what you've written" http://j.mp/dzqN6e #
- "Educational and Cost Effectiveness: OER vs Traditional Textbooks" http://j.mp/ahdIbI #edtech #
- Pullum FTW: "Why play grammarian when you don't have a clue about the grammatical structure of your native language…" http://j.mp/ckU4rY #
- "Why can't people do their analysis…on the basis of what is said, rather than try to extract subtle signals…" http://j.mp/ckU4rY #
- http://scvngr.com (which you can actually pronounce in Czech) looks like the perfect platform for mobile learning. #edchat #edtech #
- We need the right conceptual tools for the right scales>World economy needs different math than a personal checkbook>Ditto school IT #edtech #
- "What's relevant to a society is how well people are communicating & collaborating, not how clever individuals are" http://ow.ly/2bzHj #ted #
- More people should be using QR codes for #accessibility here's some ideas how: "101 Uses For Quick Response (QR) Codes" http://j.mp/9tBPxl #
- RT @digitalnative: July 21, 1911: Media Messenger McLuhan Born http://is.gd/dAmgE #
- Corporate metaphor makes #edtech stale and soulless. Start -up metaphor makes it chaotic and failure-prone. What is the solution? #
- @mberry Much better to use FileField module to attach media to posts (nodes) in Drupal. http://bit.ly/augtUW in reply to mberry #
- @JSTOR Can't wait when I'll be able to check out a book from a library on my Kindle. But am not holding my breath. #
- @ostephens @mweller Lucero sounds very exciting. Wish I'd known about this when I started thinking about http://researchity.net. in reply to ostephens #
- Just registered for FOTE10 – Future of Technology in Education — http://fote10.eventbrite.com #fote10 #
- New blog post: links for 2010-07-19 http://j.mp/cadRsg #
- Was skeptical about: "Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs" http://bit.ly/ddQi1V but it's really about diversity in educational aims #edchat #
- Classdroid is a great illustration of how the walled-garden tendencies of Apple are ultimately bad for education. http://j.mp/dbzHfl #edtech #
- An 18th century example of crowdsourced research being discussed on BBC's Thinking Alowed: http://j.mp/aX221v (min 3-5) #history #
- @bbccomedy: "What qualifies parents to set up schools? They haven't attended a school for years. http://j.mp/c1Ntx1 #edchat #
- Bad news for Microsoft? "jumping off the open source stack brings negative results for companies" http://j.mp/9oi4bm #
- Well done Rackspace: "it’s a lot easier to recruit great developers when they get to work on an open source initiative" http://j.mp/9oi4bm #
- New blog post: Report on Mahara Con UK 2010 (#maharauk10) in 36 Tweets http://j.mp/cZvbzr #
- New blog post: links for 2010-07-18 http://j.mp/d1yDJb #
- @thunderfairy "People who shrug off their adolescent musical tastes…change for the sake of social acceptance…" http://j.mp/aX221v 22' #
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