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@ NeilMilliken Agree. The text level measures are all problematic. They can even mark an easy text as difficult. Better than nothing, thought in reply to NeilMilliken # "Google Shows Reading Levels for Search Results" great for readers with literacy difficulties http://ow.ly/3nthF # dyslexia # Great news. # Moodle HQ changing development to SCRUM. More…
Read more →@ NeilMilliken Agree. The text level measures are all problematic. They can even mark an easy text as difficult. Better than nothing, thought in reply to NeilMilliken # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Learn Out Loud - Audio Books, Podcasts, Videos, and Free Downloads to Learn From (tags: audiobooks learning podcasts education multimedia )
Read more →"Google Shows Reading Levels for Search Results" great for readers with literacy difficulties http://ow.ly/3nthF # dyslexia # Great news. # Moodle HQ changing development to SCRUM. More frequent major release should help Moodle become more 'agile'! http://ow.ly/3o5Nk # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →# BBC #039;s Start The Week, In Our Time, Thinking Aloud and # NPR #039;s On The Media are must listen podcasts. Never shy away from complex topics! # @ Amazon charging more for Kindle books than paperbacks is immoral. Bad for readers, bad for environment. http://j.mp/g2N2lu # Powered by Twitter Tools
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Read more →The case of the shockingly unsplit infinitive: "...for example, federal seems usually to be..." http://ow.ly/3n0yW # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →What will they think of next? Well, I want one! USB Typewriter http://ow.ly/3mJDS # edtech # Frankly, I can't see myself building a # Drupal 7 site without using http://www.drupalgardens.com to prototype the basic features. # Attending a great webinar by @ aquia on quick roll out of # Drupal (micro)sites using # DrupalGardens http://j.mp/15M0So…
Read more →What will they think of next? Well, I want one! USB Typewriter http://ow.ly/3mJDS # edtech # Frankly, I can't see myself building a # Drupal 7 site without using http://www.drupalgardens.com to prototype the basic features. # Attending a great webinar by @ aquia on quick roll out of # Drupal (micro)sites using # DrupalGardens http://j.mp/15M0So…
Read more →Competence concepts and competence transfer: "there is a risk that competence concepts could proliferate wildly" http://ow.ly/3m7KF # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"Notes on Parenting: Is My Child Behind in His Development?" http://ow.ly/3lr2i # edchat # Another Gender Gap Closed by a Well-Timed Bit of Encouragement | Mind Matters | Big Think http://ow.ly/3l579 # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Happy to finally see Dropbox to move to RC on 1.0 but their pace of innovation is snail-like compared with rivals. http://ow.ly/3kwYG # "...small effects are difficult to study, no matter how interesting that they are." http://ow.ly/3kitr # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I was just going to scan this post on Rap scholarship but it raises fundamental issues of authorship, evidence and more: http://ow.ly/3kfXO # Why can't all CSS be like LESS - Leaner CSS? http://ow.ly/3kf6Y # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →OMG (Oh My Gnome) now I know what I want for Christmas: Gnome Chomsky from JustSay Gnome! http://ow.ly/3k0fh # First time I clicked on an in-video YouYube ad and I got this great story: Ironic Business Card Becomes Accidental Viral http://ow.ly/3jURZ # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ letscrate Love the drag and drop features on drop.io replacement # Crate # edtech in reply to letscrate # Plus add http://ge.tt RT @ pgsimoes : # edtech 10+ Alternatives to Drop.io http://dlvr.it/9gdnL (@rmbyrne) # Language Log » Radiation risk from flying dwarfs http://ow.ly/3jxFF # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →The Lousy Linguist: how to spot an academic con artist http://ow.ly/3iXkF # "Bilinguals usually acquire & use their languages for different purposes, in different domains.., with different people." http://ow.ly/3iNcJ # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →The Lousy Linguist: how to spot an academic con artist http://ow.ly/3iXkF # "Bilinguals usually acquire & use their languages for different purposes, in different domains.., with different people." http://ow.ly/3iNcJ # "trying to discover facts about usage by consciously reflecting on your own behavior is a deeply flawed process" http://ow.ly/3i02V # engchat # Can http://ge.tt be…
Read more →I just gave the following answer to this question from a student. Perhaps somebody can find this useful. Comments welcome: does anyone know the rules about using images from the internet for teaching resources in terms of copyright? I have been copying pictures willy nilly but not sure if that is legal.... Please don't take…
Read more →"trying to discover facts about usage by consciously reflecting on your own behavior is a deeply flawed process" http://ow.ly/3i02V # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Can http://ge.tt be the true successor to the traitorous Drop.io? Looks very very close! Password protection would help. # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ briankotts : “I want my 5 hours back”. No evidence that homework leads 2better learning. http://bit.ly/gejPl5 # edchat > me & my kids 2 :( # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Does teacher freedom from "bureaucratic control" mean less freedom for students with special needs? http://ow.ly/3gq7G # edchat #senchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I finally understand why Krugman got his Nobel. This deserves to be a book: "The Instability of Moderation" http://ow.ly/3ghOf # E-Learning Journals http://ow.ly/3g3e5 # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →# moodle2 is out with radical under-the-hood changes. Looking forward to # moodle3 that redesigns the hood. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I don't get it! How on Earth can it cost $3,000 to publish a single academic article if you don't pay for peer review http://ow.ly/3flzm # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I don't get it! How on Earth can it cost $3,000 to publish a single academic article if you don't pay for peer review http://ow.ly/3flzm # # Moodle 2.0 finally released! Been running test site on RC and the upgrade's worth it. Still a way to go, though. http://ow.ly/3f7Rx # edtech # "constant ostinato of…
