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Penalties for passive misidentification are too weak http://t.co/khqXhTWE # Multilingual education is good: Educating Tibetans in Tibetan? http://t.co/R5NmO3xE # 'Transitive "disappear"? Not in this country!' http://t.co/SrHQZIFD # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Penalties for passive misidentification are too weak http://t.co/khqXhTWE # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Multilingual education is good: Educating Tibetans in Tibetan? http://t.co/R5NmO3xE # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →'Transitive "disappear"? Not in this country!' http://t.co/SrHQZIFD # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →There is simply not just ONE way all children acquire languages: "Two American Kids in a Small Swiss Village" http://t.co/4Whjp4av # ellchat # Duolingo Teaches You A Language While Helping Translate The Web (And Could Be Google’s Next Purchase) http://t.co/ai8seE1s # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →There is simply not just ONE way all children acquire languages: "Two American Kids in a Small Swiss Village" http://t.co/4Whjp4av # ellchat # Duolingo Teaches You A Language While Helping Translate The Web (And Could Be Google’s Next Purchase) http://t.co/ai8seE1s # Visual Hashing Makes Sure You Never Mistype Your Passwords [Passwords] http://t.co/b4MFWw3X # Finally: Open…
Read more →Visual Hashing Makes Sure You Never Mistype Your Passwords [Passwords] http://t.co/b4MFWw3X # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Finally: Open Source Challenger to Dropbox and http://t.co/ItiR1bhC : ownCloud http://t.co/hirIqDUu # edtech #foss # Code For America Receives $1.5M Grant From @ Google http://t.co/UFejQELp < Do we need things like Code for Education or Code for Dyslexia? # correlation != causation | D'Arcy Norman dot net http://t.co/EAu1CXis < duh! # There seems to be…
Read more →"the leading capitalist economies have failed to price public goods such as clean air and water effectively" http://t.co/Zqij7C9i # occupy # Just got my review copy of "Corpora and Language Education" - can't wait! http://t.co/TXeeDhha # eltchat #ellchat # corpus #linguistics # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"the leading capitalist economies have failed to price public goods such as clean air and water effectively" http://t.co/Zqij7C9i # occupy # Just got my review copy of "Corpora and Language Education" - can't wait! http://t.co/TXeeDhha # eltchat #ellchat # corpus #linguistics # I'm starting to loose my confidence in @ ASUS Webstorage. Poor interface, slow…
Read more →I'm starting to loose my confidence in @ ASUS Webstorage. Poor interface, slow web service, confusing messages. This is my data! # edtech # They say history is written by the winners. But it's really written by people who write history books. Nobody's a winner for ever. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Frustrated philosophers are a sad sight. If only we had more power, they complain. Thank God, you don't, say I. http://t.co/bsq1otOj # stw # Professional competence is just as much social as cognitive. Professional standards pretend otherwise to the detriment of professionalism. # @ USMCShrink The solution is in complex systems of apprenticeships & professional…
Read more →@ USMCShrink So in effect we have exams preparing people for other exams. Learning something useful is at best a side effect. in reply to USMCShrink # If there ever was a 12-step program for policy makers, it should adopt the Serenity Prayer as its mantra! http://t.co/1qQQhPog # edchat # Slides from Berlin 9 Open…
Read more →"cannot force people to add design elements that don't need to be there. You can trademark design, but not simplicity." http://t.co/XcELhWB8 # Beeb WebWise course on using the mouse is funny but seems hard to access without knowing how to use the mouse! http://t.co/dICPGFdI # edtech # Intrigued by the InLOC project for learning outcomes…
Read more →Free webinar starting now: Literacy as a foreign language? What teachers should know about how English is used http://t.co/DQbEq86n # ellchat # @ thedyslexicpoet Yes, it's being recorded. in reply to thedyslexicpoet # Free webinar at 7pm GMT: # Literacy as a foreign language? What teachers should know about how English is used http://t.co/5EzpMPz2 #…
Read more →Free webinar starting now: Literacy as a foreign language? What teachers should know about how English is used http://t.co/DQbEq86n # ellchat # @ thedyslexicpoet Yes, it's being recorded. in reply to thedyslexicpoet # Free webinar at 7pm GMT: # Literacy as a foreign language? What teachers should know about how English is used http://t.co/5EzpMPz2 #…
Read more →After The Regretsy and Diaspora Account Freezes, We’ve Lost Confidence In PayPal http://t.co/oRN2w9BF # Don't trust ANY news reporting on academic issues. Journos ask experts & ignore them when their prejudice is challenged http://t.co/iWbbgqNs # Political politeness should really be called political politeness. But then all politeness is political. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"Journalists either don't know how to report speech acts accurately or they aren't trying." http://t.co/8uubOGVn < Not trying! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Find All is a great Firefox addon to supply a KWIC view for any page. Great for teaching. http://t.co/yffhTdZG # ellchat #eltchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Beware Good Theories http://t.co/OaspP1Q6 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →It's remarkably easy for lots of little things to become one big thing: swarms of bees, termite colonies, European Union and my to-do list! # Webinar: What's new in Access Arrangements: Extra time, transitional agreements and more http://t.co/u1iVuDLv # dyslexia #ukedchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Still too expensive and not flexible enough > Cambridge University Press to try renting academic articles http://t.co/rvZvcLvT # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Still too expensive and not flexible enough > Cambridge University Press to try renting academic articles http://t.co/rvZvcLvT # BBC News - Coding - the new Latin http://t.co/n50KYHXz # How common: "Social problems [in ASF] became political problems because ethos had to be enforced by the institution" http://t.co/h18ZFIp2 # "Institutions will try to preserve the problem…
Read more →BBC News - Coding - the new Latin http://t.co/n50KYHXz # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →How common: "Social problems [in ASF] became political problems because ethos had to be enforced by the institution" http://t.co/h18ZFIp2 # "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." -- Clay Shirky http://t.co/WAAzkRAk # "the biggest problem in science today is that we're doing too many comparisons and only reporting the…
Read more →Coworker's son sums up edu philosophy: "Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad". # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →A significant part of what we learn in school is about how to go to school and meet its goals. # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Adventures in Depression http://t.co/Ta0GdkMr # The Gene That's "For" Nothing: "there's a long and winding road from gene to phenotype" http://t.co/kMTPseun # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Most coherent slogan for the # occupy movement: "we won't pay for your crisis!" http://t.co/adIirqnc # If you tried to propose the currentmedonomic model of academic publishing, people would think you are insane. http://t.co/cHUKf0sS # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →It seems to me that a lot of what is presented as "critical thinking" is just propaganda for a particular axioms. # edchat # Mozilla Aims to 'Iconize' Skills with Standardized 'Merit Badges' http://t.co/MeNIa8yL # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →It seems to me that a lot of what is presented as "critical thinking" is just propaganda for a particular axioms. # edchat # Mozilla Aims to 'Iconize' Skills with Standardized 'Merit Badges' http://t.co/MeNIa8yL # Grandmothers learning about gaming before Christmas: "Playstation!? Is that an Xbox?" # games #xbox # playstation # Just read about…
Read more →It seems to me that a lot of what is presented as "critical thinking" is just propaganda for a particular axioms. # edchat # Mozilla Aims to 'Iconize' Skills with Standardized 'Merit Badges' http://t.co/MeNIa8yL # Grandmothers learning about gaming before Christmas: "Playstation!? Is that an Xbox?" # games #xbox # playstation # Just read about…
Read more →Grandmothers learning about gaming before Christmas: "Playstation!? Is that an Xbox?" # games #xbox # playstation # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just read about the Battle of # Stalingrad Shows this @ BBC # WWII History page to be laughably one sided. http://t.co/1Rvf5Pt9 # hischat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Wow: 8.43 million Brits have never been online - PC Advisor http://t.co/taKNuaNt # 4 Social Media Rules Journalists Should Break http://t.co/2cWldpBJ # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →# c84c session on Open Source in education at table 6 starting soon # "Primary ICT suites do not provide best value" - they are not a proper learning environment. # c84c # Attending # c84c makes it seem that the world of education is filled with IT literate people. # edchatuk # The free…
Read more →# c84c session on Open Source in education at table 6 starting soon # "Primary ICT suites do not provide best value" - they are not a proper learning environment. # c84c # Attending # c84c makes it seem that the world of education is filled with IT literate people. # edchatuk # The free…
Read more →Just made $25 loan to a woman starting a bakery in Mongolia - feel strangely fulfilled! http://t.co/MnirVJpy Become a good banker with @ Kiva # Headline of the year: "University gets $188 million AMD-based supercomputer, free copy of Norton" http://t.co/963NzP8P # Evernote Clearly Knows How To Make Web Reading, Clipping Easier http://t.co/PEELiuCn # readability #dyslexia…
Read more →10 Tools for Increasing Engagement in Online Courses http://t.co/G9YkCcJ7 # edtech # Book Review: # Moodle 2 Administration by Alex Büchner http://t.co/ewGpDDTC # If you're buying a Kindle - try this link http://t.co/8cEgUgtS # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →When will journalists start pointing out that a download != lost sale: Video Game Piracy in UK Costs £1 billion per year... # @ PetrSoukenik Vítej! in reply to PetrSoukenik # Words to Sound Smart by Using « Literal-Minded http://t.co/T4osRXWl # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Citizenship, Immigration, and the European Social Project: Rights and Obligations of Individuality http://t.co/Z4FuMXZH # lseBJS # The space age portal of sentence discovery (via @ languagehat @sentencefirst) http://t.co/lxlo2RuI # ellchat # Discuss: "Does technology destroy more jobs than it creates?" http://t.co/SvRsrQGH # edchat #edtech # Has education (schooling) been ever about learning? > RT @…
Read more →Really want to go to the conference on "Non-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects within and across Languages" http://t.co/Z9ePXyRo # ellchat # Must listen: The Arab Uprisings: mass protest, border-crossing and history from below http://t.co/Crk9lIOi # Czech dissident icon, poet Magor Jirous, dies at 67 http://t.co/zckDAxZd # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ InnovativeEdu : The game of school was designed around scarce resources but new tech offers abundance where scarcity once ruled # vss11 # Discuss: "We all accept that it’s worth a number of children dying so that we can all get around more easily." http://t.co/nVHCs0ar # edchat # Finally, Newton's legacy put to…
