- 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: "Designs don't intuit, thus not to be called intuitive" http://ow.ly/29gzp #
- "a clear contrast between journalists who were using Twitter and journalists who weren’t" #G20 #media http://bit.ly/cxdBkK #
- 3 Most Highlighted Books on Kindle: http://bit.ly/91SBVy 1 Lost Symbol 2 Bible 3 The Shack — illustrates the social nature of #religion #
- Dewey on individualism in education… http://amzn.com/k/2U3GN6YR3HVHH #Kindle #
- @jmspool "Design's intuitiveness, is a result of users' knowledge. Not a property of the design itself." http://bit.ly/cWTg1f #edtech #
- What sort of philosophy could be put together out of aphorisms like this found in fiction? http://amzn.com/k/3KGSW46TT8CH #Kindle #
- @cognitivepolicy on policy framing: "big challenge of discussing frames is that we have to use frames to reason abt them" http://ow.ly/29e0b #
- Looks like wisdom on the surface but is really nonsense… http://amzn.com/k/2U9YI9EEMUXDZ #Kindle #
- "Twitter…backchannel promote…online presence and enhance…digital identity rather than…participatory…culture?" http://bit.ly/d5DWaY #
- 3 Provoking Films About Curriculum Change | edte.ch http://bit.ly/ctBtR9 #edchat #
- @_jonb You're right. #Dyslexia friendly fonts are controversial. The evidence is thin so personal preference prevails: http://amzn.to/aUWiCU in reply to _jonb #
- RT @mickimcgee: great slide of methodological commons from Harold Shorter talk at CenterNet meeting #dh2010 http://yfrog.com/5fg1tj #
- The anti #comicsans movement should bear in mind that it is the font preferred by many people with #dyslexia http://www.dyslexic.com/fonts #
- @willrich45 I wonder how the m-phone/computer divide holds up globally. Cf Kenya v Japan-in both countries phones predominate. Conclusions? in reply to willrich45 #
- RT @willrich45: Reading: Pew Research: Wealthy Have Laptops, the Poor Have Cell Phones http://shar.es/mFlWM Digital divide will grow. #
- Follow me and my gadgets on @gdgt: http://user.gdgt.com/techczech/ #
- @emmajanedotnet Definitely try GoToWebinar and Elluminate as well as WebEx and DimDim to get the webinar big 4! AdobeConnect to make it 5! in reply to emmajanedotnet #
- Why are reports on Web 2.0 still released in PDF?! http://bit.ly/dlSd9v I would much trust a series of blog posts much more. #dh2010 #edtech #
- RT @andycoverdale: Use and relevance of web 2.0 for researchers – Project report from the Research Information Network http://bit.ly/4juYod #
- Generative #metaphor in action in #drupal world: http://ow.ly/28POI Additional reading from DA Schon here http://ow.ly/28PZe #
- Ditto: RT @knaddison: I really enjoyed Jared Spool's "What makes a design intuitive" talk @ #d4d http://bit.ly/9VzkVa Always funny, & useful #
- Walden University: "Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths" http://bit.ly/9OYahv #
- @mberry CPD should be continuous, personalised, using OERs, community-based, portfolio-tracked, contribute back & recognised as work! #CAS10 in reply to mberry #
- @mweller @markuos Tried Nixty. Like wiki courses but no export, no import, no open standards, no CC. No point. What did I miss? #edtech in reply to mweller #
- RT @linda_w: …DH collaboration–DARIAH as much about social and cultural as tech #DH2010 > Same motivation behind http://researchity.net #
- Deterministic causation and predictability not always one and the same http://amzn.com/k/1KPUPVISHO8CQ #Kindle #
- On causality in "historical sciences" http://amzn.com/k/2XMEW6PH4FJV4 #Kindle #
- False physics analogy is often a key problem for methodological legitimacy in social science… http://amzn.com/k/67853DHVO9SQ #Kindle #
- More evidence con LAD hypothesis: "important areas of core grammar may not be fully mastered by some speakers" http://bit.ly/cNqtm3 #cogling #
- @hjames What happened to your Plato reading club idea? The new Kindle-twitter feature would be well suited to it. See http://bit.ly/bEGPhE #
- Toward a Federated Academic Identity: http://bit.ly/bWMClW #thatcamp #dh2010 #fsw #
- How #metaphor really works: we negotiate it. @on_the_media on comparing the Oil Spill: http://ow.ly/26Oe9 #cognition #ilovenpr #
- Amazing #Moodle XML Converter "quickly create quizzes and glossaries from textfiles by generating Moodle XML" http://bit.ly/99dzCv #edtech #
- Using commercial v #opensource office suites "may actually be hindering the development of [pupils'] skills." http://bit.ly/9joGp9 #edtech #
- @chrislehmann "What is the last time we took kids to a pencil lab?" http://bit.ly/aMFkOD #edtech #iste10 #metaphor #
- "Introduction to social media" http://ow.ly/2833P A great starter page for anyone new to the field. via @@c4lpt #
- Testing #Moodle 2.0 Preview 4 with good results. Unfortunately, AJAX Chrome editing still not working in Chrome. Fix on http://bit.ly/cvzAKP #
- Should #digitalhumanities be better represented at the FederatedSocialWeb Summit http://bit.ly/9CWHwf ? #thatcamp #dh2010 #
- Would be great if somebody from #Drupal and #Mahara communities would be at the FederatedSocialWeb Summit http://bit.ly/bs3K3u #fsw #
