Czeching in on Tech
"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
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