Read more →RT @ InnovativeEdu : The game of school was designed around scarce resources but new tech offers abundance where scarcity once ruled # vss11 # Discuss: "We all accept that it’s worth a number of children dying so that we can all get around more easily." http://t.co/nVHCs0ar # edchat # Finally, Newton's legacy put to…
Read more →Great post on How to visually track student progress in a # Moodle course by @ 3rdwave_media http://t.co/6iGihwZs # edtech # Don't forget to register for the Online Public Lecture: Text-to-speech - The Julia Debate http://t.co/CesC7fY8 # spld #dyslexia # text2speech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Shame on @ Google . I relied on this function. How can we trust # SaaS > No More GoogleLookup in Google Spreadsheets http://t.co/2gbM7DAu # We are all perfectionist about something. How can we best harness this in education? # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →It strikes me that the phrase "I don't have all the answers" is suspiciously often employed by people who don't have any of the answers. # Some Essential Moodle 2 Plugins – Moodleposium 2011 http://t.co/0c6D4D2N # moodle # Could the key to making millions be dropping out of college? http://t.co/oz0kTFpb # You Turned Out OK?…
Read more →Sociology and her sisters often stick mundane things with exciting labels. But how often do we forget what the labels are really stuck on!? # How often do we claim that there are no right answers while hiding the "one true answer" in the back of our mind? # Of Bitcoin and Badges. | http://t.co/pV0YV2Zm…
Read more →Announcify Reads Online Articles to You with One Click [Chrome Browser Extensions ] http://t.co/g1VAYBKm # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ Owenllr See here for the presentation http://t.co/V9PynXCh in reply to Owenllr # Just uploaded 'Collective feature purchasing for # CiviCRM and # FOSS #039; to SlideShare. http://t.co/4KZbu8ys # Challenging but important: "6 Myths of Education Technology" http://t.co/x5hLKQbe # edchat #edtech # Excited to be talking about Open Source in Education at Collabor8 4 Change…
Read more →@ Owenllr See here for the presentation http://t.co/V9PynXCh in reply to Owenllr # Just uploaded 'Collective feature purchasing for # CiviCRM and # FOSS #039; to SlideShare. http://t.co/4KZbu8ys # Challenging but important: "6 Myths of Education Technology" http://t.co/x5hLKQbe # edchat #edtech # Excited to be talking about Open Source in Education at Collabor8 4 Change…
Read more →@ firmstep You might be interested in Civi Email Wishlist (#CiviCRM) http://t.co/adsFq9aV # "Proprietary tech was a limiting factor in hiring people who could work in it." Switch to # drupal as platform was the solution. # foss # Finding out how @ Firmstep use # civicrm as a CRM engine for a form building…
Read more →A message to the world http://t.co/MHgWJIRV # dyslexia #sli # spld # @ stylianosm2 But if the darkest place in hell would be reserved for those who perpetuate moral panics, it would be overflowing. in reply to stylianosm2 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ ebodeux PC thus the bugginess. But the usability of iTunes is quite low on a Mac, too. in reply to ebodeux # Why does this book keep crashing my Kindle app on Android? Atrocitology: Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements eBook http://t.co/J53gC5qJ # God, what a worthless unusable piece of garbage # iTunes is! Were it…
Read more →I immediately fell in love with NexusFile when looking for alternatives for FreeCommander on W7 pro! http://t.co/rZngOHE0 # edtech # Atrocitology: "wars kill more civilians than soldiers (in fact, the army is usually the safest place to be)" http://t.co/B64mOMnb # til # "tendency to attempt to solve all possible cases before there are any actual…
Read more →Linguist Llama wisdom on the Schwa http://t.co/UJvU5ohH # ellchat # Can't decide which is the better distraction-free editor: FocusWriter http://t.co/BLxZtibe or WriteMonkey http://t.co/4IpkDgNb # edtech # Peer review should be done based on introduction and methods sections only of research submitted for publication. http://t.co/fTHtavk7 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Beautiful fugue on the complexity of noun countability in English by @ mgrammar . http://t.co/7vHEXDjp # ellchat #engchat # "1 of the reasons that metric-centric systems can become so bad is that they almost always start out as something good" http://t.co/uhbhwAPU # Agree: "for teams that actually need to collaborate, Dropbox is still wanting" <…
Read more →I'd say army is a safeguard of education > RT @ MyEdegree : "Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army." -Edward Everett # "With # Ubuntu I wasn't learning how to do things with my OS, I was learning to make the OS do what I wanted." http://t.co/KNZ3aEwO # edtech #…
Read more →I'd say army is a safeguard of education > RT @ MyEdegree : "Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army." -Edward Everett # "With # Ubuntu I wasn't learning how to do things with my OS, I was learning to make the OS do what I wanted." http://t.co/KNZ3aEwO # edtech #…
Read more →Hope @ hypothes_is is going to inter-operate with @ mozilla 's # openbadges http://t.co/DKzUxtpg # We really need better trust management in # Drupal Lots of barely credible responses to a recent call for proposals on d.o @ learningdrupal # Just joined Einztein Knowledge Exchange @ http://t.co/jvcbieKL http://t.co/I9rwjiNk # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Call for Proposals: # Drupal 6 Theme # Accessibility Redesign http://t.co/LI5YB3eQ @ drupal_jobs # I hope someone @ microsoft is ashamed of how difficult it is to install .msi files on # windows7 How about learning from # Linux sudo FTW! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Irony? A media controlling billionaire uses an everything controlling billionaire as an example for # edreform http://t.co/A389yk3z # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →No! The future of education lies in education! > "The future of education lies in technology" http://t.co/oImmjZFB # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just pledged to support Hypothes.is - Taking peer review to the Internet— Kickstarter http://t.co/KQRdyLBu # edchat # I just reserved my @ hypothes_is username. Get yours now. http://t.co/aKQ1In7m # Online Public Lecture: Introduction to Dyslexia for Parents http://t.co/B9oGslwg # dyslexia #webinar # Feeling the sudden urge to attend the workshop on Negation in Uralic Languages…
Read more →What's wrong with # music teachers? Just met another one who'd never heard of Tom Waits. How are we going to get the # edupunk movement going? # Wow, how sad to hear the Chief Rabbi performing voodoo with language and the brain without a challenge on # starttheweek ... # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →What's wrong with # music teachers? Just met another one who'd never heard of Tom Waits. How are we going to get the # edupunk movement going? # Wow, how sad to hear the Chief Rabbi performing voodoo with language and the brain without a challenge on # starttheweek ... # They do already if…
Read more →They do already if they care! RT @ marama # ulearn11 we need to teach learners to critically assess and question the information they consume. # How can we encourage some positive competition to PayPal? "Diaspora Becomes PayPal's Latest Victim" http://t.co/r89qw324 # edtech # "In an open educational environment, you can't 'ensure any educational outcomes'…
Read more →RT @ sarahhorrigan : http://t.co/XvoxaTgv - Students & Technology 2011 ECAR National Study infographic # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Nice to see the improved # Moodle Plugins Directory, looking forward to the auto updates http://t.co/nnmvDSoI # edtech # Giving ASUS WebStorage a try over Syncplicity - benefit of a year's free storage from Transformer. http://t.co/EQZlccDl # edtech # The only reliable thing about international education comparison studies is the lies told about them afterward…
Read more →Thought experiment: What would happen to society if all test results were assigned randomly? Prediction: Not much! # edchat #edchatuk # History of linguistic purism and # prescriptivism is as long as the history of language: http://t.co/FCobKxfz # eltchat # Aif only # RDF were this simple: Half an Hour: DRN: Downes RDF Notation http://t.co/IVLfpYdY…
Read more →Important explanation of the power and limitations of the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) http://t.co/ocCj4hau # ellchat # God, I hate @ BBC TV documentaries. How sad to see @ stephenfry dumbing down a complex subject. http://t.co/bZ7mxIpE # frysplanetword #ellchat # It is amusing that one of the most plagiarized texts on the planet are anti-plagiarism…
Read more →Important explanation of the power and limitations of the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) http://t.co/ocCj4hau # ellchat # God, I hate @ BBC TV documentaries. How sad to see @ stephenfry dumbing down a complex subject. http://t.co/bZ7mxIpE # frysplanetword #ellchat # It is amusing that one of the most plagiarized texts on the planet are anti-plagiarism…
Read more →Disappointed to see how far behind # android is in term of # accessibility @ google should make this a priority to make inroads into education # Parttime Project Researcher position in # dyslexia #assistivetechnologies # printdisability http://t.co/zoeqnJpG # jobs Please RT # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Is speaking the language all it takes to be an expert? « Motivated Grammar http://t.co/inUR6EWM < No!!! # ellchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Finally, someone trying to get off Google for a reason I can get behind: as a way of artistic expression! http://ow.ly/6RKyY # google #edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I've just personalized @ SwiftKey X for Android with my Twitter posts! # Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed (114 points) http://t.co/znLiYpRl # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Important and not at all inappropriate: What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs http://t.co/RxTTnR7R # Wow, a good post about open source on @ techcrunch : LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org: One Year After the Schism http://t.co/0PZLjoGe # Celebrated the legacy of # SteveJobs by buying an # Android tablet. Didn' t like the…
Read more →# Moodle 2.0 Theme # Accessibility Redesign - Call for Proposals http://ow.ly/6Pjo6 # moodlejobs # Wish # fote11 android app would support install to SD card. But otherwise it's great to have it. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →# Moodle 2.0 Theme # Accessibility Redesign - Call for Proposals http://ow.ly/6Pjo6 # moodlejobs # Wish # fote11 android app would support install to SD card. But otherwise it's great to have it. # End of a love affair with @ scribd >too many ads, no way for providers to pay, charging users high download…
Read more →# Moodle 2.0 Theme # Accessibility Redesign - Call for Proposals http://ow.ly/6Pjo6 # moodlejobs # Wish # fote11 android app would support install to SD card. But otherwise it's great to have it. # End of a love affair with @ scribd >too many ads, no way for providers to pay, charging users high download…
Read more →End of a love affair with @ scribd >too many ads, no way for providers to pay, charging users high download fees. Alternatives? # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Wow! What a spectacularly underwhelming # Apple announcement!? Just about catching up to # Android on phones like Galaxy S2. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Spent 2 hrs doing important productive things. Went eagerly to my todo list to check something off and 0! Need to get better at todo lists! # @ learningdrupal Love the # drupalskilmap I can easily place myself in it. Would add an evidence column for each skill set (and a badge). in reply to…