Read more →# Moodle 2.0 finally released! Been running test site on RC and the upgrade's worth it. Still a way to go, though. http://ow.ly/3f7Rx # edtech # "constant ostinato of Viewing With Alarm somehow never translates into serious large-scale studies of causes and effects" http://ow.ly/3eWTx # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Genitivizing the ungenitivizable "...faced with a set of terrible choices, people will make terrible decisions." http://ow.ly/3em7b # engchat # RT @ PreKlanguages : Foreign Language for Foreign Policy? http://bit.ly/fEz26c # languages #edchat # mfl #ellchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"Heffer cannot tell his participle from a hole in the ground." http://ow.ly/3dbRK < Or should it be gerund? # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Not sure the value metaphor holds for long. RT @ JR_Haugen : ... We give education away, how much do your students value it? # edchat # RT @ mbusicoflight : Does education change slowly? http://www.elearners.com/articles/education-innovations/ # edchat #globaled10 # Putting QuickTime on a PC is a traumatic experience. Kind of like installing a virus…
Read more →@ MoodleDan Got me thinking about an # Android app for # Moodle Only one I could find: http://bit.ly/9Y0rpy doesn't work with our install. in reply to MoodleDan # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ MoodleDan Got me thinking about an # Android app for # Moodle Only one I could find: http://bit.ly/9Y0rpy doesn't work with our install. in reply to MoodleDan # I wonder if any of the student protesters could take lessons from Velvet Revolution of 21 year's ago? http://ow.ly/3bh2B # edchat # On "Strictly incompetent: pompous…
Read more →I wonder if any of the student protesters could take lessons from Velvet Revolution of 21 year's ago? http://ow.ly/3bh2B # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →On "Strictly incompetent: pompous garbage from Simon Heffer": "Consistency isn't quite enough to excuse grammar fascism." http://ow.ly/3acpX # On ignorance: "[It is the fact...] you know many things deeply and thoroughly that can prevent your learning." http://ow.ly/39Vn5 # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Central v. Local control that old education see-saw: "Gove proposes direct management of state schools funding" http://ow.ly/39df7 # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"women [in] sexist work-place [...can] bolster ties to other women or [distance themselves] from their feminine identity" http://ow.ly/383CS # Just pre-registered for UK Moodlemoot 2010: http://ow.ly/38MRB # mootuk11 # RT @ Anthropologies : Universities Reform, crisis and the absence of a language of protest: http://bit.ly/dCMdNo # RT @ hjarche : The myth of the inevitability…
Read more →@ andymee Try http://commons.acquia.com in reply to andymee # Love the title: RT @ langwitches : In session called "just more (technology)stuff or truly more education" at # fcis10 # Amazing to see how # Drupal site building has changed in the last year with Context and Features. See # drupalcommons 4 sample implementation. #…
Read more →@ andymee Try http://commons.acquia.com in reply to andymee # Love the title: RT @ langwitches : In session called "just more (technology)stuff or truly more education" at # fcis10 # Amazing to see how # Drupal site building has changed in the last year with Context and Features. See # drupalcommons 4 sample implementation. #…
Read more →Love the # drupal Active Tags module presented at # drupal_ldn http://ow.ly/1rsWzB # Pronouncing it by the book http://ow.ly/1rt6BX < oh, how common this is, mostly harmless & comical but teachers should know better # engchat # I have no idea why I'm watching the Bowls: Scottish International Open sponsored by Co-operative Funeral Care http://ow.ly/37KJn…
Read more →About time: "the death of philosophy" http://ow.ly/36Rc1 # I.T. takes longer | BDA Employment and Dyslexia Handbook 2010 http://ow.ly/35qtn # dyslexia #edtech # Interesting research: "Implicit Puritanism in American Moral Cognition" http://ow.ly/36Ntm # Student just observed grammar wars in UK supermarkets: Tesco: "5 items of less" v Waitrose: "5 items or fewer" # engchat Cf…
Read more →The Innovative Educator: Apps for Innovative Educators with Androids http://ow.ly/35pwA # @ mweller re http://ow.ly/360Rt I know the feeling. Even worse in fields (linguistics!) where 95% of participants never heard of 'hashtag'! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ KarinReichrath : Great metaphor: Social Media is like Learning How to Fish - http://bit.ly/bN5RqX by @ AskAaronlee # socialmedia # Must read blog/journal on language: "Word. The Online Journal on African American English" http://ow.ly/35G92 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"Strong Opinions, Weakly Held" http://ow.ly/35pBX < too many weak opinions, strongly held out there # "absolute certainty can be a liability when dealing with complex issues and problems." http://ow.ly/35pyo > "strong opions, weakly held" # Crucial TED talk on the importance of patterns in the brain over focus on neurons! http://ow.ly/35riP # @ google I…
Read more →Hilarious writeup of marine mammal moxy. Any blogger who calls dolphins 'assholes' has my tweet. http://ow.ly/359OT # I think the newly redesigned http://drupal.org may just be the best-designed project website ever. # drupal # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →What is Dyslexia: Free Webinar Starting in 30mins: http://j.mp/d9xhd3 # edchat # Attending talk on intervention for Pragmatic Language Impairment at Royal Holloway: http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/scip # engchat # Do Freelancers Do Best on WordPress, Drupal or Joomla? http://ow.ly/1rof3r # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →What is Dyslexia: Free Webinar Starting in 30mins: http://j.mp/d9xhd3 # edchat # Attending talk on intervention for Pragmatic Language Impairment at Royal Holloway: http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/scip # engchat # Do Freelancers Do Best on WordPress, Drupal or Joomla? http://ow.ly/1rof3r # "What is Dyslexia?"-register for free webinar public lecture for Dyslexia Awareness Week http://j.mp/ct0Q1n # edchat #engchat #…
