At least sort of… I’ve been wanting for a while to play around with the new features of Visual.ly. Visual.ly is trying to build a set of tools to help you build infographics. These are the hottest things around and…
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Access :: Future
I’m on a roll. In addition to the previous post with all kinds of Open Source software, I was doing my daily read of Stephen Downes’ OLDaily. There was one entry that particularly caught my eye. It was a book…
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons, Education, learning, Open Source, PLN, Read/Write Web, Teaching
Really Smart People
Yesterday served as a testament to me that there are a lot of really smart people and I was so fortunate to be able to see them show off just what it is that they stand for. At the end…
CSIT Symposium 2011
Yesterday was the annual Computer Science and Information Technology Symposium. Held annually, it’s an opportunity for teachers of CS and IT to get together for a day of learning focussed on these subjects. Like most conferences, it is an opportunity…
Spare me the Drudgery
There has been a great deal of buzz about the Khan Academy and how it might have an impact on education. On the one side, we have seen the thoughts from people like Bill Gates on the matter. On the…
My First Look at Natty Narwhal
It was a dog walking Saturday morning and I decided to do a little multi-tasking. While enjoying the park with the dog who was long overdue for a good run with the weather we’ve been having, I set my computer…
Tagged with: Ubuntu, WUBI
Posted in Computers, Education, Just Rambling, Links, Open Source, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, Just Rambling, Links, Open Source, Read/Write Web, software
Getting it Right … Financially
One of the best inspirational things that I do for myself is subscribe to The Daily Papert. In this mailing list, I get a daily bit of inspiration from one of the greatest minds in educational technology as curated by…
Plan B
One of my favourite television shows of all time was “The Practice“. It was a show about lawyers and one of their strategies was “Plan B” which would be used in certain occasions as part of the defense strategy. It…
Time to Consider 2.0
Yesterday, I blogged about our enjoyable night out at the Montgomery Gentry concert. I tried to talk about the difference between Concert 1.0 and Concert 2.0, because to me, there was a big difference. I’ve also had the opportunity within…
RockMelt
Earlier this week, I received my invitation to use the RockMelt browser and so decided to give it a go. It was a relatively quick download and I was ready to go. My first impression was – hey, this is…
Tagged with: browser, chrome, RockMelt, social
Posted in Computers, Del.icio.us, Google, Just Rambling, learning, Open Source, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Del.icio.us, Google, Just Rambling, learning, Open Source, Read/Write Web, software
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