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Posted in Just For Educators on Jul 6th, 2008
Twitter’s a great tool to connect with other educators & researchers, and to keep up with the latest news in your areas of interest and teaching.
People sometimes look at me strangely when I suggest it. You post messages saying what you’re doing right now: that might not rock your socks. But as with any conversation, [...]
Posted in Just For Educators on Jul 6th, 2008
I was going to say “trapped in a hotel with 150 educators … ” but I’m really enjoying this conference. I always do - this is a regular event for the EIT crowd, & next year we’re hosting the conference in Napier.
This is a group of IT lecturers and tutors from polytechs and some universities [...]
Posted in Just For Educators, Just For Learners on Apr 20th, 2008
Lee and Sacha leFever have created a set of excellent “low tech” videos explaining technical concepts like blogs, rss, twitter and more at http://www.youtube.com/leelefever.
This would be a great way to explain concepts to students - simply link to the page or embed the video.
Posted in Just For Educators on Apr 12th, 2008
Wow. I improved my research capability immensely yesterday by signing up to a few cool tools. I’m going to share the love in the next few posts.
First up: del.icio.us.
Yes, it has a funny name. But bear with me … it’s awesome.
What it is: It’s called a “social bookmarking” site. When you’re surfing the internet, and [...]
