Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-22

  • You had a hard day. You go to bed early and get woken up by lots of noise. You call the cops on the last Beatles concert. http://ow.ly/6Cc4z #
  • Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://t.co/ZbMfkbMb #
  • "Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather than Getting Things Right the First Time" http://t.co/Dcxbo7B4 #edchat #
  • Big surprise! Poverty is more important to educational attainment than national educational system! http://ow.ly/6AmsK #edchat #
  • Not sure > RT @WarwickLanguage: "We are impoverished by our inability to understand the languages of others" Bishop of Bradford says #sttf #
  • Official #Moodle Mobile App for iPhone – Released! http://ow.ly/6AlJ0 < can't wait for the Android version #
  • "How Do I Get Started with Twitter?" http://ow.ly/6Alll by @paulbrichardson #edtech #
  • HG Wells on sociologists: "Their very silences shape a utopia" http://ow.ly/6AkX6 < applies to educational theorists, as well #edchat #
  • Does the pending acquisition of Blackboard pose a threat to its clients or the whole elearning space? http://ow.ly/6yWDs #edtech #
  • Can we finally put the issue of mirror neurons to bed? Their existence is irrelevant to embodied theories of language. http://ow.ly/6yW4l #
  • Claims by neuroscience must be constantly reexamined: Does damage to Broca's area cause speech perception deficits? http://ow.ly/6yRVc #
  • Agree with @mweller that universities have been neglecting teaching for too long. Now they deserve their competition. http://ow.ly/6xzUP #
  • Anthropology Major Fox: Firefox has encountered a problem with windows http://ow.ly/6xsBy #
  • How can one not love: Anthropology Major Fox http://ow.ly/6xstD #
  • Finally, a fair non-hagiographic assessment of the impact of Steve Jobs on the Digital Campus podcast http://ow.ly/6xjoM #edtech #stevejobs #
  • @mricheynams Thanks. That's good to know. in reply to mricheynams #
  • Anybody has experience of TenMarks Online Math Programs? Any OpenSource alternatives? http://ow.ly/6xhG7 #edtech #mathchat (via @techcrunch) #
  • @NeilMilliken That assumes that intuitive is a property of the system and not the person. See Jared Spool on this http://t.co/OlRCZSv7 in reply to NeilMilliken #
  • Ian Smythe: Personally, I don't believe that dyslexia-friendly fonts don't exist. Everybody is different. #dystech #a11y #dyslexia #
  • Ian Smythe: Resources on transferring #dyslexia support between primary and secondary schools: http://t.co/VX1rZqY6 #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: More free information on #dyslexia on http://dessdys.eu and http://t.co/5Rm0mmVM All in multiple languages. #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: iSheds has free downloadable books on supporting dyslexic individuals. http://isheds.eu #dyslexia #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe recommends KeePass to keep track of passwords. I prefer LastPass.com #a11y #dystech Assistive technology takes many forms. #
  • Ian Smythe: Strategies are important part of using tech for #a11y such as taking picture of where you left your car. #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: Dys2.org an example of a learning technology. http://dys2.org #dystech #dyslexia #edtech #
  • Ian Smythe: Many people know they can change the background colour of the browser. Very few people know how. #dystech #a11y #dyslexia #
  • Ian Smythe: Many people don't know about the read out loud feature of Adobe Acrobat reader. It works. #dystech #a11y #
  • Ian Smythe: Computer screens are now brighter than in the past. Changing background is a good solution. Word, PDF, Web. #dystech #a11y #
  • Ian Smythe: Concept maps on how to do a concept maps not a good way to teach them. Best way to learn concept mapping is by doing. #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: You can convey identical information with just a few bullet points as opposed to a long text. #dystech #dyslexia #
  • Ian Smythe: IkonMap.com a good free online concept mapping tool for dyslexic students because of simplicity. http://t.co/W8WSreXp #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: The worst thing you can show a dyslexic individual is a blank page. Concept maps give initial structure to complete. #dyslexia #
  • Ian Smythe: Free online text to speech via ImTranslator.com http://t.co/Oba5NlsK. #dystech #a11y #
  • Ian Smythe: Convert text to speech into separate sound files by paragraph to make it easier to navigate around the text. #dystech #dyslexia #
  • Ian Smythe: Many features built into office software (spelling, autocorrect, background color) are useful assistive technologies. #dystech #
  • There are limits to how "intuitive" software can be made. Anything used often addressing a real need can become intuitive. #dystech #
  • @NeilMilliken True. But software used often becomes more intuitive. Facebook is not intuitive yet used by millions of non-techies. in reply to NeilMilliken #
  • Ian Smythe: Using text to speech for proofreading is wonderful. You hear what's there not read what you think is there. #dystech #dyslexia #
  • IS: Converting a difficult text into speech does not remove the difficulty, it just changes it. Software to summarize is available. #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: Anybody producing books should think about how easy they are to put on a scanner to be made accessible. #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: Assistive technology stays with you (text2speech), learning technology you throw away (typing tutor). #dystech #techdys #
  • Ian Smythe: There are countless free resources for assistive and learning technology. #dystech #dyslexia #
  • Ian Smythe: An advantage of the computer for assistive technology is that the computer doesn't get tired. #dystech #
  • Dyslexia and dyslexia intervention presents a puzzle to both modular and non-modular views of language #dyslexia #
  • Ian Smythe: First book on #dyslexia written in German by a Hungarian in the 1910s. #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: Dyslexia in different languages can mean something slightly different #dyslexia #dystech #
  • Ian Smythe: Many components to the model of reading mean that there are a lot of things to go wrong #techdys #dyslexia #reading #
  • Ian Smythe: The coocurrence of other difficulties with #dyslexia is important to consider when recommending technology solutions. #dystech #
  • Attending: Jane Jacobson Memorial Dyslexia and Technology Conference http://ow.ly/6x3eb #dyslexia #edtech #
  • A sad case of passive idiocy… http://t.co/04KywsDA #ellchat #
  • "The importance of style in academic writing" – eg. "ability to write articles that look like published economics papers" http://ow.ly/6w2Hm #

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