Read more →Let down by # CiviCRM No way to export members based on payment type!?! Thus no way to mass extend membership w/o Excel magic! # Importing materials between courses in # Moodle is painful. Consequence of outdated structural design of course outline. # MoodleScrollofDeath # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Let down by # CiviCRM No way to export members based on payment type!?! Thus no way to mass extend membership w/o Excel magic! # Importing materials between courses in # Moodle is painful. Consequence of outdated structural design of course outline. # MoodleScrollofDeath # Wow, @ amazon sure knows how to bilk their UK…
Read more →Let down by # CiviCRM No way to export members based on payment type!?! Thus no way to mass extend membership w/o Excel magic! # Importing materials between courses in # Moodle is painful. Consequence of outdated structural design of course outline. # MoodleScrollofDeath # Wow, @ amazon sure knows how to bilk their UK…
Read more →Wow, @ amazon sure knows how to bilk their UK customers. http://ow.ly/6HAy3 # ripoffbritain # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Really wish I could go to the Open Science Summit http://ow.ly/6G4oL # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Too bad @ stephenfry chose to stick to superficial platitudes about language rather than explore the tricky bits http://ow.ly/6F8aA # ellchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →This Groupon for schools is not a bad idea bu they would be better served by investing in # OER and # FOSS http://ow.ly/6EclG # edtech #edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Prime example of education voodoo... http://ow.ly/6DS1h # Great post "demonstrating that badges are a viable alternative to formal university education" http://ow.ly/6DDlU # edchat #drupaledu # oer # "To date the open education movement has focused almost exclusively on the production & sharing of content" http://ow.ly/6DDiE # oer #edchat # Thank you to The Education Optimists…
Read more →Just signed up for the # C84C Collaborate for Change - proposed a table session on Open Source in education http://ow.ly/6CIco # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →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 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →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…
Read more →"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"…
Read more →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 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Claims by neuroscience must be constantly reexamined: Does damage to Broca's area cause speech perception deficits? http://ow.ly/6yRVc # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →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 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →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…
Read more →"The importance of style in academic writing" - eg. "ability to write articles that look like published economics papers" http://ow.ly/6w2Hm # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Assessment revolution > RT @ donpresant : Mozilla # openbadges beta 1 released Sep 14 -key building block for # eportfolio http://t.co/yGBDXAEj # "How to become a celebrity scientific expert" http://ow.ly/6v1OR < the media hacks are just as much at fault as the scientific ones # scichat # Tell @ Jeremy_Hunt that sexualization of children…
Read more →Assessment revolution > RT @ donpresant : Mozilla # openbadges beta 1 released Sep 14 -key building block for # eportfolio http://t.co/yGBDXAEj # "How to become a celebrity scientific expert" http://ow.ly/6v1OR < the media hacks are just as much at fault as the scientific ones # scichat # Tell @ Jeremy_Hunt that sexualization of children…
Read more →Has Box.net ditched their free plans? They only list one plan on their website. What are they trying to hide? # edtech # "Vampirical" (v empirical) arguments are those that are "unable to be killed by mere evidence" http://ow.ly/6tXHB # til # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Any experiences with using the Nisai platform? http://t.co/U9hlP96 # edtech #edchatuk # Not > "The Most Effective Method for Learning a Language Alone" < but not a bad one. http://t.co/1AiOODX # ellchat # RT @ Nevbar1 : Gaming can inform teaching http://t.co/MOUrfiV # education #edchat # ukedchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Don't try to reform them > RT @ John_Pallister : How do we make our schools fit to face the 21st century? http://t.co/f6VOrm8 # ccc11 #edchat # I'm just as guilty as the whole profession by not giving enough room to intonation in TEFL. We should do better: http://ow.ly/6rLJS # ellchat # Neuroskeptic: Neuroscience Fails…
Read more →Just found out that LDAP integration isn't ready for # Drupal 7. In effect, Drupal 7 Product has still not been released. http://ow.ly/6qIrd # "How good is published academic research?" < Pretty dismal by all account. I for one am not surprised. http://ow.ly/6qDt2 # Interesting but not shocking> RT @ localization : Pahking the cah?…
Read more →The most important thing is neither what, nor how, nor where we're teaching. It is THAT we're teaching! http://t.co/f6VOrm8 # edchat # It's doubtful education reform can kickstart the economy. It's certain a growing economy can kickstart education reform. # edchatuk #edchat # Comenius had a motto "school by play" that was on all our…
Read more →Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg's e-book loving founder, passes away http://ow.ly/6pms0 # Just had a chat with an enthusiastic non-techie # Android switcher who ditched # iPhone after Bonjour restarted her machine. # itunesisavirus # @ xtalkprogrammer No doubt. Not even western. School bus is a US-based metaphors. School buses are rare even in UK. in…
Read more →Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg's e-book loving founder, passes away http://ow.ly/6pms0 # Just had a chat with an enthusiastic non-techie # Android switcher who ditched # iPhone after Bonjour restarted her machine. # itunesisavirus # @ xtalkprogrammer No doubt. Not even western. School bus is a US-based metaphors. School buses are rare even in UK. in…
Read more →Maybe, but not in any meaningful sense! RT @ aboutworldlangs : Bilingual brain may start to fade by age 1 http://ow.ly/6o4pt # MPAA's Bogus 'Piracy' Numbers Mean It Thinks Downloaders Would Buy 200 More DVDs Per Year http://ow.ly/6o3Vg < How is this news!? # @ eucampaign Great. What software was used to do the recording…
Read more →VLE's not dead. It's the hype around it. > RT @ DavidSWestwood : Is the vle dead? Someone check for a pulse # altc2011 #edtech # "When communities in Higher Ed break down due to redundancy and casualisation of labour what happens to OERs?" http://ow.ly/6mqPU # altc2011 # Agree > Managerialist models won't work for…
Read more →Checking out "5th SLANGUAGES Annual Symposium" on Virtual Round Table Conference: http://t.co/9Be6hj7 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Anthropologist's take on # stevejobs "Forget Steve Jobs" http://ow.ly/6lbdx # "there is no education in social networking" says a school principal, can he guarantee education in his school, though? # edchat .. # Open tweet @ adobe : Fire all your programmers & replace them with ones who can update your buggy software without requiring…
Read more →Much of IT training for teachers is counterproductive-by the time they get to use their knowledge, all they remember is complexity. # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ Rackspace Just want to see what VPS services you offer at what prices. All I get is sales prattle. Came recommended, felt like wasted time. in reply to Rackspace # I cannot believe the lengths @ rackspace will go to on their UK website to prevent me from buying VPS services from them. #…
Read more →We have been using CiviCRM for event management for over a year. This list covers the sort of things that might be needed by an organization running a wide range of events and courses of different types. Event management Easier search : There should be an equivalent of the quick search bar for contacts for…
Read more →Great idea - would fit in with open curriculum: "Fixing the talent gap with # Drupal training for the masses" http://ow.ly/6iTBS # drupaledu # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Great idea - would fit in with open curriculum: "Fixing the talent gap with # Drupal training for the masses" http://ow.ly/6iTBS # drupaledu # "Gender gap in spatial abilities depends on females' role in society" http://ow.ly/6hqPb # edchat # Project Helps Get Teens Back into Education through Shooters http://ow.ly/6gFZW # edtech #edchat # Great write-up…
Read more →I was only able to join the recent CiviCRM book sprint for 2 days but I did spend most of that time working on documenting email in Civi (both CiviMail and core email functionality). As part of that process I discovered a lot of things about email in Civi and hopefully made those features explicit…
Read more →"Gender gap in spatial abilities depends on females' role in society" http://ow.ly/6hqPb # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Project Helps Get Teens Back into Education through Shooters http://ow.ly/6gFZW # edtech #edchat # Great write-up of the open space on # Drupal and education. http://ow.ly/6gH7l # drupaledu # "Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software" http://ow.ly/6gFLb # edtech # Ads on Slideshare ads are getting more and more intrusive. Now they are covering content. Is…
Read more →It's been a joy using Booki.cc for the # CiviCRM book sprint. What a great way to collaborate on large books. http://ow.ly/6fykx # edtech # Emerging Asynchronous Conversation Models http://ow.ly/6f1RT # edchat #edtech # More conferences in more fields should emphasize code sprint-like mentality: http://ow.ly/6f1J9 # drupal #codesprint # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just joined the # CiviCRM documentation sprint in the English countryside. Some great work going on. # RT @ learningdrupal : Listen to @ techczech and I share some models for potential # drupalcertification http://t.co/8rLryGi - # drupal #drupaledu # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just uploaded 'How Do You Know that Gal Knows Drupal? Towards an Open Source...' to SlideShare. http://t.co/n6ZLih1 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just uploaded 'How Do You Know that Gal Knows Drupal? Towards an Open Source...' to SlideShare. http://t.co/n6ZLih1 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Lesson for us all: "When Students Run the Help Desk" http://ow.ly/6dqfA # edchat #edtech # Blackboard Collaborate launches, does not list prices. Is anyone surprised? http://ow.ly/6dn2S # edtech # More ideas for community-based certification: "Using...Open Badge project with young learners" http://ow.ly/6d7Jm # drupalcon #drupaledu # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ kattekrab : http://t.co/434qn8v # drupaledu From yesterdays session on an open curriculum. How might we define the competencies of # drupal # @ tomstandage Loved the # DrupalCon keynote. Hope the new book will address issues of prestige and credibility formation in the past v now. # "Before the rise of mass media…
Read more →RT @ kattekrab : http://t.co/434qn8v # drupaledu From yesterdays session on an open curriculum. How might we define the competencies of # drupal # @ tomstandage Loved the # DrupalCon keynote. Hope the new book will address issues of prestige and credibility formation in the past v now. # "Before the rise of mass media…
Read more →Join the online conversation on Drupal Certification here: http://t.co/jfniIR8 # DrupalCon #DrupalEdu # Join us for a # Drupal Curriculum and Certification BoF at 3.15 in Room 332 http://t.co/HPkR1EH # DrupalCon #DrupalEdu # # Drupal Curriculum and Certification session starting at 2.15 in Maple Room at # DrupalCon #DrupalEdu # Just arrived at # DrupalCon…
Read more →Just uploaded 'CiviCRM: The Community Advantage' to SlideShare. http://t.co/qZco3w3 # Ajax session brings up exciting possibilities for # CiviCRM at # CiviCon # Association for Learning Technology chose # Drupal and # CiviCRM for their new web design with good results. # civicon # # nginx a more efficient alternative to Apache for hosting #…
