Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-12

@fstoner Swype on Android is now only bundled with some phones. I use and love SlideIT on my HTC Desire which also supports other languages. in reply to fstoner #
True? If university education really leads to increased individual wealth then graduate tax based on income makes perfect sense. #edchat #
Gotta love GKP being all passive aggressive: "Have you ever tried to clean vomit out of the keyboard of a MacBook Pro?" http://ow.ly/2oyB9 #
10 Super Social Media Songs [VIDEOS] http://ow.ly/1qNCd5 #
Just deposited €5 with Flattr to share a bit of $ov€ for online content. Hoping micropayments catch on this time! http://j.mp/a4pKUo #edtech #
@moodlerific @moodlehelen File management in #moodle 2.0 is why I'm willing to try an upgrade even with RC (if it comes) http://j.mp/92yMgZ #
Judging by #philbitescomp philosophy appears to be an aspiration to the transcendental via a hagiography of the institutional. #
Dyslexia Action: "We desperately need career progression for teaching assistants…" http://ow.ly/1qNCf5 #edchatuk #
HOW TO: Get Tweetable Moments from Your Presentations http://ow.ly/1qNCcT #
I'm coming up on my 1000th tweet in 18 months of Twitter activity. What should it be about? Do I need a cake? #
@lesuco Not a fan of Ravitch's programmatic ignoring of social factors in schooling or basing curriculum values in 1950s. Agree on testing. in reply to lesuco #
RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @ryancordell discusses "How to Start Tweeting (and Why You Might Want To)" http://bit.ly/cXKGA1 #
What standards should not be like #edchat http://amzn.com/k/2GYZ78GAXT7WJ #Kindle #
Role of ideology (metaphor) in educational policy making. #edchat http://amzn.com/k/U8CVFNKFJ7XZ #Kindle #
Any course on language should include a project similar to this: http://j.mp/d7ooTn #ellchat #
RT @tomshepp: Free Technology for Teachers: 11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try This Year http://goo.gl/ZUb9 #edtech #elearning #
@ITJil Apple makes mobile development easy if you want to develop the Apple way. With tools like App Inventor, Android is bound to pass iOS. in reply to ITJil #
After a month with my Android phone I have no doubt that the future of computing in education is in the mobile sphere. #edtech #edchat #
On Hauser misconduct: "it's long past time for scientists to start publishing their raw data along w/ their conclusions" http://j.mp/cN7cpP #
http://lingro.com a great online dictionary for learners browsing the web. Better than GTranslate, fewer languages. #ellchat /via @ghewgley #
RT @ghewgley: Very cool ELL site based upon current news-complete w/ lesson plans. I so like this! http://breakingnewsenglish.com #ellchat #
Unlike blogs, wikis or social bookmarking, my students (incl. 'digital natives') seem to find forums and database uploads intuitive. #edchat #
@Stutz01 I've mostly used blogs as public reflective journals. But where I see possibilities students only see an assignment. #edchat in reply to Stutz01 #
@mrplough07 I too can't seem to get wikis/blogging to take off with students who often don't read blogs or edit Wikipedia. #edchat in reply to mrplough07 #
@awcheney As teacher I 2 prefer discovery over feeding. But there are some indications that bad discovery is worse than bad feeding. #edchat in reply to awcheney #
@davidwees Too many types of illiteracy for 1 solution. I'm currently thinking about an online literacy course for dyslexic pupils. #edchat in reply to davidwees #
@nyates314 Web2.0 apps4Teachers: GoogleDocs (creation/collaboration), YouTube/Slideshare/Wordpress (sharing), Twittr/Delicious(CPD). #ntchat in reply to nyates314 #
Accessible and open resources are essential for e-learning but so is remembering that there's more than one kind of literacy. #edchat #
@davidwees Using accessible resources (eg DAISY), text2speech, multimedia, etc can make e-learning available even to the illiterate. #edchat in reply to davidwees #
@teachtgs E-learning is a mixed blessing for literacy accessibility. But on balance it presents fewer barriers than f2f instruction. #edchat #