Read more →"What is Dyslexia?"-register for free webinar public lecture for Dyslexia Awareness Week http://j.mp/ct0Q1n # edchat #engchat # dyslexia # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Learn your phonetics by heart... http://ow.ly/32ffK # engchat # "..no state legislature be allowed to require standards that they couldn't demonstrate proficiency on themselves" http://ow.ly/326lK # edchat # Why we should view all fearmongering on education with suspicion: http://ow.ly/330Tf # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ iusher that's the problem. Drop.io filled so many different needs at the same time # IT & Media Studies graduates worst hit by unemployment. Law, Geography, SportsScience least. What does this mean? http://ow.ly/32CJ0 # edchat # RT @ andymee : I say this every year but words can't express my utter hatred of Turnitin…
Read more →Was surprised no comments on @ dropio 's closure on official blog: http://j.mp/bCzJRK . So I left one. It was deleted. No surprise! # edtech # "The more..people worry about too many children [in other parts] of the world, the more..forget about [own] appliances.." http://ow.ly/32cSL # "is it possible to provide in a systemic way…
Read more →RT @ TeacherSabrina : My latest piece for HuffPo is finally up! Sane is the new Radical http://huff.to/cEqcKd # edchat #edreform # There should be more experiments with Open Source in education like this: http://www.ubuntu.1monthof.org # edtech #foss # One more example of Facebook disdain for users: "Facebook Buys Drop.io, Shuts It Down" http://ow.ly/1rkjez #…
Read more →"I'm always suspicious when someone suggests the solution to long-term systemic problems involves superhuman efforts..." http://j.mp/b0vMMj # Take to heart: ‘Not a word’ isn't an argument: "People saying 'it’s not a word'..mean it’s not a word they like" http://ow.ly/31r3p # engchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"$75 billion has been spent on CRM software...customer satisfaction has risen only 3-5 percent" http://ow.ly/30XQy < VLE = CRM? # edtech # Scrivener, the super writing productivity tools comes finally comes to Windows in a Beta available now: http://ow.ly/30PeK # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"$75 billion has been spent on CRM software...customer satisfaction has risen only 3-5 percent" http://ow.ly/30XQy < VLE = CRM? # edtech # Scrivener, the super writing productivity tools comes finally comes to Windows in a Beta available now: http://ow.ly/30PeK # edtech # Free webinar tomorrow: "Public Lecture: Making Examinations Fair through Accessibility Arrangements" http://ow.ly/305c5 #…
Read more →Free webinar tomorrow: "Public Lecture: Making Examinations Fair through Accessibility Arrangements" http://ow.ly/305c5 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Shakespeare in the Original Voice http://ow.ly/1rhrvn # engchat # Selling balance on charter schools http://ow.ly/1rhqGG # edchat # Take Notes & Annotate PDFs The Easy Way With Jarnal http://ow.ly/1rhncr # edtech < send like a handy tool for teachers # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just scored 92 points on Wordfeud. Who knew 'Froggier' was a word. http://wordfeud.com # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Just came across Erving Goffman Archives http://ow.ly/2YzYr A man whose importance for education it is still easy to underestimate. # edchat # How to find the balance? "Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things" http://ow.ly/1rgcbj # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ CogniBeat1 : Charley Boorman on a childhood spent with dyslexia http://bbc.in/cstOCe # Was ready to buy http://j.mp/b974OL for my # Kindle but @ randomhouse won't let me in the UK. Hope the author thanks them for the lost sale! # Upgraded netbook to Ubuntu 10.10. Like the Unity interface in principle-even for desktop-but…
Read more →Finally, ebooks on the Kindle to become lendable. Hopefully, library support and gifting will soon follow. http://j.mp/bJgQS7 # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Definitely will try One Page Per Day: A web typewriter for authors. http://j.mp/bQeXGD # Wish I had time to read all the Nominees for the Edward Sapir Book Prize 2010 http://j.mp/ahs4Bi # anthropology # "we can't have an educational system focused entirely on the occasional Mandelbrot but..." http://j.mp/daEPUH # edchat # Sad news: Mandelbrot resembles…
Read more →Definitely will try One Page Per Day: A web typewriter for authors. http://j.mp/bQeXGD # Wish I had time to read all the Nominees for the Edward Sapir Book Prize 2010 http://j.mp/ahs4Bi # anthropology # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"we can't have an educational system focused entirely on the occasional Mandelbrot but..." http://j.mp/daEPUH # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Sad news: Mandelbrot resembles the big fractal in the sky: http://fooledbyrandomness.com # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Eat less meat, save the planet? Livestock nears sustainability limit http://ow.ly/1r9hwS # Great variety of products at # specialneedsldn Sadly only one example of # foss and # oer at http://commtap.org # Love the metaphor of beta-knowledge: "Prototyping cultures: social experimentation, DIY science and beta-knowledge" http://j.mp/d1KwVq # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →A very promising service of all the .io kind: http://markup.io . Great for teaching webdesign as a simple alternative to Diigo. # edtech # "A person can be a total dunce at one thing (and get slaughtered for it on LanguageLog) while being brilliant at another" http://j.mp/9QPo3U # This sounds like an important book to…
Read more →A very promising service of all the .io kind: http://markup.io . Great for teaching webdesign as a simple alternative to Diigo. # edtech # "A person can be a total dunce at one thing (and get slaughtered for it on LanguageLog) while being brilliant at another" http://j.mp/9QPo3U # This sounds like an important book to…
