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"[Americans practice choice] from such an early age that they've come to believe everyone must be born with this ability" http://j.mp/9RwtGo # Explains why some educators intuitively want VLEs closed: RT @ ConnectIrmeli : Welcome to Social Web 3.0 http://slidesha.re/cdRbFI /via @ tuija # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →So sadly true and astutely observed: RT @ cliotropic : xkcd on university websites: http://xkcd.com/773/ v @ timoreilly # Perhaps we should study failed online communities as carefully as we study dead cultures and languages > http://j.mp/cWPNcp # dh #edtech # RT @ cliotropic : RT @ sgillies : Maybe the # oneweek project is…
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →@ 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…
Read more →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…
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Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →@ 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…
Read more →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…
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Read more →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…
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Read more →Here's a quick report on the Mahara UK 2010 conference . I was making Twitter notes, as I went along and I'm not sure, there's much more to add. Here they are in reverse chronological order: Started keeping a list of interesting sites mentioned at #maharauk10 on http://delicious.com/tag/maharauk10. Please add yours. RT @donpresant: Newham College…
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Read more →Nationalistic potatoes: http://bit.ly/c4hCiA # New on Researchity: URL Storytelling in the Age of the Semantic Web http://j.mp/aVV8md # @ davecormier One more on the # Wikipedia wars. Would be defenders of scholarly rigor often come out looking like idiots: http://j.mp/9SVCXj in reply to davecormier # @ davecormier You're right. Proves nothing. Easy to create 25…
Read more →Yes, my beloved Nokia E71 is showing its age and luckily its senescence was accompanied by the expiration of its contract. Enter the HTC Desire (my second HTC phone after the underpowered WiMo 730) and it's been a great first day. And I have the Apps to show it . Seriously, thanks to the great…
Read more →Pictures from the schedule making at THATCamp London 2010 :
Read more →TipLine - Gates' Computer Tips: QR Codes - And the Winning Video (tags: mobile accessibility technology video howto tips ) TEI by Example -- Welcome! (tags: text-analysis digitalhumanities howto tutorial thatcamp ) Kantara Initiative: Shaping the Future of Global Identity (tags: digital security digitalidentity federatedweb ) Dyslexia-friendly fonts (tags: dyslexia accessibility usability web typography )
Read more →Didn't really expect Moodle 2.0 final release to come out on 20 July but still a bit disappointed: http://bit.ly/bZg2Le # edtech #moodle # From http://bit.ly/dewestlake : "There's nothing like a joke about homosexuality to make men rub each other's shoulders" # literature #society # The # metaphor is right, its components utterly wrong: @ jmspool…
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Read more →Day 2: THATCamp London – Meagan Timney (tags: thatcamp academia socialmedia digitalhumanities ) Spicynodes : Home (tags: collaboration design mindmapping presentation web2.0 webdesign technology tools ) Omeka | Home (tags: archives collaboration web2.0 collections community education history publishing repository opensource software thatcamp ) TAPoR (tags: datamining digitalhumanities linguistics research software text tools text-analysis thatcamp )…
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Read more →On the Media's The Digital Divide of Disability Knowbility is an organization that advocates for technology that allows blind, deaf and otherwise disabled people to use the net. Knowbility’s Sharron Rush and Desiree Sturdevant talk about the challenges they face in raising awareness and changing the... (tags: accessibility webdesign podcasts ) On the Media's Leveling…
Read more →I have many 'intellectual' friends who at once extol the virtues of the 'down-to-earth' and disparage them for not watching arthouse films. # When is http://qa.moodle.net/ getting upgraded to # Moodle 2.0 preview 4? The changelog is promising but the Win DEV download is still on 3. # With a new name, a new registration…
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