Learning networks & teacher presence are essential for elearning. Autodidacts often just learn indiscriminate facts w/o relevance. #edchat #
@awcheney Learners & educators need to collaborate on the curation of available content. But unguided selfdiscovery is not education #edchat in reply to awcheney #
RT @rliberni: Thanks for great moderation! @esolcourses & @shellterrell #teachertuesday #edchat #
@jerridkruse Disagree. Computers can provide many concrete multisensory experiences. Just not all that's necessary. #edchat in reply to jerridkruse #
Some 'great' classroom teachers are great performers. This may not translate online. Some are great educators and will shine online. #edchat #
@awcheney E-learning should not be built around content consumption but there needs to be content. Online lectures r great for that. #edchat #
@ryflinn I have changed my mind on elearning over last 2 years. One f2f, second online HE teaching. Found online more effective. #edchat #
@ryflinn Good point. Like everything in education this is going to be an incremental change. Too slow for some, too fast for others. #edchat in reply to ryflinn #
School may provide safe space 4 some students dangerous 4 others. Same with e-learning. Teachers must know their students in both. #edchat #
Ditto: RT @lisa_maren: Some activities can't be done online. But my online class had cooperative learning, laughter, debates, games. #edchat #
A dream: Schools where students meet spontaneously to continue discussion started online and to teach each other vocational skills. #edchat #
Imagine a day of watching 3 TED-like talks at home, then discuss online. Compare with 6 hours in classroom. #edchat #
@Mamacita I speak about EL v F2F all the time anywhere to anyone who will listen-never thought bravery was required. Am I in danger? #edchat in reply to Mamacita #
@nainisingh I still like going to (un)conferences. But individual lectures or one-day workshops/symposia are better online. #edchat in reply to nainisingh #
RT @theteachinggame: I feel like students are more likely to express what's going on with them in an anonymous online context #edchat #
@chrismayoh After a year of webinars, I prefer to attend and deliver online lectures-no travel, more opportunity for questions. #edchat in reply to chrismayoh #
We run 2 online courses (w adults). One with 1-week live induction. Don't see much difference in subsequent online socialization. #edchat #
In online learning students no longer have to be limited by the serendipity of their classroom. They can make wider connections. #edchat #
RT @bethanyvsmith: We have to stop thinking of online learning as self-paced or complete CBT. DE is no longer correspondence course! #edchat #
@dcinc66 @bethanyvsmith Another benefit of e-learning is that many more settings are shareable and reusable (not just materials). #edchat in reply to dcinc66 #
No-classroom e-learning may never fully replace K-12. But it could provide meaningful alternatives for many students today. #edchat #
RT @rliberni: RT @drdouggreen: Suspended kids should go right online. Gr8 this could be an answer for some of them #edchat #
f2f in pure elearning like OU is often important because it provides space to focus free of external commitments. #edchat #
Many students/teachers still welcome f2f. But often more because it looks like learning than for its effectiveness. #edchat #
Rinse and repeat: RT @tomwhitby: Whatever arguments can be made against Online learning can probably also be made for F2F. #edchat #
Skinner's 1968 vision for teaching machines to free teachers to focus on the human aspect of teaching is as important in e-learning. #edchat #
@ryflinn Agree. It is important that we don't assume students only learn in one way online (as w/ classroom). Embrace the lurkers! #edchat in reply to ryflinn #
Well put: RT @CliveSir: All the teachers released by online ed could be reemployed as childcarers. Oh, hang on… #edchat #
In online learning only meaningful learner presence counts (if it is structured around interaction and not content consumption). #edchat #
Classroom learning fosters the illusion that the student has contributed to their learning just by showing up. #edchat #
