Czeching in on Tech
@ lifehacker "Get Past Your Childhood Doubts by Simply Starting" http://j.mp/duyplY < Recipe for education, as well? # edchat # Interesting stories but not always sound theory RT @ kamyousaf : Radio4 - Is it worth learning another language? http://bbc.in/dz6rH5 # MFL # I love http://paper.li for extracting info from Twitter streams but it would…
Read more →http://thewildernessdowntown.com is an amazing feat of technical and esthetic creativity. I've seen films with lower production value. # RT @ willrich45 : Reading: Confusing Tech Integration with Instructional Reform http://bit.ly/9ieyQO Larry Cuban. # RT @ willrich45 : You think "student achievement" is just about "teacher effectiveness"? See chart here: http://bit.ly/9UpgbR # edreform # Late 1800s…
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Read more →I love listening to Open Source stories such as this one on a FOSS library system. Too bad more decision makers don't. http://j.mp/b2x1Eu # Sure doesn't feel like only 56,996,229 people are richer than me in the world this year. Still, time to share. http://globalrichlist.com # If Twitter is so easy, why did I just…
Read more →Stung publishers claim their new role is in DRM & lawsuits. How more clueless can they get? http://ow.ly/1qOi2u # # drupalcon videos on Internet Archive Search http://j.mp/clFjkf # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Great article on linguistic relativity (for NYT) if a bit too harsh on Whorf http://j.mp/bJ6Npl # RT @ GaryBrannigan : For children who struggle academically, homework can be overwhelmingly frustrating and demoralizing # gtchat # This change can't come soon enough "For Scholars, Web Changes Sacred Rite of Peer Review - NYTimes.com" http://ow.ly/2tRKe # research…
Read more →RT @ classroomtools : BBC reports that female scientists are forgotten by public. http://bbc.in/dk5sZ5 # sschat #ecosys # Thanks to # kittenkillers for the inspirational message: "I can be your module, you can be my theme." # drupalcons # DEA knows [Ebonics] "the language variety of African-Americans is systematic and rule-governed." Why don't most people?…
Read more →RT @ classroomtools : BBC reports that female scientists are forgotten by public. http://bbc.in/dk5sZ5 # sschat #ecosys # Thanks to # kittenkillers for the inspirational message: "I can be your module, you can be my theme." # drupalcons # DEA knows [Ebonics] "the language variety of African-Americans is systematic and rule-governed." Why don't most people?…
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Read more →I'm missing # drupalcon again but thanks to the impressive broadcasts by @ drupalradar I don't feel as out of touch http://bit.ly/9dKbQi # RT @ hjames : Big Drupal shops advising those starting out to give away everything they know at # drupalcon Knowledge sharing creates business. # @ jenlampton Sorry to miss your talk…
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Read more →@ SpecGram On reflection I don't think that study of language is more subjective than nature. Both require theory, axiom, method, evidence... in reply to SpecGram # @ SpecGram But serious study of language structure and use can be as challenging as study of science as the obvious becomes non-obvious. 2/2 # @ SpecGram Studying…
Read more →"just another Deepak Chopra for the computer science cognoscenti" < Essential reading for would be singularity futurists http://j.mp/cJ765u # "From a developmental point of view-there is no such thing as the brain prior to its interaction with the environment." http://j.mp/9X6vah # @ MoodleDan I visited a number of yurts in Kazakhstan. Even saw one being…
Read more →Great suggested questions for this week's # edchat Pick one you like on http://bit.ly/dCxVyy via @ web20classroom # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ Aaron_Eyler : Educational decisions that are made without all stakeholders represented at the table aren't decisions- they're directives. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Reflecting on the power of Wordpress 3 & Drupal 7, I wonder if some of my trials would've succeeded if I'd had these tools in 2005 # edtech # This should be required reading for any research skills and ethics class: http://j.mp/cP9BdN # Helpful tips on overcoming the "frequency illusion" in statements about language from…
Read more →Social networking online and off lucidly explained by Google UX architect http://j.mp/d8d097 # amustread # "Much of higher education is neither higher nor education." http://j.mp/9zYVi3 # edchat # @ curtislinton "If I don't understand what it means to be white, I can't understand what it means to be black in our society." # equity101 #…
Read more →Social networking online and off lucidly explained by Google UX architect http://j.mp/d8d097 # amustread # "Much of higher education is neither higher nor education." http://j.mp/9zYVi3 # edchat # @ curtislinton "If I don't understand what it means to be white, I can't understand what it means to be black in our society." # equity101 #…
