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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 Learners on Apr 20th, 2008
What they are: You’re reading a blog! “Blog” is short for “weblog”. Blogs are a series of articles, kind of like a newspaper or magazine, which are called “posts”, and are shown in date order (most recent first). The idea is that the blogger regularly publishes new content to keep their readers informed or to [...]
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 Learners on Apr 20th, 2008
It has a funny name. But bear with me … it’s awesome.
What it is: del.icio.us is a “social bookmarking” site. When you’re surfing the internet, and want to go back to a page,
you probably save it to your Favorites or Bookmarks, right? Instead you can save it to del.icio.us, which is online, not on your [...]
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 [...]
