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100 Must-Read Blog Posts on the Future of Learning | Online School
This is a great collection of blog posts, references, reports, prognostications, (100 in total) speculating on the future of learning and education. I've read a couple but now have a real task ahead of me to take in the rest, wish me luck.
How to Embed Almost Anything in your Website
This blog post from Amit Agarwal is a list of ways to embed a range of different content into HTML based web pages. In addition to the post as always it is the comments and the suggested links that round out the picture.
Google Tutor: Tutorials and Tips for Google Users
This site has links to a range of tutorials, tips and tricks using all things Google. From translating documents in Google Docs to personalizing Google Maps to checking out a beginners guide to using Google search this is the site for Googleaholics.
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview.
This highly amusing look at the world of Web 2.0 as viewed through the INTERNET-AGE WRITING SYLLABUS AND COURSE OVERVIEW is a salutary reminder to those of us who have latently become besotted by the wonders of social networking that "All that Twitters is not told".
As Mr McSweeney suggests the course is the perfect antidote to those who are worried what to do;
"As print takes its place alongside smoke signals, cuneiform, and hollering ......."
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YouTube - The Company as Wiki
This You Tube movie looks at how the US Best Buy chain is using Social Networking tools including wikis and other networking tools and spaces. Note the lack of mention of Office Suites and presentation tools such as PowerPoint. Fabulous evidence to counter arguments that we should be concentrating on teaching about the tools that workplaces use and not social networking.
History Is Elementary
This blog is styled as a site for history teachers and anyone who enjoys reading about history and history education. Though written by an elementary or primary school teacher, the blog has numerous posts and links to information that should be of interest to all teachers of history.
Maps of War ::: Visual History of War, Religion, and Government
These fascinating Flash based maps trace the history of events and trends such as the march of democracy, and the Imperial History of the Middle East. The maps play in a flash player that can also be embedded in a blog or wiki. Another great tool for use with an IWB.
Talking SMARTBoards & Much More!
An interesting blog that contisn links and discussion of resources that can be used on an IWB.
Answers.com - AnswerTips
"AnswerTips are small bubbles of information triggered by double-clicking any word on an AnswerTips-enabled page. AnswerTips-enable your site or blog: An AnswerTips-enabled page allows your visitors to access definitions and fast facts on millions of obscure words, personalities or slang. Keep your visitors from wandering: Don't lose your readers to outbound links, new browser windows or other distractions. AnswerTips delivers quick and integrated answers."
Why is science important? - A collection of thoughts from leading scientists, public figures, ...and you.
This blog and embedded videos are an attempt by teacher Alom Shaha to answer the perrenial question from students as to why learn science. As Alom says,
"I want this project to reach people who don’t think science is important and convince them otherwise. I want it to demonstrate that science is absolutely crucial to the future wellbeing of our world, that its contribution to culture is as significant as that of music, art or literature and, most important of all, that a sound appreciation of science is vital to realising your potential as a human being. I want this project to make it far, far easier for any science teacher to be able to answer that inevitable question, ‘what’s the point of all this?”
Twingly Blog Search
Twingly.com is a blog search engine featuring a spam-free, faceted, social search for the global blogosphere. Without any marketing, Twingly.com currently serves 25M+ search results per month, most through our API.
GetJealous.com - Free Travel Blogs
You can use this site when travelling around the world to provide friends, and relatives with continuing information about your current whereabouts and what you have been up to. The following functionality is available:
Diary,
Photos,
Movies,
Message Boar
Weblogg-ed Presentation Links
Will Richardson's Weblogged Presentation link are a "Virtual Handout" of his presentations. Very Generous indeed.
Writely - The Web Word Processor
Writely is an online collaborative writing medium that you can upload directly from Word.
David Warlick?s Wiki
David Walick is one of the leaders in using ICT in education in innovative ways. His wiki has some great guides and presentations on using blogs, wikis and podcasting and is a must read.
Radio WillowWeb - Listen
Another neat example of the use of webcasting audio and a HTML interface.
Room 208 PODCAST!
Bob Sprankle's room 208 maintian this fascinating convergence of blogging with podcasting to showcase a range of activities from their class.
The Year of the Blog: Home
This blog is a a series of resources you can use to make a blog of your own, as well as ideas about how blogs can be used in the composition classroom as both writing practice and content.
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