- RT @mberry: Mitra: 'Self organized learning environments' – timetabled open cybercafés… #ITTE10 > sounds like 'unschool' – sign me up. #
- @mberry LOL. It would be an interesting experiment. But history is littered with failure of this kind of innovation as system-wide policy. in reply to mberry #
- RT @mberry Mitra's research question: Can groups of children complete their schooling on their own #itte10 >If not schooling, then education #
- @ostephens My fault, it seems Citeulike only has API for writing plugins–didn't drill down enough on my Google Search: http://bit.ly/buvLt1 in reply to ostephens #
- @ostephens I think Bibsonomy and Citeulike should be on a list of free ref managers with APIs. #edtech in reply to ostephens #
- @mberry @PeterT Drupal is certainly better than Moodle at community/collaboration part of #edtech Lacks in course management, though. #
- On saving money in #edtech with #foss http://bit.ly/9qVuB0 by @mberry should be compulsory reading for all policy makers Via @opensourcerer #
- @notchuraverage1 In group of 100, 25% will be Type X and the group will score 10% higher in Y. But not any one Type X individual #learnstyle in reply to notchuraverage1 #
- RT @aeringuy: Wow! Amazing free webinars all through summer from Discovery Channel Education http://ht.ly/28euz #edchat #ptchat #
- @hjames LA and SoCal – http://bit.ly/bHJMUk Strong quake but supposedly no serious damage via @BryanAGarner. in reply to hjames #
- Watching Tweet-o-Meter http://bit.ly/d6xWXD . Suddenly the tweet-per-minute count for San Fran shot up to 3000. My 1st thought: Earthquake! #
- Why does Bb and Collaborate sound like an oxymoron? RT @stevehargadon: LearnCentral is one place where #Bbcollab could be huge positive #
- RT @cytochromec: Time to check out http://bigbluebutton.org/ as alternative for #elluminate #wimba #blackboard conglomo #
- Still thinking about the unconference format post #thatcamp Would like to organize one in #linguistics but not sure about fit & interest. #
- Connectedness seems to have been important for technological development for thousands of years. http://amzn.com/k/ORLOBH5HRJ6M #Kindle #
- RT @21stprincipal: Ravitch to NEA: "NCLB has turned our schools into testing factories." http://bit.ly/a3MJfn #
- @c4lpt DimDim is great and FOSS but in our trials it was trounced by GoToWebinar in audio quality. But that was a year ago. Might go back. in reply to c4lpt #
- @mweller What will the acquisition do to innovation and Elluminate's forrays into FOSS and community building with LearnCentral.org #edtech in reply to mweller #
- I wonder what this will bring RT @mweller: Blackboard to acquire @elluminate? http://u.nu/67axc – maybe I won't be using elluminate again… #
- @hjarche The problem with learning styles is that they accurately predict the makeup of groups but not the nature of individuals. #edchat #
- Causation or correlation? "Higher education generates broader economic growth as well as individual success." http://bit.ly/cBAQM7 #edchat #
- RT @edutek: 3 Professional Learning Networks Every Educator Should Build http://ow.ly/28eUz #
- Catching up on my @on_the_media podcasts I came across this great feature on #accessibility http://bit.ly/diRV0u #edtech #ilovenpr #
- Just pledged to Bridging the Informational Divide through Free/Open Source Technology & Drupal: http://kck.st/9rRleR #edtech #foss #
- I always try to make my @ replies make sense on their own. Am I being too old-fashioned? #twetiquette #
- Drupal Gardens getting better, quickly becoming the default solution for building simple #Drupal 7 sites http://bit.ly/925ThA #
- Well put! RT @davecormier: Content is really just people one (or many) steps removed and processed. #2010ed366 #
- RT @davecormier: Curating relationships is more valuable, sustainable and human than curating 'content' #2010ed366 #
- @portableant Thx. I meant more federation of academic identity to let them engage in multiple projects but have their work count. #thatcamp in reply to portableant #
- My lesson from #thatcamp Many great digital academic projects out there-but mostly as silos. We need a federation standard like Diaspora! #
- I've been collecting links shared at #thatcamp on http://delicious.com/tag/thatcamp #
- @dancohen Problem for academic projects is that their hidden but important audience is the funding body with its own agenda. #thatcamp #
- Could http://myprojects.cancerresearchuk.org be a model for funding projects in digital humanities and social sciences? #thatcamp #
- Despite slow takeoff G Wave illustrates another key concept oft-discussed at #thatcamp "federation" known from Identica, Diaspora & email. #
- @ernestopriego That's Buzz. Wave lacks mindshare due to its inbetweeness. Cf its underuse at #thatcamp where it should be a perfect fit. in reply to ernestopriego #
- Can the idea of code sprints from software development projects be useful for moving projects forward in digital humanities? #thatcamp #
- RT @mbtimney: Take-home points from Social Critical Mass Workshop #thatcamp low walls, high ceilings. Start small, think big! #