Read more →Emotions in More than One Language < another stellar blog post on # bilingualism http://ow.ly/68bZw # ellchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ Dj3bbZ Could you post more about your ideas on http://t.co/rFKM7vp? Cc @ learningdrupal # @ Dj3bbZ @learningdrupal @ dries With complexity it is hard to identify even the "basics". A comprehensive curriculum is needed. # drupal in reply to Dj3bbZ # A most accurate assessment of David Starkey by GPK on Language Log: "What…
Read more →"Is it time to fork Drupal?" < No, but a better separation between framework and product would be good. http://ow.ly/5XeJ6 # More academics should be called out for spouting garbage about areas where they don't do research. Like this: http://ow.ly/5Xgl5 # Just completed State of Drupal 2011 survey. Top recommendation - interoperability of distributions! http://ow.ly/5XecS…
Read more →"Is it time to fork Drupal?" < No, but a better separation between framework and product would be good. http://ow.ly/5XeJ6 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →More academics should be called out for spouting garbage about areas where they don't do research. Like this: http://ow.ly/5Xgl5 # Just completed State of Drupal 2011 survey. Top recommendation - interoperability of distributions! http://ow.ly/5XecS # drupal # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Good news: Google Chrome is UK's second most-used web browser http://ow.ly/5RWL4 # edtech # Follow the exploits of @ millionmetreman who will row his 7th marathon later today with 19 to go for # dyslexiaitsme # dyslexia # Great idea: Forming a Drupal in Higher Edu Consortium http://ow.ly/5RBTL # drupal #edtech # The Innovative Educator…
Read more →Good news: Google Chrome is UK's second most-used web browser http://ow.ly/5RWL4 # edtech # Follow the exploits of @ millionmetreman who will row his 7th marathon later today with 19 to go for # dyslexiaitsme # dyslexia # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Great idea: Forming a Drupal in Higher Edu Consortium http://ow.ly/5RBTL # drupal #edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →The Innovative Educator: Is College Really for All? http://ow.ly/5Retv # edchat # @ lousylinguist Children respond generically even to questions like 'How did you do on the test?' School and the world are separate domains. in reply to lousylinguist # @ lousylinguist Not sure 'What did you learn' is generic as opposed to 'How was…
Read more →Google Books gets redesign still useless without notes and bookmarks. What is Google thinking?! http://ow.ly/5QNqc # googlebooks # Microsoft up to its old trick of spreading # FUD about competition. This is lying by implication! http://ow.ly/5QAfb # toil # @ subcide Thanks. So I discovered. But it actually is better this way. I don't have…
Read more →Every developer should spend 30 minutes with a blind person browsing their site with a screen reader to get what # accessibility is about! # Just found out that my computer is 4.4 second behind using http://Time.is . Am slightly disappointed even if unsure behind what. # til # Test Your Website at Different Screen…
Read more →Every developer should spend 30 minutes with a blind person browsing their site with a screen reader to get what # accessibility is about! # Just found out that my computer is 4.4 second behind using http://Time.is . Am slightly disappointed even if unsure behind what. # til # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Test Your Website at Different Screen Resolutions with Screenfly by QuirkTools http://ow.ly/5NVLA # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ IamKalai I didn't actually mean to teach Dothraki but to have students make up their own languages to help with structure. # ellchat in reply to IamKalai # Online # Kindle clippings converter is a godsend for anyone with 'My Clippings.txt' file nearing half a megabyte! http://ow.ly/5MjH1 # edtech # There are far too…
Read more →Funny about the iPhone appeal to women! Three women recently independently thanked me for recommending an Android phone. # iphone #edtech # "What would a post-test era look like for our schools?" < Pretty much the same as the pre-test era. http://t.co/KoIyW04 # edchat # Does memorable learning lead to memories of what is learned…
Read more →I liked a @ YouTube video http://youtu.be/6VCdJyOAQYM?a Arrested Development - Tennessee # It was fun joining 2 customer service reps at a phone company outlet in persuading a woman to buy Galaxy S2 instead of iPhone 4. # android # Don't neglect VirtualBoxes if you want to try out different Linux flavors. http://ow.ly/5LvRh # edtech…
Read more →Relieved I only didn't know 2 of these 12 must know # Zotero tips and techniques by The Ideophone http://ow.ly/5JIlM # edtech # Webinar recording now available: Dyslexia and Co-occurring Difficulties http://ow.ly/5KdXX # dyslexia #edchat # edchatuk # Not surprised BBC awful at science reporting... http://ow.ly/1uRk2u # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Tim Harford: "It's hard to make good mistakes." http://ow.ly/5JQfr # ted #edchat # edchatuk # Finally I can use Zotero in Chrome thanks to this tip by The Ideophone http://ow.ly/5JIfg # zotero #edtech # How language lies: "You don’t need no stinkin’ passive" http://ow.ly/5JHSQ # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Tim Harford: "It's hard to make good mistakes." http://ow.ly/5JQfr # ted #edchat # edchatuk # Finally I can use Zotero in Chrome thanks to this tip by The Ideophone http://ow.ly/5JIfg # zotero #edtech # How language lies: "You don’t need no stinkin’ passive" http://ow.ly/5JHSQ # engchat # Pledged a bit on Kickstarter for Nataly Dawn's…
Read more →Pledged a bit on Kickstarter for Nataly Dawn's first solo album: http://t.co/WhNDx4h # Just listening to a presentation by @ 11johnnyd11 on https://www.goqsoftware.com # dyslexia # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →New on MetaphorHacket.net: The death of a memory: Missing metaphors of remembering and forgetting? http://ow.ly/5Gutw # memory # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just had my first hangout on Google+. Impressed & can't wait for the business version - could replace Skype for meetings http://ow.ly/5FfFj # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →The death of a memory: Missing metaphors of remembering and forgetting? http://ow.ly/5Df1i # memory # How To Run Multiple Skype Accounts With Multi Skype Launcher [Windows] http://ow.ly/5DdaF # edtech # "There is a long standing myth that bilinguals are born translators." http://ow.ly/5ARJi # ellchat #engchat # Interesting experiment in community-based open academic publishing - PressForward…
Read more →The death of a memory: Missing metaphors of remembering and forgetting? http://ow.ly/5Df1i # memory # How To Run Multiple Skype Accounts With Multi Skype Launcher [Windows] http://ow.ly/5DdaF # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"There is a long standing myth that bilinguals are born translators." http://ow.ly/5ARJi # ellchat #engchat # Interesting experiment in community-based open academic publishing - PressForward http://ow.ly/5AKQR # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Illusion of statistical induction... http://amzn.com/k/1JV54O6C9VO4Y # Kindle # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Who knew cups playing was its own little genre: http://ow.ly/5zivb and http://ow.ly/5zitb and more # til # I liked a @ YouTube video http://youtu.be/XKcChGsDqnU?a You're Gonna Miss Me- Lulu and the Lampshades (Cover) # Don't Forget to Join the free webinar today: Can studying the brain help us understand dyslexia? http://ow.ly/5yyyY # dyslexia #til #…
Read more →Who knew cups playing was its own little genre: http://ow.ly/5zivb and http://ow.ly/5zitb and more # til # I liked a @ YouTube video http://youtu.be/XKcChGsDqnU?a You're Gonna Miss Me- Lulu and the Lampshades (Cover) # Don't Forget to Join the free webinar today: Can studying the brain help us understand dyslexia? http://ow.ly/5yyyY # dyslexia #til #…
Read more →Who knew cups playing was its own little genre: http://ow.ly/5zivb and http://ow.ly/5zitb and more # til # I liked a @ YouTube video http://youtu.be/XKcChGsDqnU?a You're Gonna Miss Me- Lulu and the Lampshades (Cover) # Don't Forget to Join the free webinar today: Can studying the brain help us understand dyslexia? http://ow.ly/5yyyY # dyslexia #til #…
Read more →Video now available of "Online Corpus: Literacy Teachers' Best Friend" http://ow.ly/5vPNO # literacy #edchat # edtech #ellchat # engchat # Starting now: Free webinar: Intro to CiviCRM: Open Source Constituent Relationship Manager http://ow.ly/5wUrg # civicrm #edtech # drupal # That actually sounds low: 34% of adults are 'overwhelmed' by technology http://ow.ly/5wOmx # edtech # Powered…
Read more →Moodle 2.1 has been released! http://ow.ly/5wjQu # moodle < shocked it's actually on time but excited to see the changes # Presentation now available: "Online corpus: Literacy teacher for literacy teachers" http://ow.ly/5v8mt # ellchat #engchat # literacy #dyslexia # Free Public Lecture on 7 July: Can studying the brain help us understand dyslexia? http://ow.ly/5vjtV #…
Read more →A heartwarming Linguist's tale from the Sofia airport. The only airport where I ever missed a plane (15 yrs ago)! http://ow.ly/5vONK # "However one judges the US waging of the war ....we should know what each of those wars has been like." http://ow.ly/5vK6P # til # Just favorited 'Language corpora and the language classroom.' on…
Read more →On medical analogies... http://amzn.com/k/2WYXILK2L3BLG # Kindle # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just uploaded 'Online corpus: Literacy teacher for literacy teachers' to SlideShare. http://slidesha.re/mgT5VB # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Attending: Focus on the Practitioner, Dyslexia Guild Conference 2011 | Dyslexia Action http://ow.ly/1ucTGA # dyslexia # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Attending: Focus on the Practitioner, Dyslexia Guild Conference 2011 | Dyslexia Action http://ow.ly/1ucTGA # dyslexia # Language Log » What we believe in (evolution 12th most common thing) http://ow.ly/5taDZ # til # xkcd as always spot on - this time on University Website Design http://ow.ly/5q7P1 # edtech # Geeks to educators & designers on learning…
Read more →Language Log » What we believe in (evolution 12th most common thing) http://ow.ly/5taDZ # til # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →xkcd as always spot on - this time on University Website Design http://ow.ly/5q7P1 # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Geeks to educators & designers on learning > take into account "people who have different drives and priorities" http://ow.ly/5q7TX # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →How do you tell great music? It sounds as powerful in 8-bit as on an LP. Listen to Kind of Bloop now! http://ow.ly/5q8Nt # Today I Learned about Today I Learned on Reddit http://ow.ly/5q7Wg # til #edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ crazywizdom Very easy. Crashplan just runs in the background and does a back up every few hours. One online and one to an external HDD. in reply to crazywizdom # 6 months and 10 days later all my files are backed up to @ crashplan ! Being backed up in a cloud is a…
Read more →Free Online Public Lecture: Dyslexia and Co-occurring Difficulties on 16 June http://ow.ly/3QdGX # edchat #dyslexia # I had to go to Belgium to meet someone who reads my blog on http://t.co/wRElgtu # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Free Online Public Lecture: Dyslexia and Co-occurring Difficulties on 16 June http://ow.ly/3QdGX # edchat #dyslexia # I had to go to Belgium to meet someone who reads my blog on http://t.co/wRElgtu # Language is like chess in that speaking it fluently is not relying on the underlying rules but on larger patterns and shapes. #…