Online learning can be structured so that all students are engaged in some way. #edchat #
If schooling were about learning, distance learning might replace classroom. But K-12 schools have an important childcare function. #edchat #
RT @doriedance: RT @tomwhitby: #Edchat Topic coming up in 25 minutes: Will online or distance learning replace classroom learning? #
Great idea: Use QR Codes for Flashcards http://ow.ly/1qNxNv #edtech #
"There’s surprisingly little difference between a [job] candidate with six months of experience and one with six years." http://j.mp/9L7aPY #
Very useful: RT @marynabadenhors: •15 Apps for Recording Skype Conversations: http://tinyurl.com/ocoshq #
RT @hjarche: "Forget experience – hire learners." http://is.gd/ebliC by @timkastelle #
I'm amazed how many new SaaS VLEs are popping up with little innovation. Can we still expect a transformative idea in this space? #edtech #
RT @rayschroeder: Bill Gates: place-based activiy in college will be five times less important than it is today. http://ow.ly/2nqRJ #edtech #
RT @Samyania: Czech, why even use the letter 'r' when the sound it makes has nothing to do with 'r'? Why not use a different letter? #
RT @fxstrategytips: Czech Proverb~ When you go to buy use your eyes not your ears. #
I keep trying the latest clipboard replacements but always come back to Clipboard Recorder for power & simplicity http://j.mp/9dbr90 #edtech #
They need to lower prices of e-books to be a good deal> RT @thebookseller: Waterstone's slashes pocket e-reader to £99 http://bit.ly/cIu4WB #
Sounds familiar. Examples? RT @samplereality: Literary scholars who dabble in television studies are usually the worst sort of academic fans #
There should be more writers like @doctorow who I always cite as a model for opening content in education http://j.mp/c3dSxU #edtech #edchat #
Kaminsky: "HTML was the 1st programming language where you could have no idea what you're doing and still get something" http://ow.ly/2mIwZ #
Dan Kaminsky: "We need to make sure that security and functionality are the same thing"<insecure apps don't run http://ow.ly/2mIzk #nexthope #
Love the use of simple tools for crowdsourcing OERs in Curriculum Catalyst http://j.mp/c3qga8 #edtech #
Just took survey on Translators and Technologies Based on Openness, Sharing and Collaboration – useful overview of field: http://j.mp/bm4rSv #
@rosamariatorres Agree. Gates like many engineers thinks of education in terms of content not communities & conversation. #edchat in reply to rosamariatorres #
RT @amcunningham: Interested in uncertainty in medicine? You may not want to know about it but it exists. http://bit.ly/dhj54m #meded #
Bill Gates: In Five Years The Best Education Will Come From The Web http://ow.ly/1qNsdt > Case for OER? #
RT @jdthomas7: 3 Online Tools To Create Pie Charts and Bar Diagrams | The Windows Club http://bit.ly/9nRBXP #edtech #
RT @metaphorhacker: Robert Steele: "We need to focus more on the 'I' and less on the 'T' in IT" http://ow.ly/2mtb8 #nexthope #edchat #edtech #
@hjames Got & love Kindle 2 but will be getting 3. Just WiFi, though, to tether with my Android phone. Will use 3G money on cover w/ light. in reply to hjames #
@hjames Na access on the Kindle 2 to Gmail or G Docs – just Wikipedia. Will have to wait for 3 with its Webkit browser and apps. in reply to hjames #
"how much better the open source world works than the old proprietary software software world" #
Women 2.0 Labs Graduates Its First Class of Founders http://ow.ly/1qNsfv < great idea #
@timmillwood No contest for me between iPad and Kindle 3. Kindle wins on utility, portability & price. Can buy it & a netbook for less! in reply to timmillwood #
Fascinating to see the vision for a "Journal of Wholly New Type" in 1987. http://j.mp/azePlG A precursor to #thatcamp or #anthologize #
I hope @amazonkindle responds to the B&E NookStudy. Its desktop and mobile apps are far behind. http://j.mp/aKfDRP #kindle #edtech #
Not to be a shill but this makes me happy I got my Desire from 3 & not Vodafone http://ow.ly/1qNrs1 Already got a dual text from someone. #

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