Posts from December 2011

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-29

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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

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The day 2011-12-22 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-22

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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…

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The day 2011-12-16 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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…

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The day 2011-12-15 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

"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

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-15

by Dominik Lukeš ·

"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…

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The day 2011-12-14 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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

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The day 2011-12-11 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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…

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The day 2011-12-10 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

@ 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…

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The day 2011-12-09 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

"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…

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The day 2011-12-08 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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 #…

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-08

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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 #…

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The day 2011-12-07 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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

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The day 2011-12-05 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

"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

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The day 2011-12-04 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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

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The day 2011-12-02 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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

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The day 2011-12-01 on @techczech

by Dominik Lukeš ·

Still too expensive and not flexible enough > Cambridge University Press to try renting academic articles http://t.co/rvZvcLvT # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-01

by Dominik Lukeš ·

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…

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