Read more →Language is like chess in that speaking it fluently is not relying on the underlying rules but on larger patterns and shapes. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →We need more of: "an environment where the goal was to give intensely practical answers to basic theoretical questions" http://ow.ly/5foP5 # Clouds do the darnedest things. There's a dinosaur eating a rhino outside my window! # Getting ready to travel to the land of # Drupal to do some # Linguistics Know no better way…
Read more →Can't see any legacy of Elluminate in Collabor8 - is it more than a repackaged Adobe Connect? http://ow.ly/5eCAI # edchat #edtech # Medicine only stopped killing more people than it cured in about the 1920s. < I learned from > http://ow.ly/5eAWa # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Can't believe how old this is... http://amzn.com/k/S6C071S0NO01 # Kindle # @ jakubsuchy Actually, it was my Amazon (BoA) Credit Card. Not on the phone yet. in reply to jakubsuchy # Dyslexia Online Summer School 2011for non-specialist teachers now available http://ow.ly/5dKjx # dyslexia #edchatuk # cpd # Made my first purchase with # NFC today. Passion…
Read more →Can't believe how old this is... http://amzn.com/k/S6C071S0NO01 # Kindle # @ jakubsuchy Actually, it was my Amazon (BoA) Credit Card. Not on the phone yet. in reply to jakubsuchy # Dyslexia Online Summer School 2011for non-specialist teachers now available http://ow.ly/5dKjx # dyslexia #edchatuk # cpd # Made my first purchase with # NFC today. Passion…
Read more →Doing a webinar on how to do webinars. Feel free to join in: http://ow.ly/5chlk # edtech # Exciting news about CiviCRM and integration with Drupal's Webform http://ow.ly/5bRXI # civicrm #drupal # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Not surprisingly Kindle's Most Highlighted Passages of All Time are about marriage, happiness and weight loss. http://ow.ly/5anr6 # kindle # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"contrary to popular opinion parental behaviour does not seem to play an important role [in children's lang difficlts]" http://j.mp/mHRclp # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →We need to remember speaking languages is complicated on just so many levels: "Refusing to speak a language" http://ow.ly/58niX # engchat # "Every time someone says, “I know what I saw” or “I have a clear memory” they are being profoundly naive." http://ow.ly/58n82 # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →We need to remember speaking languages is complicated on just so many levels: "Refusing to speak a language" http://ow.ly/58niX # engchat # "Every time someone says, “I know what I saw” or “I have a clear memory” they are being profoundly naive." http://ow.ly/58n82 # edchat # Important linguistics read: "On Chomsky and the Two Cultures…
Read more →We need to remember speaking languages is complicated on just so many levels: "Refusing to speak a language" http://ow.ly/58niX # engchat # "Every time someone says, “I know what I saw” or “I have a clear memory” they are being profoundly naive." http://ow.ly/58n82 # edchat # Important linguistics read: "On Chomsky and the Two Cultures…
Read more →Important linguistics read: "On Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning" http://ow.ly/57M5c # Drupal and Education Open Space: Call for Participation http://ow.ly/57JpY # drupalcon #drupal # edtech # Language learning in literature as a source domain for generative metaphors http://j.mp/lU9vCT # ellchat #engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ StanCarey : Chav: the vile word at the heart of fractured Britain, by Polly Toynbee: http://bit.ly/jJvGJR # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →YouTube - Hold On -Tom Waitresses http://ow.ly/55PW1 # bestprobableworld # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Seems that # Drupal versions have an "official" release and a "unofficial" release with Views and CCK upgrade path... http://ow.ly/55w4Y # RIP Gil Scott-Heron: 5 YouTube Videos To Remember Him By http://ow.ly/55gRh # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Rare truly exceptional TED talk: Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good http://ow.ly/551mt # endpolio # "...we've seen less interest in the necessity [of intellectual property] and more emphasis on the evil." http://ow.ly/5518C # copyright # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Not all elearning has to be online. Skill Share is a great example. http://ow.ly/1te55u # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Wow: "The average age of the Top 20 software vendor companies is 31 years. None younger than 22 years!" http://ow.ly/53ro6 # edtech # By 2050 most higher/further ed will be online. Prim/sec schools will continue as pastoral but not teaching institutions. # edchat #distanceed # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Wow: "The average age of the Top 20 software vendor companies is 31 years. None younger than 22 years!" http://ow.ly/53ro6 # edtech # By 2050 most higher/further ed will be online. Prim/sec schools will continue as pastoral but not teaching institutions. # edchat #distanceed # Whitehead: "Civilization advances by extending the number of operations we…
Read more →Whitehead: "Civilization advances by extending the number of operations we can perform without thinking about them." http://ow.ly/1taiLG # A # DrupalCon ecosystem session that could use a few votes: How can Drupal succeed in education and academia? http://ow.ly/52omH # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →We must not forget about the underlying politics of computers in the classroom: http://ow.ly/51Hyn (via @ Downes ) # edchat #edtech # @ Mr_Casal My recommendation is to start on DrupalGardens which lets you move whole site later if needed. D7 much easier to maintain than D6. in reply to Mr_Casal # @ mr_casal Have…
Read more →The things one hears on the internet: A Chinese heavy metal band playing The Internationale http://ow.ly/518wL # bestprobableworld # Vote for Drupal in Education and Education in Drupal Sessions at # DrupalCon London 2011 | groups.drupal.org http://ow.ly/4YtCL # Drupal # Being a language teacher is a special form of bilingualism. http://ow.ly/4ZDff # ellchat # Powered…
Read more →You don’t have to be a xenophobe to think Britain being an island matters, but it helps! http://ow.ly/50fQi # "Adults ask little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas." http://ow.ly/50dRI # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ tim_hunt Thus my preference for OpenSource. Although historically, lock mechanism obscurity was a big part of security: http://j.mp/iZRWrZ in reply to tim_hunt # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Interesting to see that "The business of Drupal" applies to the economics of any software (open or not). http://ow.ly/4YWyj # Drupal #edtech # @ tim_hunt Still believe security benefits of OpenSource outweigh any advantage code obscurity might provide. But obscurity can play a role. in reply to tim_hunt # @ tim_hunt Absolutely. But of two…
Read more →Wonder why # Drupal hasn't made more of an impact on education and academia? Vot for this # DrupalCon London session: http://ow.ly/4WQGS # Great post on the evil of "leadership" training. Not sure "management" training is better. @ DonaldClark http://ow.ly/4YjoD # edchat # RT @ ostephens : V interesting - Zotero able to take advantage…
Read more →Wonder why # Drupal hasn't made more of an impact on education and academia? Vot for this # DrupalCon London session: http://ow.ly/4WQGS # Great post on the evil of "leadership" training. Not sure "management" training is better. @ DonaldClark http://ow.ly/4YjoD # edchat # RT @ ostephens : V interesting - Zotero able to take advantage…
Read more →Not sure @ echo360 is showing its product in the best light with # mootuk11 vids http://bit.ly/kOWvsW . Have yet to watch a session w/o timeout in reply to echo360 # Want to talk # Drupal curriculum and certification? Vote for this # DrupalCon London 2011 session: http://ow.ly/4WQqr # No kidding! 300 year-old intellectual property…
Read more →Compulsory reading: Language Log » “Linguistic norms” vs. “groundless peeves” http://ow.ly/4Wc6s # edchat #engchat # What point to education? "nearly all students educated in the US report having gotten anti-passive instruction" http://ow.ly/4Wc30 # ellchat # "we need to provide roles in our communities for pepole with autism" < Autism diagnosis in cultural context http://ow.ly/4WbTI #…
Read more →RT @ OpenSesameNow : Curation v. creation. RT @ zecool Seth Godin says the future of the library is the librarian http://bit.ly/lI6LwD # edchat # Excited to have @ learningdrupal as co-presenter for the # Drupal curriculum proposed session http://ow.ly/4VjjV for # DrupalCon in reply to learningdrupal # @ learningdrupal Wouldn't you know it, I…
Read more →Submitted # DrupalCon session: Towards an Open Source curriculum and a community-based accreditation scheme for # Drupal http://ow.ly/4UPvc # Just submitted a session proposal for # drupalcon on How can # Drupal succeed in education and academia? http://ow.ly/4UPuj # The problem with all the presentation packages available today is that you have to work around…
Read more →Observational Epidemiology: Why companies do the things that they do -- sports sponsorship edition http://ow.ly/1sRuHk # Losos = salmon in Czech AFP: Salmon swim again in Czech Elbe river http://ow.ly/1sVZgJ # Best definition of culture... http://amzn.com/k/M7NLEM8ZTD8X # Kindle # Great insight into the first stages of the lexicographic process on John Wells’s phonetic blog on…
Read more →Love the new Get Books feature on Calibre 0.8 - the quintessential software for e-reader owners! http://calibre-ebook.com # edtech # essential http://amzn.com/k/9A5VIUA7MKAH # Kindle # Glad to see the # Moodle Course Menu Block is back for 2.0 with additional features http://ow.ly/4TG9V Will be installing it soon. # Impressive # Moodle course format from Sussex…
Read more →Personally I think Optimality Theory is just plain crazy but I still wish I could attend the symposium: http://ow.ly/4TjM4 # Great new interface to Google Books n-gram search now available: http://googlebooks.byu.edu courtesy of COCA's creator Mark Davies # ellchat # Attending @ Acquia 's webinar on "Evolving from Ubercart to Drupal Commerce" http://ow.ly/4SWIy # drupal…
Read more →Personally I think Optimality Theory is just plain crazy but I still wish I could attend the symposium: http://ow.ly/4TjM4 # Great new interface to Google Books n-gram search now available: http://googlebooks.byu.edu courtesy of COCA's creator Mark Davies # ellchat # Attending @ Acquia 's webinar on "Evolving from Ubercart to Drupal Commerce" http://ow.ly/4SWIy # drupal…
Read more →I love infographics - wonder what http://visual.ly/98m47 will have to add to the genre. # edtech # RT @ philoquotes : A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. ~ Machiavelli # "[Pseudoteaching] is bad teaching disguised as great teaching." http://ow.ly/4RZ0a # edchat < Late to the party? # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Education panics have existed since there was education: RT @ classroomtools : Civics illiteracy is nothing new. http://bit.ly/jB8xcj # sschat # Very exciting and much needed: Open Academy: A Higher Education Drupal Product for Departmental Websites http://ow.ly/4QFkt # edtech #drupal # Please sponsor # TheMillionMetreChallenge by @ millionmetreman fundraising for It's ME Learning Fund http://ow.ly/4Q7k2…
