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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
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