Read more →@ Downes Also, learning and education are not subject to the same theory. The weak point is a theory of how learning results in education. in reply to Downes # @ Downes Historically, looking for the one good theory of learning/education has resulted in misery for teachers and (some) students. in reply to Downes #…
Read more →Does the annexation of the commons in 1600s discussed in this podcast foreshadow the future of freedom on the net? http://j.mp/dySz9s # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →I feel that GoodleDocs have taken a step and a half back for every step forward. Docs looking like pages are no good without zoom. # edtech # Illustration how study skills instruction can be too successful for someone's own good. http://j.mp/aGXL8r # edchat # RT @ temperedradical : Thought provoking. Thnx RT @ kdwashburn…
Read more →"Humbolt: any thought can be expressed in any language: http://j.mp/brvPGj <This should always be prefaced by "with enough effort" # engchat # Important question is based on iffy data. "How can we change students' relationships with information?" http://j.mp/9npcWJ # edtech #edchat # Drupal Commons isn't dependent on using Drupal | Acquia http://j.mp/9SW9fM # Open Tweet…
Read more →Randomize twice, reform once! >"social norming can be extremely sensitive to small changes in initial conditions" http://j.mp/98RkMe # edchat # Think before you reform: "Peer pressure, selection, and educational reform" ow.ly/1r4yOb # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"what many of us take for granted with computers seems like absolute voodoo to many other people" ow.ly/1r3Clp # edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"what many of us take for granted with computers seems like absolute voodoo to many other people" ow.ly/1r3Clp # edtech # Excellent summary of programming: "Every programming language is, fundamentally, a way of encoding logic." http://j.mp/ac6ps2 # edtech # Another # Drupal distro with great potential http://sciencecollaboration.org . Configured with semantic markup for scientific communities…
Read more →Excellent summary of programming: "Every programming language is, fundamentally, a way of encoding logic." http://j.mp/ac6ps2 # edtech # Another # Drupal distro with great potential http://sciencecollaboration.org . Configured with semantic markup for scientific communities. # @ ebodeux Cheating is a feature of schooling not learning. Cheaters could still be learning or learning something more important…
Read more →To live by: In any model you "have to make assumptions to generalize your inferences beyond the population under study." http://j.mp/99bW0A # "It's only at school that collaboration is called cheating." -- Walter Bender of sugarlabs.org http://j.mp/cRibQu # edchat #edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"many enterprise IT decisionmakers acknowledge that the world is changing-but deny that they are part of that same world" http://j.mp/9jGTOd # Roman Jakobson: "Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey." http://j.mp/9RALAC # ellchat # Cumulative radicalization: "At each point, the next step makes sense but the entire…
Read more →"many enterprise IT decisionmakers acknowledge that the world is changing-but deny that they are part of that same world" http://j.mp/9jGTOd # Roman Jakobson: "Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey." http://j.mp/9RALAC # ellchat # Cumulative radicalization: "At each point, the next step makes sense but the entire…
Read more →Installed IE9 beta and got asked to restart my system. So nothing's really changed! Microsoft up to its old nonsense. # edtech # Should we rename psychology to undergrad psychology? http://ow.ly/1qXnQc # Better but still needs work: More tools for viewing document revisions in Google Docs Blog http://ow.ly/1qXlys # Open-Source Search: Application Centric and a…
Read more →Semanticians take note! "Not everyone has an equal say in determining what words mean." http://ow.ly/1qWNUT # engchat # Essential for linguists, teachers, learners: "Not everyone has an equal say in determining what words mean." http://j.mp/c5vb0f # engchat # Studying Chinese history is now probably more important than studying our own. So much needless prejudice and…
Read more →"Lexical chunks may've entered the house of language teaching..but they shouldn't be given the run of the place" http://j.mp/aFIlJN # ellchat # Linguistic research via cartoon http://j.mp/ba4NVM # engchat via @ languagelog and # nsfw # Now I know what I want for Christmas: Thing-O-Matic 3D printer: http://j.mp/aS2R2d # Things looking good for ebooks. Two…
Read more →Arrington: "the kind of person who wants to increase his [...] success by getting a masters degree isn’t an entrepreneur" http://j.mp/curhXR # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →"Many of us buy into the falsehood that unless you are an ambilingual you are not a bilingual." http://j.mp/aqjQ3h # As detailed an argument in favor of Moodle over Blackboard as can be made: http://j.mp/dAB3qe VLE world take notice. # edtech # RT @ moodleman : RT @ landa84 : http://bit.ly/cTjIPP - 1-minute tutorials on…
Read more →Frederick Jelinek, Czech-born pioneer of speech recognition, remembered and missed by many, including this NYT obituary: http://j.mp/b8NJEc # Edwired: Teaching a large class having students generating questions and using books as resources: http://j.mp/aE8WD6 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →@ opensourcerer Learning to drive should be the minimum unit of effort for learning anything worthwhile. # edchat # At long last: Kindle for Android Adds Highlighting, Notes, and Voice Search http://j.mp/ap0FEG # edtech # RT @ ToddAHoffman : School leader promotes Twitter as communication tool for teachers # edtech #edchat http://sbne.ws/r/5IQk # Finally here…
Read more →@ opensourcerer Learning to drive should be the minimum unit of effort for learning anything worthwhile. # edchat # At long last: Kindle for Android Adds Highlighting, Notes, and Voice Search http://j.mp/ap0FEG # edtech # RT @ ToddAHoffman : School leader promotes Twitter as communication tool for teachers # edtech #edchat http://sbne.ws/r/5IQk # Finally here…
