Archive for May, 2007
A glimpse of the future?
Well this is absolutely fantastic. A great glimpse of the future involving multi touch technology (Microsoft Surface). Particularly interesting is how the technology will be able to interact with mobile hardware such as phones and cameras. Simply by placing one of these items of the screen surface triggers content downloads - all of which are […]
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comScore Study Reveals That Males Between the Ages of 18-24…
..More Likely to Download Podcasts via iTunes
“Podcasting Also Popular Among 35-54 Year Olds and Higher-Income and Better-Educated Consumer Segments”.
Okay, so this does not relate entirely to educational podcasts but I thought I’d post here out of interest.
“An analysis of the iTunes podcasting audience revealed that males represented a significantly larger share (63 percent) of the […]
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Reflecting, Writing, and Responding: Reasons Students Blog
By Carie Windham
Great article via Educause on the student perspective to blogging. Packed with student focused case studies and also including staff opinion.
“Tom Nelson, a graduate student instructor at the University of Texas, added class blogs to his courses in 2003 and has used them in a variety of formats. Initially, the site was a […]
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Making the Grade in Podcasting Class
By Leah Etling
Tiny report of using podcasting. Interesting because this is from the perspective of students producing podcasts. It’s school level stuff but something to bear in mind as in the next few years these students will be entering HE.
“Bissell has several ideas that he wants to suggest to the class, including an interview with […]
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Twittervision and Flickrvision
So what do people make these then? Flickrvision and Twittervision.
As Mark Oehlert here “part of me feels like I’m watching the pulse of the Web…”.
Basically what we have here is an animated mashup of Google earth and blogging technology (Twittervision) and Flickr photos (Flickrvision).
Twittervision shows real-time geographic visualization of blog entries on a social network. […]
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Twittervision and Flickrvision
So what do people make these then? Flickrvision and Twittervision.
As Mark Oehlert here “part of me feels like I’m watching the pulse of the Web…”.
Basically what we have here is an animated mashup of Google earth and blogging technology (Twittervision) and Flickr photos (Flickrvision).
Twittervision shows real-time geographic visualization of blog entries on a social network. […]
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Copyright as Cartoon
Not by Disney in any sense of the word. Assistant Professor Eric Faden (of English and film studies at Bucknell University) produced this video with help from seven of his students (over eight months). Essentially copyright is mocked (and explained) by using over 400 cuts from 27 different Disney films. Hugely popular, it has been […]
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Life after Death by Powerpoint
Very funny video on death by Powerpoint by comedian Don McMillan. Some of the ‘finer’ points of slide design are covered. I completely agree with his comments about Times New Roman.
Life After Death by PowerPoint
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How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community
By Cory Doctorow
Good article on how you might control abusive members (aka trolls) in online forums. Worth reading if you intend to use the class discussion or group forums facilities in your module websites. The article also touches on the notion of Bloggers Code of Conduct which was proposed by Tim O’Reilly in the wake […]
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How to Start an ‘Activity-Centric’ Wiki
From the Wiki That blog by Kris Olsen
This is nice a short guide to taking the first plunge into wiki world. More suited to project really and as such might be useful to pass on to students using the group options in StudyNet.
From the post:
“# Pick a project or activity you are involved with or […]
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