Feedbeater and Diffbot
introducing FeedBeater from diffbot on Vimeo.
7 things meme
21st Century Learning: 7 Things Meme I’ve been tagged by Jenny Luca to contribute to this meme. The idea is that you share 7 things about yourself that would be unknown to your readers. OK – seems this is doing the rounds and I need a minor diversion about now… My seven things are: During […]
MUVEnation – Activity #7 – The professional Avatar
More MUVEnation homework… Considering avatar appearance in educational settings. Do you think avatar appearance is an important aspect of educational activities that are being undertaken in Second Life? Of course, Second Life is a very visual medium for many users and as such for many people avatar appearance becomes a significant factor. Angela Thomas […]
Benjamin Zander on teaching
This video struck a chord with me.. @ Yahoo! Video
GetUp! – Save our Net
As many will be aware, the Australian government is contemplating a draconian legislative act to intervene in the internet access of every Australian. Those of you who’ve been following my research project in Second lIfe will be aware that I posed this as a fictional scenario in process drama activities over the past 3 years… […]
Citizen Journalist vs Police
Image via Wikipedia A news story on Tech Wired Australia reports that an Australian man was threatened with mandatory arrest under anti-terrorism laws unless he surrendered his Blackberry mobile phone footage of police searching another man in public. Who Watches The Watchers: Australian Threatened With Arrest Under Australian Anti-Terrorism Act For Being a Citizen Journalist […]
Wikipedia founder calls for support
Image by kerryank via Flickr I was looking at some information on Wikipedia today and noticed a banner signalling a message from Jimmy Wales. Jimmy is calling for the global community, who have so willingly embraced Wikipedia, to lend support to ensure the ongoing viability of the site. Simply click on the button to see […]
Using theatre metaphors to explain collaboration
I stumbled across this little tidbit at cmduke’s EdTechatouille Explaining Collaboration to Learners Explaining Collaboration to Learners I took 10 minutes to watch at Edutopia.org Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace – a presentation by Randy Nelson, Pixar University, at the Apple Education Leadership Summit this past April […]
My Daily Tweets (via Loud Twitter)
12:38 Curious about: "at-Largely: One of my sources died in a plane crash last night…" ( tinyurl.com/9xj5m9 ) # 12:39 Reading: "Man who set up alternate email for White House dies in plane crash – Boing Boing" ( tinyurl.com/9hdqp6 ) # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
Vernacular Video – Collaboration
Howard Rheingold’s eye-opening video on the use of video in participatory culture. Technorati Tags: rheingold, video, community, collaboration, elearning