Read more →RT @ metaphorhacker : New on MetaphorHacker.net: The natural logistics of life: The Internet really changes almost nothing http://j.mp/iKH3VI # "What Happens After the Honeymoon?: Social Media Pedagogy in the Real World" http://ow.ly/4Pj4z # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Great intro video from @ learningdrupal for complete Web Building beginners wanting to create a # Drupal site: http://ow.ly/4P1mh # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →What are your top computer # accessibility tips for literacy teachers? # edtech #edchat # dyslexia # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →What are your top computer # accessibility tips for literacy teachers? # edtech #edchat # dyslexia # I must say @ greplin makes searching through Twitter and Gmail history a real joy again. http://t.co/FgjXf0n # RT @ geoffliving : 10 reasons to support women in tech today, plus $1000 in matching donations frm Network Solutions!…
Read more →I must say @ greplin makes searching through Twitter and Gmail history a real joy again. http://t.co/FgjXf0n # RT @ geoffliving : 10 reasons to support women in tech today, plus $1000 in matching donations frm Network Solutions! http://lnkd.in/ySz7vt # UK outsourcing 8% of UK economy with over £200bn revenue - does this correspond to…
Read more →In mice! RT @ Frankwspencer : Scientists discover brain structures associated with learning http://t.co/2szhg6D via @ physorg_com # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →How not to measure scientific productivity http://ow.ly/1sMnHj # The Daily Mail imagines a bizarre future - a mixture of futurist cliches and prejudice. http://ow.ly/1sMGIa # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Love idea 9 of Fix the School Not the Child. Surefire education reform: let kids sleep in, do less, learn more! http://ow.ly/4KHnn # edchat # RT @ General_Tech : RT @ Atomic_Kristi : This is cool-Alabama school has an e-day, completing projects online: http://bit.ly/hSR235 # edchat # Language peeves are not different from vain complaints…
Read more →Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Simple To-do List Services for Students (tags: education socialmedia accessibility )
Read more →Please watch this and make everyone else watch it: "Larry Lessig on Scientific Publishing" http://ow.ly/4Kr7p # edtech #edchat # copyright # @ DonaldClark BTW: I'm mostly playing devil's advocate here. This sort of conversation is hard over Twitter. in reply to DonaldClark # @ DonaldClark Agreed. But why have a unity just for the convenience…
Read more →A male feminist's view on the # royalwedding and the # weddingdress Possibly quite ill-informed. http://j.mp/lFUah1 # feminism # Myths of Chinese historical unity http://amzn.com/k/253P8ST3LQDDI # Kindle # RT @ mrsebiology : How Standardized Testing Damages Education: http://bit.ly/lPPvRv # edchat #edadmin # cpchat # "while college applicants’ faith in the value of higher education has…
Read more →Crackdowns on monasteries as popular in 9th century China as early modern Europe. http://amzn.com/k/OPHBJ28S1CGD # Kindle # @ InnovativeEdu Thanks. Just something I wrote today inspired by your tweet about uncollege. in reply to InnovativeEdu # Ian Morris talks about his thesis of geography driven # history (and more). http://ow.ly/4Jdpl A good summary of his…
Read more →Crackdowns on monasteries as popular in 9th century China as early modern Europe. http://amzn.com/k/OPHBJ28S1CGD # Kindle # @ InnovativeEdu Thanks. Just something I wrote today inspired by your tweet about uncollege. in reply to InnovativeEdu # Ian Morris talks about his thesis of geography driven # history (and more). http://ow.ly/4Jdpl A good summary of his…
Read more →Daoism and religion in China not straightforward analogs to Western concepts http://amzn.com/k/319LQOJJXEQ9V # Kindle # @ InnovativeEdu Haven't used TimetoKnow-their samples look fine. But skeptical of learning programs in general unless learner has SpLD. in reply to InnovativeEdu # @ InnovativeEdu In language development, buzz-word compliant learning programs matter less than motivation, opportunity and time…
Read more →@ birklearns There are just too many ways students can be clients. Some good, some bad. Have had students ask for better grades as clients! in reply to birklearns # @ birklearns Not inevitably. But often enough. See here for examples of consequences of market metaphor in education: http://j.mp/apqcO3 in reply to birklearns # I…
Read more →Great annotation of Cognitive Linguistics by Prof Vyv Evans http://ow.ly/4F7Or # linguistics # There's nothing natural about the North being synonymous with up... http://amzn.com/k/47QB0P94MJM3 # Kindle # @ KristianStill IMHO Repurposing # Moodle for what it wasn't designed for (class-based teaching) probably not a good idea. Other tools better! in reply to KristianStill # Only…
Read more →Rdd.me: A URL Shortener With Readability Built-In (tags: accessibility inset2011 )
Read more →Looking forward to reading more: RT @ ianaddison : children made websites about the village, now we're putting QR codes up around the place... # Essential # Easter entertainment: "Household Items that Make Great Cat Toys" http://ow.ly/1sEsQe # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"How cn we learn from someone else when we’re absorbed in conversations tht only confirm our already-held biases" http://ow.ly/4FJA3 # edchat # "percentiles are good for communicating test scores of individuals but bad for doing statistical analyses of group data" http://ow.ly/4FxIo # ShowMe does look like an interesting idea for teachers: http://www.showmeapp.com/6a4q # edtech #…
Read more →@ claire7179 Moodle Surgery: session where experts answer user questions about particular topics and users answer each others' questions. in reply to claire7179 # Well put: "[Scholars] try to plug gaps but often first must create the gaps by cutting holes in the existing scholarship" http://ow.ly/4FkHq # Essential: "Scholarship only *sounds* polite on paper, but…
Read more →Don't know what I like more. That someone made this video: http://j.mp/hb0Z8h or that 16,000 people watched. # gamingpassion # @ jwwweb Agree. The problem remains who decides what evidence is meaningful in ed research. Thus epistemology as ethics: http://j.mp/gm1Q2W in reply to jwwweb # Why relational databases are not good at storing relationships (but…
Read more →Don't know what I like more. That someone made this video: http://j.mp/hb0Z8h or that 16,000 people watched. # gamingpassion # @ jwwweb Agree. The problem remains who decides what evidence is meaningful in ed research. Thus epistemology as ethics: http://j.mp/gm1Q2W in reply to jwwweb # Why relational databases are not good at storing relationships (but…
Read more →This is a sneak peak at the slides on Slideshare (subject to small changes) of a talk I'll be giving at Moodle Moot UK 2011. I'll be sharing our experiences with using various (mostly cloud-based ) tools to provide Moodle support in a purely e-learning environment with no face-to-face training available. The full text of…
Read more →Good list but understates effort involved: RT @ onlinecourse : Who Takes Online Classes? Not Just College Students - http://dedu.org/cp4rTC # @ jwwweb Absolutely edu research is vulnerable to overinterpretation. I'm planning a blogging project on the subject at http://eduvoodoo.net in reply to jwwweb # Hmm?! RT @ pauledgar1 : ...Chomsky's linguistics in under 2…
Read more →@ Presidentm Sure, but Accordion or LAMS course formats are not part of the default install. The heart of Moodle is still linear. # mootuk11 in reply to Presidentm # @ elswedgio # Moodlescrollofdeath is (almost) entirely due to # Moodle making bad design easy and good design difficult. # mootuk11 in reply to elswedgio…
Read more →How Technology Can Assist Students with Dyslexia Siobhán (tags: assistive-technologies dyslexia )
Read more →Talking to "your customers" may not be best in mature industries with shrinking customer base (eg publishing) http://ow.ly/4CmuE # libraries # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Why did only 32 people read this post on Metaphorhacker? I was so sure "Epistemology as ethics" was a winner! http://ow.ly/4BQ5U # philosophy # There are amazing snippets of educational theory in these Jazz Tutorials. And a teacher just bursting to teach! http://ow.ly/4BUIY # edchat # Just favorited 'Thinking outside the square with moodle egem…
Read more →Shame on @ microsoft for all the activation runarounds. Why do I need to crawl on the floor for product keys just to keep your billions safe! # Thanks to @ crashplan , @ dropbox & @ google for making moving to a new computer a seamless experience. # edtech #backup # cloud # Powered…
Read more →Impressive. "Instructure Raises $8M" http://ow.ly/4BbFv Barely out of the gate and already a challenge to established VLEs like # Moodle # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →No kidding: "Chomsky was wrong: evolutionary analysis shows languages obey few rules" http://ow.ly/4zMTs # ellchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →No kidding: "Chomsky was wrong: evolutionary analysis shows languages obey few rules" http://ow.ly/4zMTs # ellchat # RT @ MultiLingLiving : At what age did you learn your languages? http://ow.ly/4z3jq # bilingual #multilingual # languages # Stupid headline, outdated research. Not angry, just disappointed @ Guardian http://ow.ly/1srkBS # edchat # New on MetaphorHacker.net: Religion, if it…
Read more →RT @ MultiLingLiving : At what age did you learn your languages? http://ow.ly/4z3jq # bilingual #multilingual # languages # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Stupid headline, outdated research. Not angry, just disappointed @ Guardian http://ow.ly/1srkBS # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →New on MetaphorHacker.net: Religion, if it exists, is negotiation of underdetermined metaphoric cognition http://j.mp/h9ioAr # Biased scholarship on China? No, really?! http://amzn.com/k/PPF1IOXITU3K # Kindle # I for one welcome our future Chinese overlords... http://amzn.com/k/14SYIGM7PYHBV # Kindle # Chinese history rewarding in its difficulty http://amzn.com/k/3ECYDSOJT2IGB # Kindle # How did I not know about @ Pomplamoose…
Read more →I wish someone had taught me about electricity using Squishy Circuits http://ow.ly/4woMC # edchat # Wish # Moodle would make it easy to build similarly impressive learning and teaching interfaces as http://learnable.com # edtech # An great lecture on skill acquisition (ok on memory). Well worth a listen to teachers & learners alike. http://ow.ly/4wiCV #…
Read more →I'm so happy to be one of the people to find this xkcd comic uproaringly hilarious http://j.mp/h7tSRf Wish more people did, too. # RT @ ADDitudeMag : reader quote that made us LOL: Does anyone else interrupt themselves when they are doing the talking? # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I'm so happy to be one of the people to find this xkcd comic uproaringly hilarious http://j.mp/h7tSRf Wish more people did, too. # RT @ ADDitudeMag : reader quote that made us LOL: Does anyone else interrupt themselves when they are doing the talking? # Development Seed "We have no plans to grow bigger!" <…
Read more →Development Seed "We have no plans to grow bigger!" < If only more tech companies were like this! http://ow.ly/4uCW5 # drupal #edtech # edchat # "When you train employees to be risk averse>you're preparing your whole company [school] to be reward challenged" http://ow.ly/4uB2i # edchat # @ glynnmark You should contact MoodleMoot organisers @ ulcc…
Read more →Can't believe @ mashable still peddles this nonsense about open source CMSs! http://ow.ly/1snsmd # edtech # Anyone surprised?: "..there never was a Texas miracle. At best, it was wishful thinking. At worst, it was a lie." http://ow.ly/4tRXY # edchat # In other words, what else is new... # history #china http://amzn.com/k/374OA9A0O4UWN # Kindle # http://amzn.com/k/276ENXXM1HU21…
Read more →So many people don't know to: Start Typing to Skip Scrolling Through Drop-Down Menu http://ow.ly/4sGDN # edtech # Quora: How could Moodle's course design framework be made more modern and user friendly? Answer: http://qr.ae/Upbr # moodle #mootuk11 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Why is it easy to buy a bottle of beer and impossible to buy a loaf of bread at 9pm on a Sunday in my neighbourhood? # policy #bracknell # "World’s simplest online safety policy" is so great I have to tweet again Too many quotables Please read and act! http://ow.ly/4s41q # edchat # World…