- RT @dancohen: Another theme at #thatcamp London has been that many digital humanities problems are social, not technical, problems. #
- RT @dancohen: To understand why social apps succeed, we're discussing why social apps fail. First up: why did Google Wave fail? #thatcamp #
- Follow @czechly for a daily word, phrase or fun fact about #Czech the language and #culture that gave us 'robot', 'pistol' and 'dollar' #
- Notes and followup for Social Tools for Research session on http://researchity.net. Come and join in the discussion. #thatcamp #
- #thatcamp musing pt 2: can barcamps & unconferences learn from the old Open Space Technology? #
- Reflecting on 1st day of #thatcamp – there should be fewer conferences and more unconferences. #
- @johawke I agree with your disagreement. But sometimes assuming learning is always fun keeps us from useful if painful experiences. #edchat in reply to johawke #
- @briankotts Well put. Studying is often the painful part of learning. But transformative learning can hurt on its own. #edchat in reply to briankotts #
- Where is the #thatcamp crowd meeting for drinks? #
- Discuss: Learning is like exercise. If it doesn't hurt, you're not doing it right! #edchat #metaphor #education #
- "We need a humanities central" similar to arxive. #thatcamp #
- We need tools and protocols for federation of digital humanities to make it easier for academics to collaborate across sites. #thatcamp #
- Follow @czechly for a daily word, phrase or fun fact about #Czech the language and #culture that gave us 'robot', 'pistol' and 'dollar' #
- Not all good players make good coaches. Not all good coaches were good players. What does that mean for teacher education? #edchat #worldcup #
- Web2.0 philosophy: http://en.logilogi.org #thatcamp #
- Research institutions are ill-equipped to engage with communities of parents of disabled children because they want to pathologize #thatcamp #
- How to increase academic use of sites like http://www.londonlives.org? #thatcamp #
- On this day in 1415 the Czech religious and spelling reformer Jan Hus was martyred. Spelling reform is tough! http://bit.ly/janhus #czech #
- Using Social Tools for Participatory Research – Join in our note taking on http://bit.ly/socialtoolsforresearch #thatcamp #
- There should be a sourceforge and/or app engine for digital editions and the tools for working with them. #thatcamp #
- More people should know about "OUTLINE OF CULTURAL MATERIALS" http://bit.ly/du2Jak mark up system for anthropological knowledge #thatcamp #
- "How do we make digital editions approachable?" both consumption and creation. #thatcamp #
- Fundamental questions being asked about the userbase for digital editions @ #thatcamp How do people use them? Who are they? Do editors know? #
- RT @tobyspark: #thatcamp 'semantic narratives' here be the blackboard. real chalk! http://yfrog.com/5ua2agj #
- "Let's put the entire cultural history of the world on the web annotated in RDF." #thatcamp #
- RT @jmvieira: BBC programmes' data is available as RDF. Add .rdf to any programme URL. http://bit.ly/bmbNf9 #thatcamp (via @raffazizzi) #
- Just dreaming of a timemachine to give Vladimir Propp some of the tools being discussed in the story telling/comic book session at #thatcamp #
- RT @tobyspark: #thatcamp 'semantic narratives' link through to BBC project that some of this comes from: http://j.mp/anRnGk #
- Need a tool for crowdsourcing annotation of story telling. #thatcamp #
- RT @dancohen: Should have known that there is a Comic Book Markup Language: http://www.cbml.org/ #thatcamp #
- Want to talk more about mark up of figurative language at #thatcamp #
- Just found out about Heml "the Historical Event Markup and Linking Project" http://bit.ly/aBaUmF at #thatcamp #
- Do we need a disabled sticker for browsers? We get info on computer & browser's need but not on the person's need. #thatcamp #accessibility #
- Join in the record keeping for "Data for social network research" http://bit.ly/socnetdat at #thatcamp #
- @epiktistes Definitely interested in digital rights talk at #thatcamp CC, OER, public domain in research dissemination. in reply to epiktistes #
- Lots of handraising at #thatcamp Who says academics don't get enough exercise… A great way to schedule a conference – for body and soul. #
- RT @ernestopriego: #THATcamp ground rules: http://www.foundhistory.org/2010/05/24/thatcamp-groundrules/ via @epriani #
- Missed the Reading train and will be late for #thatcamp London. Hope its better than never. #
- Intersting take on digital innovation in research: "Swarming in Research Work" http://slidesha.re/by6SqT #thatcamp #
- Belated proposal for #thatcamp London: "Using online social tools to bring practitioners & researchers closer together" http://bit.ly/dB4I5X #
- @willrich45 on #ISTE10 "the good stuff that happens in classrooms very rarely ends up on an exhibit floor" http://bit.ly/bG6WLG #
- #Drupal is a great framework for complex sites but #WordPress 3 is a real contender for simple ones. Hard to see a use case for #Joomla now. #
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