Recording of Classroom 2.0 session with Alec Couros

Thanks to Russell Tar for the find.

Lists diigo under organizing and managing

j.mp and bit.ly let you see who, where and how often your public URLs are shared.

Great description how Jon integrates the use of skype, twitter, blog and google docs to create student-centered language learning opportunities

All too often we get hung up on the technology question, not the curriculum question. Here in New Jersey, every district has to submit a three year "Technology Plan" and as you can guess, most of them are about how many Smart Boards to install or how wireless access will be expanded. Very, very little of it is about how curriculum changes when we have anytime, anywhere learning with anyone in the world. Why aren't we planning for that?

Google unveiled a smartphone application called Goggles. It allows users to search the Web, not by typing or by speaking keywords, but by snapping an image with a cellphone and feeding it into Google's search engine.

The Twitter Times is a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account

Example of power of user-generated (and user-favored) content

Many institutions of of higher ed would do well to consider this approach...

Great description of how one school district is using Google Apps for lifelong learning and teaching. Terrific embedded video on advantages to migrating over to Google Email for educational institutions.

I see too many projects with technology that do not translate into stepping-stones for future projects and work. (Maybe this is just a reflection of my previous work.)  Tech conferences are full of creative ideas with new programs and new websites.  How many presentations are focused on building skills on a long-term basis? What approach do you take with scaffolding your technology learning?  Do you have a system?  Is there are formal system that we need to focus on? Do you use Understanding by Design?

Welcome to the Digiteen 09-3, digital citizenship global project for September - December 2009. This is where schools and classrooms from around the world will discuss issues, research and take action to do with being online in the 21st century. The project also has a Digiteen Ning where students and teachers connect, interact, share multimedia and reflect on their experiences throughout the project.

real time presence to Google Docs presentations as well. Now, when editing a presentation with a co-editor, you can see which slides he is editing, and if he is editing the same slide, then you can see which element -- text box, shape, image, video, etc -- he is editing.