Read more →RT @ sharmanedit Brilliant piece (pdf) on everything that's wrong with science today. The latest from Peter Lawrence http://bit.ly/dObFuQ # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →ASUS Eee Pad Transformer # ipadkiller #wantnow http://ow.ly/1sjOwa # 5-Year-Old Critics Agree: Movie ‘Cars’ Only Gets Better After 40th Viewing http://feedly.com/k/ig1gfM # Clay Shirky : "No one user model in large participatory systems." http://ow.ly/4rkek # edtech #drupal # @ jmspool : "Meeting users is a Jane Goodall experience" for designers. Call it: "Users in the…
Read more →New on Researchity: Is OpenIDEO a good model for a research community? http://j.mp/gbaXjs # Turns out there's more to language and its acquisition than just words and rules: http://ow.ly/4qqgQ # lad #chomsky # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →New on Researchity: Is OpenIDEO a good model for a research community? http://j.mp/gbaXjs # Turns out there's more to language and its acquisition than just words and rules: http://ow.ly/4qqgQ # lad #chomsky # @ edtechsteve For me the goal should be for students to continue a conversation started in class. Almost never happens, as research…
Read more →@ edtechsteve For me the goal should be for students to continue a conversation started in class. Almost never happens, as research shows. # @ edtechsteve Not sure. I think school should provide quite a few answers. Students should then build on these to ask further questions. in reply to edtechsteve # RT @ opencontent…
Read more →RT @ idarknight : RT @ 0boy Are “Digital Natives” Better Suited For Mobile Learning? http://bit.ly/ehRNwT # edtech #edchat # If the Social Architecture Project for Drupal.org comes off, I might be more active again in the # Drupal issue queues http://ow.ly/4oMZG # RT @ briankotts : Wikipedia wants more contributions from academics http://bit.ly/gDMxDs /via…
Read more →Never make fun of geography... http://amzn.com/k/A58X3MMYJ5L1 # Kindle # http://amzn.com/k/ICHMW6858317 # Kindle # http://amzn.com/k/3H839DGHFSNI5 # Kindle # http://amzn.com/k/1VOMPW5Z22MV5 # Kindle # Why isn't anybody talking about the Long Tail anymore? http://ow.ly/4mtT9 # edtech #edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →People get hooked on webinars. http://ow.ly/4nhA1 True we get ~40% return rate on our public online lectures: http://ow.ly/4nhAR # edchatuk # I just did nothing for 2 minutes. Can you? http://t.co/2gxG61S # If all the podcasts of New Books Network are as good as New Books in History, I'll probably listen to little else http://ow.ly/4ncvq…
Read more →New on MetaphorHacker.net: Are we the masters of our morality? Yes! http://j.mp/g5PWrl # Looking for a good non-orientalist book on the history of China and its culture. Any suggestions welcome! # Why does @ google hate people with poor eyesight? New # GoogleDocs editor pretty much unusable without text zoom! # accessibility #edtech # Powered…
Read more →@ cognitivepolicy My own contribution to the debate: Cognition & frame negotiation go hand in hand http://ow.ly/4mtYL and http://ow.ly/4mu7Z in reply to cognitivepolicy # @ cognitivepolicy Perhaps, but recipients of propaganda have been keeping up with its improvements. Read Gamson's Talking Politics. in reply to cognitivepolicy # DrupalCon Chicago 2011 - Dries Buayert keynote at…
Read more →Free webinar: Introduction to Dyslexia for Parents http://ow.ly/4lIdm Starting in 1 hour! # edchat #edchatuk # dyslexia # @ pickledtreats I try to work in elements of # PBL into all courses I design. But doesn't always fit with the overall curriculum. in reply to pickledtreats # RT @ pickledtreats : The more I study…
Read more →<Would love to attend> "Open Source Junction: cross-platform mobile apps" http://ow.ly/4lV8a </Have neither time nor money> # Why not do peer review as a web of trust? http://ow.ly/4lV0s # Free webinar: Introduction to Dyslexia for Parents http://ow.ly/4lIdm Starting in 1 hour! # edchat #edchatuk # dyslexia # @ pickledtreats I try to work in elements…
Read more →@ TechSmith Thx. Why not add a simple auto replacement filter? It takes up to 10 mins to cleanup some power points. Baffles nonIT users. in reply to TechSmith # @ techsmith Screencast.com plugin outdated on Win7 64bit. Was fine y-day. But sometimes it just crashes. Also the excluded characters = pain. in reply to…
Read more →"Epistemology as ethics: Decisions and judgments not methods and solutions for evidence-based practice" http://ow.ly/4k887 # I thought they already did: "Academics to 'embrace Wikipedia'" <still welcome news http://ow.ly/4jlsF # edchatuk #edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ moreolives VLEs are just like schools, great if home to exciting things. But mostly home to drudgery and walled off learning. # edchat #vle in reply to moreolives # “You can’t understand Google,” VP Marissa M says “unless you know that both Larry & Sergey were Montessori kids." http://ow.ly/4iHmw # edchat # Registration now…
Read more →Not a single contrib Question Type upgraded to work with # Moodle2 Please, need drag and drop matching urgently. http://ow.ly/4iiZj # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ mweller : Looking at scholarship thru a Marxist lens is apparently a crime in the US http://bit.ly/dWNEnA (the @ chronicle via @ edwebb ) # Spaces available on webinar "Introduction to Dyslexia for Parents", 24 March http://ow.ly/4gF69 , # edchat #edchatuk # dyslexia # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I'm speaking at CPD: Focus on the Practitioner, Dyslexia Guild Conference 2011, 30th June 2011 in Oxford http://t.co/uefZZkk via @ lanyrd # The Corpus linguistics linguistics entry on Wikipedia is far too inadequate. Will somebody help make it better? http://ow.ly/4ghsC # ellchat # Is # Coursekit what # Moodle with it's constructionist philosophy would have…
Read more →I'm speaking at CPD: Focus on the Practitioner, Dyslexia Guild Conference 2011, 30th June 2011 in Oxford http://t.co/uefZZkk via @ lanyrd # The Corpus linguistics linguistics entry on Wikipedia is far too inadequate. Will somebody help make it better? http://ow.ly/4ghsC # ellchat # Is # Coursekit what # Moodle with it's constructionist philosophy would have…
Read more →@ Microsoft has no excuse for not making # IE9 available on XP except greed. Made XP a mess, won't clean it up! http://ow.ly/4fvgM # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ PMMcG http://W3Schools.com is where I send people new to HTML/CSS. Comprehensive and interactive. Play a bit, then just do it! # edtech in reply to PMMcG # Cohorts in # Moodle2 have turned out to be pretty much useless. Hard to use and not solving the problems they were meant for. # moodle #edtech…
Read more →RT @ techsavvyteach : Tom Vander Ark: Textbook market is almost certain to shrink with open education resource availability # nroc2011 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →New on MetaphorHacker.net: Do science fiction writers dream of fascist dictatorships? http://j.mp/fk46sK # Help! @ shelfari is extorting information from me before it lets me export my book list! They call it community building I call it evil! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ MultiLingLiving Took me a while but here's my take on Kuhl's disastrous TED talk, brain and language learning http://ow.ly/4d11i # ellchat in reply to MultiLingLiving # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Crime Writer Makes a Killing With 99 Cent E-Books - Slashdot http://ow.ly/4c4fX # Beautiful visualizations but overstated implications by Deb Roy on The birth of a word at # TED http://ow.ly/4bZic # Paul Krugman: "what everyone knows is wrong." http://ow.ly/4bLoW # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Crime Writer Makes a Killing With 99 Cent E-Books - Slashdot http://ow.ly/4c4fX # Beautiful visualizations but overstated implications by Deb Roy on The birth of a word at # TED http://ow.ly/4bZic # Paul Krugman: "what everyone knows is wrong." http://ow.ly/4bLoW # edchat # "meanings and dictionary senses aren’t the same thing at all" http://ow.ly/4bgGr #…
Read more →My proposal for Moodle Moot UK 2011 has been accepted. Here it is in case anyone wants to suggest things. This presentation will share various experiences with providing technology support to Moodle users with varied ICT skills (teachers enrolled on fully online Postgraduate Courses). It will evaluate various approaches that can be used independently or…
Read more →Finally, # literally is getting some corpus love: "Two Breakfast Experiments™: Literally" http://ow.ly/4aVBo # engchat # RT @ ShellTerrell : via @ profesortbaker Can Kids Teach Themselves? Self-Organising Systems in Education http://bit.ly/dEMyN9 # edchat # HootSuite launches social analytics. http://ow.ly/4aMiD HootStats # New on MetaphorHacker.net: The brain is a bad metaphor for language http://j.mp/gPMUc6 #…
Read more →Views 3 with a gorgeous new user-interface puts # Drupal Gardens far ahead of competition on day of 1.0 release http://ow.ly/4adPY # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Most Organizations Now Use Open Source Software According to Gartner http://ow.ly/1s89vh # edtech #foss # What's missing from this? "The Art of Education: Thoughts about knowing how to teach" http://ow.ly/49p57 # edchat # Please, please! Before you say anything about evidence-based policy, listen to this tour-de-force by Mark Kleiman http://ow.ly/48cAO # edchat # How little…
Read more →Belated but important reading: A closer look at Diane Ravitch's 'Death and Life...' - Substance News http://ow.ly/48SR6 # edchat # I'm ready to forgive @ DianeRavitch for stuff like http://ow.ly/48S9g after reading this excellent post http://t.co/3doEq2b # edchat #edreform # 10 Ways Technology Supports 21st Century Learners in Being Self Directed by Lisa Nielsen http://ow.ly/48RN6…
Read more →There are staggeringly many questions NOT being asked by Jamie's Dream School http://ow.ly/48BNP # edchat # Language Log on Prejudiced linguists: "Linguists themselves are not immune from moronicity." http://ow.ly/1s7yX9 < Sad but true! # engchat # RT @ hjarche : "The plural of anecdote is data" http://ur1.ca/3e7f1 interesting history of this phrase & how it…
Read more →According to @ klout , I'm influenced by: @ pgsimoes @tomwhitby @ mberry @GuardianEdu @ gsiemens . http://bit.ly/bMI4xX Thanks! # ff # @ ileducprof Thanks for the kudos but the post was by @ mgrammar I was just passing it on. It's so damn hard to give proper credit on Twitter. in reply to ileducprof…
Read more →According to @ klout , I'm influenced by: @ pgsimoes @tomwhitby @ mberry @GuardianEdu @ gsiemens . http://bit.ly/bMI4xX Thanks! # ff # @ ileducprof Thanks for the kudos but the post was by @ mgrammar I was just passing it on. It's so damn hard to give proper credit on Twitter. in reply to ileducprof…
Read more →Quora: How could Moodle's course design framework be made more modern and user friendly? Answer: http://qr.ae/Upbr # edchat #edtech # moodle # What should the Royal Society do to bring researchers and practitioners closer together: http://ow.ly/46K8u # RT @ mweller : New blog post: 5 things I think about Learning Analytics http://bit.ly/dUGagP (thoughts on #…
Read more →Quora: How could Moodle's course design framework be made more modern and user friendly? Answer: http://qr.ae/Upbr # edchat #edtech # moodle # What should the Royal Society do to bring researchers and practitioners closer together: http://ow.ly/46K8u # RT @ mweller : New blog post: 5 things I think about Learning Analytics http://bit.ly/dUGagP (thoughts on #…
Read more →"all popular culture today...accepts and goes to great lengths to promote the idea that it’s cool to be stupid" http://ow.ly/46K2a # edchat # "We've become addicted to experts..trading our discomfort w uncertainty for the illusion of certainty that they provide" http://ow.ly/46Jof # 50 Years Ago Today: JFK Authorizes Peace Corps | Open Culture http://ow.ly/46GVK #…