Read more →@ donpresant At present single sign on is as far as I've taken Mahara+Moodle+Drupal. Moodle 2 should make things easier through repositories. in reply to donpresant # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Google Goggles et al are virtually augmented reality. A Twitter conference backchannel is reality-augmented virtuality. # thatcamp # RT @ supraphonic : RT @ malki : Yo mama so old the Illiad is a metaphor about dating her # Kognice 2010 is the first conference I've been to that served exclusively vegetarian food. Stereotypes about…
Read more →More Evidence Our Memory Stinks http://ow.ly/1qRQ6d # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →More Evidence Our Memory Stinks http://ow.ly/1qRQ6d # Sometimes I feel like lifelong learning refers to learning of 'things we find acceptable to learn' rather than just learning. # edchat # Probably the best name for a blog ever. A must read: "Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science" http://j.mp/axrifO # God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill'…
Read more →Sometimes I feel like lifelong learning refers to learning of 'things we find acceptable to learn' rather than just learning. # edchat # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Probably the best name for a blog ever. A must read: "Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science" http://j.mp/axrifO # God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule | The Onion - America's Finest News Source http://j.mp/dw0HUe # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ ShellTerrell : What should be the single focus of # education if we could agree on only one goal? http://bit.ly/aPvXSW by @ 1katty # edchat # Impressive resource for anyone interested in the human fossil record: http://fossilized.org Would make great classroom tool. # edchat #mashup # RT @ MoodleDan : RT @ Drisgill…
Read more →"Learning standard written English is a good thing...memorizing...fantasies of self-appointed experts is waste of time." http://j.mp/9OYBsU # RT @ Annoula64 : RT @ briankotts : How To Use Wikipedia As A Class Assignment. http://bit.ly/9EnxYm & http://bit.ly/aFISfN # edchat #edtech # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →What evidence would convince a prescriptivist? Shrug! More well-deserved prescriptivism bashing from GKP http://j.mp/8YsTA7 # engchat # Don’t Waste Money on a New Computer for College http://j.mp/astXkd # People talk about ease of use if iPhones but I've only had to connect my Android phone to my computer twice in a month. No iTunes needed!…
Read more →The Educator's PLN - The personal learning network for educators (tags: collaboration community socialnetworking technology web2.0 twitter teaching educators education )
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Read more →@ lifehacker "Get Past Your Childhood Doubts by Simply Starting" http://j.mp/duyplY < Recipe for education, as well? # edchat # Interesting stories but not always sound theory RT @ kamyousaf : Radio4 - Is it worth learning another language? http://bbc.in/dz6rH5 # MFL # I love http://paper.li for extracting info from Twitter streams but it would…
Read more →@ lifehacker "Get Past Your Childhood Doubts by Simply Starting" http://j.mp/duyplY < Recipe for education, as well? # edchat # Interesting stories but not always sound theory RT @ kamyousaf : Radio4 - Is it worth learning another language? http://bbc.in/dz6rH5 # MFL # I love http://paper.li for extracting info from Twitter streams but it would…
Read more →http://thewildernessdowntown.com is an amazing feat of technical and esthetic creativity. I've seen films with lower production value. # RT @ willrich45 : Reading: Confusing Tech Integration with Instructional Reform http://bit.ly/9ieyQO Larry Cuban. # RT @ willrich45 : You think "student achievement" is just about "teacher effectiveness"? See chart here: http://bit.ly/9UpgbR # edreform # Late 1800s…
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Read more →I love listening to Open Source stories such as this one on a FOSS library system. Too bad more decision makers don't. http://j.mp/b2x1Eu # Sure doesn't feel like only 56,996,229 people are richer than me in the world this year. Still, time to share. http://globalrichlist.com # If Twitter is so easy, why did I just…
Read more →Stung publishers claim their new role is in DRM & lawsuits. How more clueless can they get? http://ow.ly/1qOi2u # # drupalcon videos on Internet Archive Search http://j.mp/clFjkf # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Great article on linguistic relativity (for NYT) if a bit too harsh on Whorf http://j.mp/bJ6Npl # RT @ GaryBrannigan : For children who struggle academically, homework can be overwhelmingly frustrating and demoralizing # gtchat # This change can't come soon enough "For Scholars, Web Changes Sacred Rite of Peer Review - NYTimes.com" http://ow.ly/2tRKe # research…
Read more →RT @ classroomtools : BBC reports that female scientists are forgotten by public. http://bbc.in/dk5sZ5 # sschat #ecosys # Thanks to # kittenkillers for the inspirational message: "I can be your module, you can be my theme." # drupalcons # DEA knows [Ebonics] "the language variety of African-Americans is systematic and rule-governed." Why don't most people?…
Read more →RT @ classroomtools : BBC reports that female scientists are forgotten by public. http://bbc.in/dk5sZ5 # sschat #ecosys # Thanks to # kittenkillers for the inspirational message: "I can be your module, you can be my theme." # drupalcons # DEA knows [Ebonics] "the language variety of African-Americans is systematic and rule-governed." Why don't most people?…
Read more →CK12.ORG - FlexBooks (tags: books collaboration creativecommons oer opensource web2.0 technology teaching resources ebooks textbook )
Read more →I'm missing # drupalcon again but thanks to the impressive broadcasts by @ drupalradar I don't feel as out of touch http://bit.ly/9dKbQi # RT @ hjames : Big Drupal shops advising those starting out to give away everything they know at # drupalcon Knowledge sharing creates business. # @ jenlampton Sorry to miss your talk…
Read more →OER Commons (tags: academic collaboration web2.0 creativecommons opencourseware opensource oer resources teaching technology reference community elearning ) Inkling - Interactive textbooks for iPad. (tags: e-learning books elearning education interactive web2.0 collaboration )