Read more →@ tomwhitby @victorhugor Agree on irrelevance of learning styles but here's an intriguing alternative view: http://j.mp/aVHTn4 # edchat in reply to tomwhitby # As innovators we often ask others to be open to change but are we open enough to stability? # edchat #edtech # RT @ geloomis : People...may not remember exactly what you…
Read more →True for all decisions not just teacher evaluation: 'it’s better to be “data-informed” than “data-driven.”' http://j.mp/aRYxaR # edchat # RT @ EdOptionsInc : What are the essential skills needed by today's teacher and how do we accomplish that? # EdChat in 30 minutes! # "'Large scale', top down project [management] approach fails spectacularly. All the…
Read more →"Medical research is obsessed with internal validity" reducing relevance to practitioners. http://j.mp/cotZaP > Same in education # edchat # Trying to make a decision between OJS (Open Journal System) and Drupal's eJournal module. Any other options? # digitalhumanities #thatcamp # Cannot agree more w @ tomwhitby "There are no natives or immigrants. There are only…
Read more →RT @ literacyadviser : New Blog Post: Amble GPX - Developing Literacy Skills Through Exciting Community Project http://bit.ly/fUgdG # @ ernestopriego Learning things like Twettiqette is like learning a foreign language. Some people do best by osmosis others by explanation. in reply to ernestopriego # @ ernestopriego Common sense is only common because people share…
Read more →Great material for your next English lesson - first or second language http://ow.ly/1qNCdu # ellchat # Has PayPal earned enough of our trust to turn over a whole internet micropayment infrastructure to them? http://j.mp/biHEsQ # I've been using Drop.io for sharing class notes since 2008. Highly recommend @ sccenglish 's guide: http://j.mp/drPn2L # edtech #ellchat…
Read more →RT @ lauras : Open source givers and takers - O'Reilly Radar http://oreil.ly/deNmmI # opensource # RT @ tomwhitby : Observation: Interesting how many people I started out with on Twitter about 1.5 yrs ago, have become EDU Thought leaders. # Love the idea of a hacker camp for kids. Wish there was more on…
Read more →@ 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…
Read more →@ 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…
Read more →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…
Read more →@ 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…
Read more →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…
Read more →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. #…
Read more →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…
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Read more →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…
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Read more →"In e-reader accessibility race, new Kindle, iPad in front" http://ow.ly/1qNqKe # accessibility # RT @ eyebeams : ...get the school community to do the heavy lifting always - peer tutotring, collaborative working - relationships # ukedchat # Just reread Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" Predicted hyperdrive but had soldiers receive written letters. How good're scifi tech forecasts?…
Read more →"In e-reader accessibility race, new Kindle, iPad in front" http://ow.ly/1qNqKe # accessibility # RT @ eyebeams : ...get the school community to do the heavy lifting always - peer tutotring, collaborative working - relationships # ukedchat # Just reread Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" Predicted hyperdrive but had soldiers receive written letters. How good're scifi tech forecasts?…
Read more →If usability was more important than utility, Facebook, Moodle etc wouldn't exist. Most technologies are usable when used every day. # edtech # @ moodleman Don't think the problem with Google # Wave was usability. Rather it didn't fit into normal workflows so didn't get used enough. in reply to moodleman # RT @ Dries…
Read more →Already a busy bug-fixing discussion on the @ anthologize dev forum: http://groups.google.com/group/anthologize-dev # oneweek # What, no command line? Fired up my SSH client to install @ anthologize only to find out it's already in the WP plugin repository. # oneweek # eBook building on the roadmap for @ anthologize . # oneweek (via @…
Read more →I'm much less appalled by witless plagiarism than witless journalism covering the same things as everyone else. http://j.mp/9uzLbD # Yet another age-old behavior blamed on new technology: "a disconnect that is growing in the Internet age" http://j.mp/9uzLbD # nytfail # "OpenCourseWare...has been awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) by Science Magazine"…
Read more →# Froyo downloading now on my HTC Desire. Although I did not wake up early for it like some, I am unduly excited. # If you're also waiting. This will have to do for the time being. RT @ DjipOner Terrible: FroYo sur HTC Desire! http://twitpic.com/1zh687 # What do you do when Twitter is down…
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