Czeching in on Tech
Was surprised no comments on @ dropio 's closure on official blog: http://j.mp/bCzJRK . So I left one. It was deleted. No surprise! # edtech # "The more..people worry about too many children [in other parts] of the world, the more..forget about [own] appliances.." http://ow.ly/32cSL # "is it possible to provide in a systemic way…
Read more →RT @ TeacherSabrina : My latest piece for HuffPo is finally up! Sane is the new Radical http://huff.to/cEqcKd # edchat #edreform # There should be more experiments with Open Source in education like this: http://www.ubuntu.1monthof.org # edtech #foss # One more example of Facebook disdain for users: "Facebook Buys Drop.io, Shuts It Down" http://ow.ly/1rkjez #…
Read more →"I'm always suspicious when someone suggests the solution to long-term systemic problems involves superhuman efforts..." http://j.mp/b0vMMj # Take to heart: ‘Not a word’ isn't an argument: "People saying 'it’s not a word'..mean it’s not a word they like" http://ow.ly/31r3p # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"$75 billion has been spent on CRM software...customer satisfaction has risen only 3-5 percent" http://ow.ly/30XQy < VLE = CRM? # edtech # Scrivener, the super writing productivity tools comes finally comes to Windows in a Beta available now: http://ow.ly/30PeK # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"$75 billion has been spent on CRM software...customer satisfaction has risen only 3-5 percent" http://ow.ly/30XQy < VLE = CRM? # edtech # Scrivener, the super writing productivity tools comes finally comes to Windows in a Beta available now: http://ow.ly/30PeK # edtech # Free webinar tomorrow: "Public Lecture: Making Examinations Fair through Accessibility Arrangements" http://ow.ly/305c5 #…
Read more →Free webinar tomorrow: "Public Lecture: Making Examinations Fair through Accessibility Arrangements" http://ow.ly/305c5 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Shakespeare in the Original Voice http://ow.ly/1rhrvn # engchat # Selling balance on charter schools http://ow.ly/1rhqGG # edchat # Take Notes & Annotate PDFs The Easy Way With Jarnal http://ow.ly/1rhncr # edtech < send like a handy tool for teachers # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just scored 92 points on Wordfeud. Who knew 'Froggier' was a word. http://wordfeud.com # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just came across Erving Goffman Archives http://ow.ly/2YzYr A man whose importance for education it is still easy to underestimate. # edchat # How to find the balance? "Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things" http://ow.ly/1rgcbj # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ CogniBeat1 : Charley Boorman on a childhood spent with dyslexia http://bbc.in/cstOCe # Was ready to buy http://j.mp/b974OL for my # Kindle but @ randomhouse won't let me in the UK. Hope the author thanks them for the lost sale! # Upgraded netbook to Ubuntu 10.10. Like the Unity interface in principle-even for desktop-but…
Read more →Finally, ebooks on the Kindle to become lendable. Hopefully, library support and gifting will soon follow. http://j.mp/bJgQS7 # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Definitely will try One Page Per Day: A web typewriter for authors. http://j.mp/bQeXGD # Wish I had time to read all the Nominees for the Edward Sapir Book Prize 2010 http://j.mp/ahs4Bi # anthropology # "we can't have an educational system focused entirely on the occasional Mandelbrot but..." http://j.mp/daEPUH # edchat # Sad news: Mandelbrot resembles…
Read more →Definitely will try One Page Per Day: A web typewriter for authors. http://j.mp/bQeXGD # Wish I had time to read all the Nominees for the Edward Sapir Book Prize 2010 http://j.mp/ahs4Bi # anthropology # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"we can't have an educational system focused entirely on the occasional Mandelbrot but..." http://j.mp/daEPUH # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Sad news: Mandelbrot resembles the big fractal in the sky: http://fooledbyrandomness.com # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Eat less meat, save the planet? Livestock nears sustainability limit http://ow.ly/1r9hwS # Great variety of products at # specialneedsldn Sadly only one example of # foss and # oer at http://commtap.org # Love the metaphor of beta-knowledge: "Prototyping cultures: social experimentation, DIY science and beta-knowledge" http://j.mp/d1KwVq # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →A very promising service of all the .io kind: http://markup.io . Great for teaching webdesign as a simple alternative to Diigo. # edtech # "A person can be a total dunce at one thing (and get slaughtered for it on LanguageLog) while being brilliant at another" http://j.mp/9QPo3U # This sounds like an important book to…
Read more →A very promising service of all the .io kind: http://markup.io . Great for teaching webdesign as a simple alternative to Diigo. # edtech # "A person can be a total dunce at one thing (and get slaughtered for it on LanguageLog) while being brilliant at another" http://j.mp/9QPo3U # This sounds like an important book to…
Read more →@ Downes Also, learning and education are not subject to the same theory. The weak point is a theory of how learning results in education. in reply to Downes # @ Downes Historically, looking for the one good theory of learning/education has resulted in misery for teachers and (some) students. in reply to Downes #…
Read more →Does the annexation of the commons in 1600s discussed in this podcast foreshadow the future of freedom on the net? http://j.mp/dySz9s # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I feel that GoodleDocs have taken a step and a half back for every step forward. Docs looking like pages are no good without zoom. # edtech # Illustration how study skills instruction can be too successful for someone's own good. http://j.mp/aGXL8r # edchat # RT @ temperedradical : Thought provoking. Thnx RT @ kdwashburn…
Read more →"Humbolt: any thought can be expressed in any language: http://j.mp/brvPGj <This should always be prefaced by "with enough effort" # engchat # Important question is based on iffy data. "How can we change students' relationships with information?" http://j.mp/9npcWJ # edtech #edchat # Drupal Commons isn't dependent on using Drupal | Acquia http://j.mp/9SW9fM # Open Tweet…
Read more →Randomize twice, reform once! >"social norming can be extremely sensitive to small changes in initial conditions" http://j.mp/98RkMe # edchat # Think before you reform: "Peer pressure, selection, and educational reform" ow.ly/1r4yOb # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"what many of us take for granted with computers seems like absolute voodoo to many other people" ow.ly/1r3Clp # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"what many of us take for granted with computers seems like absolute voodoo to many other people" ow.ly/1r3Clp # edtech # Excellent summary of programming: "Every programming language is, fundamentally, a way of encoding logic." http://j.mp/ac6ps2 # edtech # Another # Drupal distro with great potential http://sciencecollaboration.org . Configured with semantic markup for scientific communities…
Read more →Excellent summary of programming: "Every programming language is, fundamentally, a way of encoding logic." http://j.mp/ac6ps2 # edtech # Another # Drupal distro with great potential http://sciencecollaboration.org . Configured with semantic markup for scientific communities. # @ ebodeux Cheating is a feature of schooling not learning. Cheaters could still be learning or learning something more important…
Read more →To live by: In any model you "have to make assumptions to generalize your inferences beyond the population under study." http://j.mp/99bW0A # "It's only at school that collaboration is called cheating." -- Walter Bender of sugarlabs.org http://j.mp/cRibQu # edchat #edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
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