Read more →@ SpecGram On reflection I don't think that study of language is more subjective than nature. Both require theory, axiom, method, evidence... in reply to SpecGram # @ SpecGram But serious study of language structure and use can be as challenging as study of science as the obvious becomes non-obvious. 2/2 # @ SpecGram Studying…
Read more →"just another Deepak Chopra for the computer science cognoscenti" < Essential reading for would be singularity futurists http://j.mp/cJ765u # "From a developmental point of view-there is no such thing as the brain prior to its interaction with the environment." http://j.mp/9X6vah # @ MoodleDan I visited a number of yurts in Kazakhstan. Even saw one being…
Read more →Great suggested questions for this week's # edchat Pick one you like on http://bit.ly/dCxVyy via @ web20classroom # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →RT @ Aaron_Eyler : Educational decisions that are made without all stakeholders represented at the table aren't decisions- they're directives. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →Reflecting on the power of Wordpress 3 & Drupal 7, I wonder if some of my trials would've succeeded if I'd had these tools in 2005 # edtech # This should be required reading for any research skills and ethics class: http://j.mp/cP9BdN # Helpful tips on overcoming the "frequency illusion" in statements about language from…
Read more →Social networking online and off lucidly explained by Google UX architect http://j.mp/d8d097 # amustread # "Much of higher education is neither higher nor education." http://j.mp/9zYVi3 # edchat # @ curtislinton "If I don't understand what it means to be white, I can't understand what it means to be black in our society." # equity101 #…
Read more →Social networking online and off lucidly explained by Google UX architect http://j.mp/d8d097 # amustread # "Much of higher education is neither higher nor education." http://j.mp/9zYVi3 # edchat # @ curtislinton "If I don't understand what it means to be white, I can't understand what it means to be black in our society." # equity101 #…
Read more →@ tomwhitby @victorhugor Agree on irrelevance of learning styles but here's an intriguing alternative view: http://j.mp/aVHTn4 # edchat in reply to tomwhitby # As innovators we often ask others to be open to change but are we open enough to stability? # edchat #edtech # RT @ geloomis : People...may not remember exactly what you…
Read more →True for all decisions not just teacher evaluation: 'it’s better to be “data-informed” than “data-driven.”' http://j.mp/aRYxaR # edchat # RT @ EdOptionsInc : What are the essential skills needed by today's teacher and how do we accomplish that? # EdChat in 30 minutes! # "'Large scale', top down project [management] approach fails spectacularly. All the…
Read more →"Medical research is obsessed with internal validity" reducing relevance to practitioners. http://j.mp/cotZaP > Same in education # edchat # Trying to make a decision between OJS (Open Journal System) and Drupal's eJournal module. Any other options? # digitalhumanities #thatcamp # Cannot agree more w @ tomwhitby "There are no natives or immigrants. There are only…
Read more →RT @ literacyadviser : New Blog Post: Amble GPX - Developing Literacy Skills Through Exciting Community Project http://bit.ly/fUgdG # @ ernestopriego Learning things like Twettiqette is like learning a foreign language. Some people do best by osmosis others by explanation. in reply to ernestopriego # @ ernestopriego Common sense is only common because people share…
Read more →Great material for your next English lesson - first or second language http://ow.ly/1qNCdu # ellchat # Has PayPal earned enough of our trust to turn over a whole internet micropayment infrastructure to them? http://j.mp/biHEsQ # I've been using Drop.io for sharing class notes since 2008. Highly recommend @ sccenglish 's guide: http://j.mp/drPn2L # edtech #ellchat…
Read more →RT @ lauras : Open source givers and takers - O'Reilly Radar http://oreil.ly/deNmmI # opensource # RT @ tomwhitby : Observation: Interesting how many people I started out with on Twitter about 1.5 yrs ago, have become EDU Thought leaders. # Love the idea of a hacker camp for kids. Wish there was more on…
Read more →@ fstoner Swype on Android is now only bundled with some phones. I use and love SlideIT on my HTC Desire which also supports other languages. in reply to fstoner # True? If university education really leads to increased individual wealth then graduate tax based on income makes perfect sense. # edchat # Gotta love…
Read more →@ fstoner Swype on Android is now only bundled with some phones. I use and love SlideIT on my HTC Desire which also supports other languages. in reply to fstoner # True? If university education really leads to increased individual wealth then graduate tax based on income makes perfect sense. # edchat # Gotta love…
Read more →I'm coming up on my 1000th tweet in 18 months of Twitter activity. What should it be about? Do I need a cake? # @ lesuco Not a fan of Ravitch's programmatic ignoring of social factors in schooling or basing curriculum values in 1950s. Agree on testing. in reply to lesuco # RT @ ProfHacker…
Read more →@ awcheney As teacher I 2 prefer discovery over feeding. But there are some indications that bad discovery is worse than bad feeding. # edchat in reply to awcheney # @ davidwees Too many types of illiteracy for 1 solution. I'm currently thinking about an online literacy course for dyslexic pupils. # edchat in reply…
Read more →Sounds familiar. Examples? RT @ samplereality : Literary scholars who dabble in television studies are usually the worst sort of academic fans # There should be more writers like @ doctorow who I always cite as a model for opening content in education http://j.mp/c3dSxU # edtech #edchat # Kaminsky: "HTML was the 1st programming language…
Read more →Love the use of simple tools for crowdsourcing OERs in Curriculum Catalyst http://j.mp/c3qga8 # edtech # Just took survey on Translators and Technologies Based on Openness, Sharing and Collaboration - useful overview of field: http://j.mp/bm4rSv # @ rosamariatorres Agree. Gates like many engineers thinks of education in terms of content not communities & conversation. #…
