Dennis OConnor (wiredinstructor)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

keyword search: wiredinstructor I am the program advisor for the University of Wisconsin Stout's E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program. I also work in information fluency studies for 21cif.com. I'm here to connect with communities of thoughtful practitioners willing to sha...

I am interested in search,e-learning,education,teaching,learning,thinking. My favorite music are the blues. TV: Deadwood,The Wire,Brotherhood,Dexter.

I use Diigo because Diigo helps me read more deeply and capture more meaning when I research online. The intuitive tools provide support for hypertext reading that let's me relax and go with the flow. The annotations help me capture the essential ideas that I want to share with my E-Learning for Educators group.

Member since Jul 04, 2007, follows 125 people, 21 public groups, 3856 public bookmarks (4540 total).

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Top Tags:	web2.0(389), writing(328), e-learning(314), 6-traits(262), 21cif(213), search(194), education(141), Moodle(133), google(108), research(103)

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Google+ Safety Center – Google+ on 2012-05-06
- Social experiences require multiple players and so does safety. We all need to do our part. These resources are here for teens, parents, and teachers to learn more about how to use Google+ in a fun, smart, and safe way.
Perceived Usefulness: 17 Keyboard Shortcuts You Must Know on 2012-04-15
- There are probably thousands of keyboard shortcuts out there but here are my top 17 shortcuts that I use frequently and find the most useful. Together, they probably represent 85% of all my shortcut use. I'm still amazed at how many people don't know these...
  
  I use both Macs and PC so I'm listing the shortcuts required for each one (If I know it!). I'll always list the Mac shortcut first (Mac / PC). You'll notice how similar they are, so if you learn them on one platform they are easy to learn on the other.
Wolfram Education Portal: Wolfram Teaching Resources on 2012-04-15
Blackboard buys Moodlerooms, creates open-source division | Inside Higher Ed on 2012-03-28
- To these doubters, Henderson pointed to the open-source leaders -- Severance, Moodlerooms CEO Lou Pugliese and NetSpot's managing director, Allan Christie -- that Blackboard has brought into the fold: “guides” who are theoretically prepared to protect the “bylaws and maxims” of the open-source community. In an interview, Henderson said there is no plan to change the fees at Moodlerooms, and that Blackboard ownership would give Moodlerooms customers the opportunity to add Blackboard’s live-communications and mobile features to their platforms. If anything, Henderson said, Moodlerooms customers will get more bang for their buck.
- Blackboard said it will continue supporting the Angel Learning platform, which it acquired in 2009, indefinitely rather than trying to move its legacy clients on to a newer version of Blackboard Learn in 2014, as previously planned.
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- - “The new message" encoded in Mondays announcements "is that it doesn't matter what LMS you want, we'll support them all,” Hill wrote in an e-mail. “That is the real message, in my opinion, more so than the open source angle. This is a huge change in strategy.”
The Wrath Against Khan: Why Some Educators Are Questioning Khan Academy on 2012-03-28
- While "technology will replace teachers" seems like a silly argument to make, one need only look at the state of most school budgets and know that something's got to give. And lately, that something looks like teachers' jobs, particularly to those on the receiving end of pink slips. Granted, we haven't implemented a robot army of teachers to replace those expensive human salaries yet (South Korea is working on the robot teacher technology. I'll keep you posted.). But we are laying off teachers in mass numbers. Teachers know their jobs are on the line, something that's incredibly demoralizing for a profession already struggles mightily to retain qualified people.
- it's hard not to see that wealth as having political not just economic impact. Indeed, the same week that Bill Gates spoke to the Council of Chief State School Officers about ending pay increases for graduate degrees in teaching, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued almost the very same statement.
  
  What does all of this have to do with Sal Khan? Well, nothing... and everything.
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- - One of education historian Diane Ravitch's oft-uttered complaints is that we now have a bunch of billionaires like Gates dictating education policy and education reform, without ever having been classroom teachers themselves (or without having attended public school). But the skepticism about Khan Academy isn't just a matter of wealth or credentials of Khan or his backers. It's a matter of pedagogy.
  - No doubt, Khan has done something incredible by creating thousands of videos, distributing them online for free, and now designing an analytics dashboard for people to monitor and guide students' movements through the Khan Academy material. And no doubt, lots of people say they've learned a lot by watching the videos. The ability pause, rewind, and replay is often cited as the difference between "getting" the subject matter through classroom instruction and "getting it" via Khan Academy's lecture-demonstrations.
  - Although there's a tech component here that makes this appear innovative, that's really a matter of form, not content, that's new. There's actually very little in the videos that distinguishes Khan from "traditional" teaching. A teacher talks. Students listen. And that's "learning." Repeat over and over again (Pause, rewind, replay in this case). And that's "drilling."
Teaching ‘screenagers’ – how the digital world is changing learners « Oxford University Press – English Language Teaching Global Blog @OUPELTGlobal on 2012-03-18
Introduction to Universal Design in Education on 2012-03-18
100 + Must Have Cheat Sheets and Quick References For Web Designers and Developers | Design Inspiration on 2012-03-17
Moodlerooms - Moodle LMS Services - Blog on 2012-03-13
Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - Blog - Ways to Evaluate Educational Apps on 2012-03-11

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6-Traits Resources

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Resources for teaching writing. Online materials about the writing process and 6-traits. Provided as a value added service to participants (past and present) in my UW-Stout online graduate course.
Blogging and Social-Media

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Everyone who's interested in blogging, web 2.0 and social media is cordially invited to join this group and participate in it! We'll discuss blogging, web 2.0 and social media as well as related topics.
Classroom 2.0

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A place for members of www.Classroom20.com to share links, Classroom 2.0 is social networking site devoted to those interested in the practical application of computer technology (especially Web 2.0) in the classroom and in their own professional development.
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"Developing Digital Skills @ School" focuses on ICT. DigiSkills teachers design, share, compare and enhance teaching methods and materials.
Diigo In Education

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“Diigo In Education” - Phase I just released. More to come.. Share your classroom usecase, ideas, reviews, features, and wishlists for making Diigo a great resource and platform in teaching and learning. Let's explore the full potential of Diigo as an educational tool.