Today marks the 150th birthday of the world most famous clock, Big Ben. It’s famous in structure, design, reliability, and without a doubt, the most recognizable clock chime ever. It’s famous appearance make it one of the premier landmarks in…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
links for 2009-05-30
Channel 4 uses Twitter at the cutting edge of live surgery… | Media | guardian.co.uk Twitter might not be formally launching its own TV programme, contrary to web gossip, but it is increasingly being explored as a tool for building…
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Interpreting PBWorks Data
I had an interesting conversation with a colleague yesterday that turned into something interesting and interpretive. We were having one of those “If I was King of the Education World” conversations. We were talking about the use of technology along…
links for 2009-05-29
Coding a Clean Web 2.0 Style Web Design from Photoshop In this web development tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a web page template from a Photoshop mock-up from a previous tutorial called "How to Create a Clean Web 2.0…
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Waving at the Future
There was a big splash of news yesterday as Google demonstrated one of its new products from its laboratory. They’re calling it Google Wave. You can’t download and play around with it yet as an end user. However, the potential…
Posted in Computers, Education, ICSXX, Just Rambling, learning, Open Source, PLN, Read/Write Web, software, Teaching
links for 2009-05-28
Hulu – Labs: Hulu Desktop Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that's optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to…
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You Will Be Found…
…and once you’re found, you will be indexed. I’m reading Ross’ reply to yesterday’s post and thinking about how easy it is for him to find himself on the internet. With a unique name like his, he stands out and…
Posted in Computers, Education, ICSXX, Just Rambling, learning, Open Source, PLN, Read/Write Web, software, Teaching
links for 2009-05-27
Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups: What's the Difference? “Should I create a group or launch a Page?” It’s the eternal question that gets asked as often as, “What is Twitter (Twitter reviews)?” at introductory social media training classes. (tags: facebook…
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Search Visualization
Welcome to another attempt to help you search and find exactly what you want quickly and efficiently. As more and more information becomes available, search becomes more challenging. Sometimes, you find great results. Sometimes, not so great. There’s a trend…
Posted in Computers, Del.icio.us, Education, Just Rambling, learning, PLN, Read/Write Web, software, Teaching
links for 2009-05-26
10 Golden Rules of Social Media So here are my 10 Golden Rules of Social Media to embrace, debate, pass around and refine. Have at it. (tags: socialmedia social web2.0 tips howto media toread rules) Newspaper Death Watch Chronicling the…
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- Maine school districts have eyes for Apple | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME
- Real World Math Problems - Tap Into Teen Minds
- How to prevent code rot | TechRepublic
- Classroom Management with EFL Students (by Natalie Britton) – Teaching Village
- A Simplified Bloom's Taxonomy Poster For Students
- 10 Little-Known Twitter Tools For Connected Educators http://t.co/5rWPP7LibQ via @zite
- Digg’s Google Reader Replacement To Launch Next Week, Available To All By June 26 http://t.co/y2F5HSXvWJ via @zite
- Feedly Gets Its Own Syncing Service, Detaches You From Google Reader http://t.co/0PpBtD14El via @zite
- Elaine Weiss: Another Casualty of Excessive Testing: Great Teachers
- 2 Potential Google Reader Alternatives To Watch | Edudemic