Read more →RT @ metaphorhacker : Robert Steele: "We need to focus more on the 'I' and less on the 'T' in IT" http://ow.ly/2mtb8 # nexthope #edchat # edtech # @ hjames Got & love Kindle 2 but will be getting 3. Just WiFi, though, to tether with my Android phone. Will use 3G money on cover…
Read more →CUNY Academic Commons | Home (tags: academia collaboration elearning socialnetworking web2.0 academiccommons wordpress community )
Read more →Women 2.0 Labs Graduates Its First Class of Founders http://ow.ly/1qNsfv < great idea # @ timmillwood No contest for me between iPad and Kindle 3. Kindle wins on utility, portability & price. Can buy it & a netbook for less! in reply to timmillwood # Fascinating to see the vision for a "Journal of Wholly…
Read more →Bookmarklets | A Bookmarklet Search Engine | Marklets.com (tags: bookmarklets software tools web resources ) School Video | School Radio | Free School Websites | Radiowaves (tags: audio blogging collaboration education web2.0 video streaming social podcasts podcasting )
Read more →"In e-reader accessibility race, new Kindle, iPad in front" http://ow.ly/1qNqKe # accessibility # RT @ eyebeams : ...get the school community to do the heavy lifting always - peer tutotring, collaborative working - relationships # ukedchat # Just reread Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" Predicted hyperdrive but had soldiers receive written letters. How good're scifi tech forecasts?…
Read more →"In e-reader accessibility race, new Kindle, iPad in front" http://ow.ly/1qNqKe # accessibility # RT @ eyebeams : ...get the school community to do the heavy lifting always - peer tutotring, collaborative working - relationships # ukedchat # Just reread Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" Predicted hyperdrive but had soldiers receive written letters. How good're scifi tech forecasts?…
Read more →If usability was more important than utility, Facebook, Moodle etc wouldn't exist. Most technologies are usable when used every day. # edtech # @ moodleman Don't think the problem with Google # Wave was usability. Rather it didn't fit into normal workflows so didn't get used enough. in reply to moodleman # RT @ Dries…
Read more →Already a busy bug-fixing discussion on the @ anthologize dev forum: http://groups.google.com/group/anthologize-dev # oneweek # What, no command line? Fired up my SSH client to install @ anthologize only to find out it's already in the WP plugin repository. # oneweek # eBook building on the roadmap for @ anthologize . # oneweek (via @…
Read more →I'm much less appalled by witless plagiarism than witless journalism covering the same things as everyone else. http://j.mp/9uzLbD # Yet another age-old behavior blamed on new technology: "a disconnect that is growing in the Internet age" http://j.mp/9uzLbD # nytfail # "OpenCourseWare...has been awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) by Science Magazine"…
Read more →# Froyo downloading now on my HTC Desire. Although I did not wake up early for it like some, I am unduly excited. # If you're also waiting. This will have to do for the time being. RT @ DjipOner Terrible: FroYo sur HTC Desire! http://twitpic.com/1zh687 # What do you do when Twitter is down…
Read more →"[Americans practice choice] from such an early age that they've come to believe everyone must be born with this ability" http://j.mp/9RwtGo # Explains why some educators intuitively want VLEs closed: RT @ ConnectIrmeli : Welcome to Social Web 3.0 http://slidesha.re/cdRbFI /via @ tuija # Powered by Twitter Tools
Read more →So sadly true and astutely observed: RT @ cliotropic : xkcd on university websites: http://xkcd.com/773/ v @ timoreilly # Perhaps we should study failed online communities as carefully as we study dead cultures and languages > http://j.mp/cWPNcp # dh #edtech # RT @ cliotropic : RT @ sgillies : Maybe the # oneweek project is…
Read more →I continue to be amazed at the short-form story telling skills of Felicia Day http://j.mp/cS6cEM 'Game on' repays multiple viewings. # Had high hopes for Evernote sync between desktop and mobile. But frustrated with slow speed on computer and no local storage on phone. # tech # Animated Explanations gives dated tips on safe passwords…
Read more →I continue to be amazed at the short-form story telling skills of Felicia Day http://j.mp/cS6cEM 'Game on' repays multiple viewings. # Had high hopes for Evernote sync between desktop and mobile. But frustrated with slow speed on computer and no local storage on phone. # tech # Animated Explanations gives dated tips on safe passwords…
Read more →@ ferdialimadhi How easy is it to integrate # OpenScholar into an existing # Drupal site? # Just signed up for a third web account in as many days that returned my password in plain text by email! We can do better! # security #edtech # @ amandafrench I'm hoping to test OpenScholar soon on…
Read more →My vote for # oneweek "2) Humanities portfolio/CV builder" - started jotting down some ideas on http://researchity.net . # @ TeachPaperless You shouldn't spend time looking for resources. You should be part of a learning community that leads you to them. # edchat # Many of the ideas discussed in # edchat on role of…
Read more →Pattern App | User Interface Design Patterns for Ideas and Inspiration (tags: design webdesign usability showcase css )
Read more →RT @ EdReformPR : Teachers Gone Wild (#TGW) 8: Tchrs demand accountability systems actually designed 2 measure jobs tchrs do. # edustat10 # @ BTCare Fault at the exchange, now fixed. But offline since Friday AM. Much too long in 2010. BT should have technicians working weekends. in reply to BTCare # CATMA: http://bit.ly/aikhu8 interesting…
Read more →My Czech article on # ebooks # digitalhumanities & # thatcamp http://ow.ly/1qKbh4 Not worth learning Czech for but if you speak it already... # Most academic books should be written this way: An open approach to book writing http://j.mp/a46Obc # Reading through http://ow.ly/2g3Vy I can't shake the feeling that the academics are just talking to…
Read more →@ cliotropic Sounds like for you, Moodle is overkill-esp if you've a shared host. Also exciting things in store for SP http://ow.ly/1qKiPz . in reply to cliotropic # @ cliotropic Moodle 2 will be much better albeit with a lot of clunkiness left in. Would be interested to hear how ScholarPress works out. in reply…