Read more →My answer on Quora to: Which were the greatest educational reforms and revolutions in human hi... http://qr.ae/UTJW # # Dyslexia and # assistive technology webinar by @ iansmythe is now online at http://tiny.cc/isswebinar0211 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"no matter how many good people there're @ a company that has a tool at its disposal that is as dangerous & awful as DRM" http://ow.ly/455dO # Interesting idea: 'Embedded Librarian' on Twitter Served as Information Concierge for Class - Wired Campus - http://ow.ly/44WpE # edtech # Another example of a good writer being completely…
Read more →Nussbaum: "There Is No Values-Free Form Of Education" http://ow.ly/43ZNU < But do we truly understand the consequences of values? # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Conflating language preservation with early brain development is pure fantasy! Languages die for sociopolitical reasons! http://ow.ly/43ZkZ # @ MultiLingLiving Also lots of scholars don't buy the critical period hypothesis and reducing it to 2 months for sound is just ridiculous. in reply to MultiLingLiving # @ MultiLingLiving We know empirically 0-12 months (and far beyond)…
Read more →Great update. Love Ninite! "Ninite Adds Shareable Links, Makes Setting Up Your Friends' Computers Insanely Easy" http://ow.ly/43tSq # edtech # @ thedyslexicpoet See http://training.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/webinars in reply to thedyslexicpoet # Most "How to" queries on # google still feature content from eHow in top 10. Not sure it's a bad thing, though. http://ow.ly/43hk9 # Perhaps a…
Read more →OSQA | The Open Source Q&A System (tags: opensource community collaboration faq software )
Read more →Finally! Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office http://ow.ly/42UeX # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Finally! Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office http://ow.ly/42UeX # edtech # Just registered for free: "Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2011" # VWBPE11 http://t.co/NCfuSta via @ eventbrite # edtech #edchat # Libyan leader shows us what it was like to write and read in Elizabethan times http://ow.ly/41JNR # engchat # We need more research…
Read more →Just registered for free: "Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2011" # VWBPE11 http://t.co/NCfuSta via @ eventbrite # edtech #edchat # Libyan leader shows us what it was like to write and read in Elizabethan times http://ow.ly/41JNR # engchat # We need more research like this: Amount of profanity in git commit messages per programming…
Read more →Just trying out Zendesk. So far, not impressed with prices or functionality. OS Ticket or HESK seem better solutions. Any others? # edtech # Why schools are not like restaurants: The most ridiculous metaphor courtesy of an economics professor http://ow.ly/3ZUcM # edchat # Religion is a recent invention - great analysis on http://ow.ly/410NP # The…
Read more →Must read for Chrome lovers: 7 Chrome Annoyances and How to Fix Them http://ow.ly/40y3m # edtech # Hilarious pictures on http://literal.ly (even if lots are figurative). Adobe Photoshop one of the best: http://ow.ly/40xBV . # engchat # Is new technology going to make lectures obsolete? http://ow.ly/3ZWks < No, but it can make the great ones…
Read more →New on MetaphorHacker.net: The most ridiculous metaphor of education courtesy of an economics professor # edchat http://j.mp/fQq2mY # Neil Gaiman on copyright: "Nobody who would have bought your book is not buying it because they can find it for free." http://ow.ly/3ZQUz # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"humans are often surprisingly bad at [speech recognition] http://ow.ly/3ZCI8 < Language is not a perfect amazing tool! It just gets us by! # "Maybe we should have listened to Cliff [Geertz]...when he kept emphasizing that humans don't look like goats" http://ow.ly/3ZCzF # funny # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Don't forget to register for free webinar next Thursday: Assistive Technologies: Why pay? by Ian Smythe http://ow.ly/3YoO6 # edchat #dyslexia # Just tried to transfer a single MP3 file to iPhone, Blackberry and Android from a new computer? Android wins by hours! # android #edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ briankotts : Studies Find Language Is Key to Learning Math http://bit.ly/gcWd0S /via @ educationweek # edchat #ukedchat # esl #efl # Don't forget to register for free webinar next Thursday: Assistive Technologies: Why pay? by Ian Smythe http://ow.ly/3YoIn # edchat #dyslexia # Provision CiviCRM support > # CiviCRM coming to# Aegir? http://ow.ly/3Ye1I #…
Read more →RT @ briankotts : Studies Find Language Is Key to Learning Math http://bit.ly/gcWd0S /via @ educationweek # edchat #ukedchat # esl #efl # Don't forget to register for free webinar next Thursday: Assistive Technologies: Why pay? by Ian Smythe http://ow.ly/3YoIn # edchat #dyslexia # Provision CiviCRM support > # CiviCRM coming to# Aegir? http://ow.ly/3Ye1I #…
Read more →Balabolka Free Text-To-Speech Software http://ow.ly/3WU9N # edtech #dyslexia # Didn't know Skype supported these great chat commands: http://ow.ly/3Xo9u Definitely be using those! # edtech #skype # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →New on Researchity: Get the Data: Community for Quantitative research http://j.mp/hZuQsc # SnapEngage looks like the perfect companion service to e-learning http://ow.ly/3WTPi # edtech # Excellent Steven Pinker talk on pragmatics and knowledge. Wish he'd lay off the evolutionary bits elsewhere. http://ow.ly/3WRZT # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →White House Using Open Atrium http://ow.ly/3W569 Another win for # FOSS and # Drupal ! Any uses of # openatrium in education? # edtech # Drupal's Ladder of Engagement http://ow.ly/3VXUm < relevant for all # FOSS not just # Drupal Often missing in education. # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →A great new resource for research on world's languages: Open Language Archives Community http://ow.ly/3UFCw # engchat # Either brilliant or stupid, check back in 2014: Nokia Confirms Microsoft Partnership http://ow.ly/3UvXt # New on Researchity: Towards Community-based Research for Education http://j.mp/erEV7N # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Attending # CiviCRM user group meetup in Bristol. Talking about why more charities should use CiviCRM and FOSS in general. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Attending # CiviCRM user group meetup in Bristol. Talking about why more charities should use CiviCRM and FOSS in general. # WordSeer: Exploring Language Use in Slave Narratives « Text Mining and the Digital Humanities http://ow.ly/3TkJN # Finally - works great on Chrome: "Flash 10.2 Allows Full Screen on Separate Monitors" http://ow.ly/3TjXh # edtech #…
Read more →WordSeer: Exploring Language Use in Slave Narratives « Text Mining and the Digital Humanities http://ow.ly/3TkJN # Finally - works great on Chrome: "Flash 10.2 Allows Full Screen on Separate Monitors" http://ow.ly/3TjXh # edtech # Amazing how much goes into the pronunciation of a single word: John Wells’s phonetic blog: quarks http://ow.ly/3TiPh # engchat # Powered…
Read more →RT @ kaelle76 : @ robertcastelo pizzza goood :D thx for sponsoring # drupal_ldn # Nice Draggable Views/Flags presentation presented at http://ow.ly/3SD0Q # drupal_ldn #drupal # Excited about Flags and Flag Weights # Drupal modules at # drupal_ldn # Microsoft WebMatrix being presented at # drupal_ldn http://ow.ly/3SCf6 Could be useful for prototyping on Windows. #…
Read more →Almost bought this for Kindle: http://ow.ly/3RZPt . Was stopped by rip off price. Will buy used paperback and gift it on. Sorry author! # "University cloud services get £12.5m injection" http://ow.ly/3RWRl < I hope they have the good sense to build on Open Source # Free Online Public Lecture: Assistive Technologies: Why pay? by Ian…
Read more →The Future is OpenSaaS: "the option to leave has to be more valuable than actually leaving" http://ow.ly/3QRBD # edtech #drupal # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Amazing, Lynx (my long lost browser love) ranks 6 among Top 10 # Linux browsers: http://ow.ly/3Qef5 # edtech # New issue of: Language Learning & Technology http://ow.ly/3Q7Er # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Amazing, Lynx (my long lost browser love) ranks 6 among Top 10 # Linux browsers: http://ow.ly/3Qef5 # edtech # New issue of: Language Learning & Technology http://ow.ly/3Q7Er # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Isn't this what # Moodle should be doing? "Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities" http://ow.ly/3NTfr # edtech # Wikipedia Ponders Its Gender-Skewed Contributions - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3NTe1 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Isn't this what # Moodle should be doing? "Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities" http://ow.ly/3NTfr # edtech # Wikipedia Ponders Its Gender-Skewed Contributions - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3NTe1 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Watch this to see how hard language is for computers. http://ow.ly/3Ku1f # "We don't know what causes word frequencies" & "We don't know what the effects of word frequencies are." http://ow.ly/3Kt53 # engchat # "There is a longstanding myth that real bilinguals have no accent in their different languages" http://ow.ly/3JN8k # engchat # @ moximer…
Read more →Watch this to see how hard language is for computers. http://ow.ly/3Ku1f # "We don't know what causes word frequencies" & "We don't know what the effects of word frequencies are." http://ow.ly/3Kt53 # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"There is a longstanding myth that real bilinguals have no accent in their different languages" http://ow.ly/3JN8k # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ moximer @lousylinguist Enjoyed your discussion. Many first principles in linguistics but they look more like RMW Dixon's than Chomsky's. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Should we ration research grant applications? http://ow.ly/3IfSY Is the current system of research funding contributing to knowledge? # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Open Source: we are buying, but are we engaging? at OSS Watch team blog http://ow.ly/3GqLm < should be built into project budgets # edtech # A new must subscribe to online journal: Popular Linguistics http://ow.ly/3EMvB # engchat # Amazing to see # Drupal & # Wikipedia to have their 10th birthday within days. http://ow.ly/3EE0s They…
Read more →Open Source: we are buying, but are we engaging? at OSS Watch team blog http://ow.ly/3GqLm < should be built into project budgets # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →A new must subscribe to online journal: Popular Linguistics http://ow.ly/3EMvB # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Amazing to see # Drupal & # Wikipedia to have their 10th birthday within days. http://ow.ly/3EE0s They both seem to have been around forever. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Lot's of 3D at # BETT11 - I preferred the 3D printers over 3D TVs. Can't wait to have a 3D printer at home in a few years. # edtech # Overwhelming impression from # BETT11 - fragmentation and lock-in. Too much selling, too little sharing. # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →7 times 7 new things in Drupal 7 | Krimson http://ow.ly/3AmYy # drupal #drupal7 # "bubble of hyper-optimism that surrounds debates about the Internet’s role in advancing human freedom or civic causes" http://ow.ly/3AmRR # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →7 times 7 new things in Drupal 7 | Krimson http://ow.ly/3AmYy # drupal #drupal7 # "bubble of hyper-optimism that surrounds debates about the Internet’s role in advancing human freedom or civic causes" http://ow.ly/3AmRR # Powered by Twitter Tools
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