Read more →RT @ metaphorhacker : Best example of # metaphor hypostasis I can think of: "Stress of daily grind takes toll on teeth" http://j.mp/dcMeKF # RT @ Haimanti14 : Weather is a great metaphor for life sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, & theres nothing much u can do about it but... # What will literacy…
Read more →SCVNGR - Mobile - Real World Game (tags: geolocation mobile learning tools mlearning )
Read more →Ken Robinson's TED talk is full of inspiring quotables but wrongly assumes that education's problem is a lack of ideas. http://j.mp/dqJeSj # Anybody who needs a reliable website quickly should try Drupal Gardens, now in open beta http://j.mp/aQM4Do # @ footnotesrising Thanks for the literally re-tweet. I've been keeping track of metaphor related tweets on…
Read more →Grockit Test Prep - SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, and LSAT (tags: collaboration e-learning education elearning web2.0 socialnetworking )
Read more →Classdroid – Teacher Android App | John McLear's School Technology (tags: technology portfolios mobile ) e4 Learning Solutions Ltd, Specialists in Competency Management (tags: competency-framework-software ) Competency Information (tags: competency-framework-software ) HR management software from McLaren Solutions UK: employee appraisal & 360-degree feedback software. (tags: competency-framework-software ) Home - MyKnowledgeMap - Knowledge and learning assisted…
Read more →Open Culture (tags: courses culture education free opensource reference web2.0 videos audio e-learning )
Read more →Here's a quick report on the Mahara UK 2010 conference . I was making Twitter notes, as I went along and I'm not sure, there's much more to add. Here they are in reverse chronological order: Started keeping a list of interesting sites mentioned at #maharauk10 on http://delicious.com/tag/maharauk10. Please add yours. RT @donpresant: Newham College…
Read more →About Ingots (Learn More) | International Grades - Open Technologies (tags: maharauk10 education learning web2.0 ) What research has to say for practice - ALT_Wiki (tags: research resources elearning reference web2.0 technology wiki education ) ResearchRCA (tags: resources digitalhumanities education portfolios mahara maharauk10 sample ) TDM | Improving Learning and Business with Open Source (tags…
Read more →Nationalistic potatoes: http://bit.ly/c4hCiA # New on Researchity: URL Storytelling in the Age of the Semantic Web http://j.mp/aVV8md # @ davecormier One more on the # Wikipedia wars. Would be defenders of scholarly rigor often come out looking like idiots: http://j.mp/9SVCXj in reply to davecormier # @ davecormier You're right. Proves nothing. Easy to create 25…
Read more →Yes, my beloved Nokia E71 is showing its age and luckily its senescence was accompanied by the expiration of its contract. Enter the HTC Desire (my second HTC phone after the underpowered WiMo 730) and it's been a great first day. And I have the Apps to show it . Seriously, thanks to the great…
Read more →Pictures from the schedule making at THATCamp London 2010 :
Read more →TipLine - Gates' Computer Tips: QR Codes - And the Winning Video (tags: mobile accessibility technology video howto tips ) TEI by Example -- Welcome! (tags: text-analysis digitalhumanities howto tutorial thatcamp ) Kantara Initiative: Shaping the Future of Global Identity (tags: digital security digitalidentity federatedweb ) Dyslexia-friendly fonts (tags: dyslexia accessibility usability web typography )
Read more →Didn't really expect Moodle 2.0 final release to come out on 20 July but still a bit disappointed: http://bit.ly/bZg2Le # edtech #moodle # From http://bit.ly/dewestlake : "There's nothing like a joke about homosexuality to make men rub each other's shoulders" # literature #society # The # metaphor is right, its components utterly wrong: @ jmspool…
Read more →TransferSummit | Two Days, Three Tracks, and a BarCamp... Endless Possibilities! (tags: opensource conference digitalhumanities research ) Top 10 Of The Best Free Web Services For Text-To-Speech Conversion | VikiTech.com (tags: audio accessibility dyslexia review resources free online tools ) Call for Participation | All Hands Meeting 2010 (tags: research conferences digitalhumanities ) Manchester eResearch…
Read more →Voyeur Tools: Reveal Your Texts (tags: text-analysis digitalhumanities thatcamp linguistics ) OStatus | people on different networks following each other (tags: microblogging opensource socialmedia socialnetwork socialnetworking web2.0 standards federatedweb ) IntenseDebate - User Dashboard (tags: aggregator blogging socialnetworking socialsoftware web2.0 federatedweb ) DISQUS Comments | Powering Discussion on the Web (tags: webdesign web2.0 aggregator socialnetworking…
Read more →Day 2: THATCamp London – Meagan Timney (tags: thatcamp academia socialmedia digitalhumanities ) Spicynodes : Home (tags: collaboration design mindmapping presentation web2.0 webdesign technology tools ) Omeka | Home (tags: archives collaboration web2.0 collections community education history publishing repository opensource software thatcamp ) TAPoR (tags: datamining digitalhumanities linguistics research software text tools text-analysis thatcamp )…
Read more →OneLook Dictionary Search (tags: dictionary education language linguistics reference online tools translation )
Read more →On the Media's The Digital Divide of Disability Knowbility is an organization that advocates for technology that allows blind, deaf and otherwise disabled people to use the net. Knowbility’s Sharron Rush and Desiree Sturdevant talk about the challenges they face in raising awareness and changing the... (tags: accessibility webdesign podcasts ) On the Media's Leveling…
Read more →I have many 'intellectual' friends who at once extol the virtues of the 'down-to-earth' and disparage them for not watching arthouse films. # When is http://qa.moodle.net/ getting upgraded to # Moodle 2.0 preview 4? The changelog is promising but the Win DEV download is still on 3. # With a new name, a new registration…
Read more →Here's a great example of an experimenting teacher talking about creative use of cheap and available technologies to solve real educational problems:
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