The same undemocratic underpinnings of Web 2.0 are on display at Digg.com. Digg is a social-bookmarking hub where people submit stories and rate others' submissions; the most popular links gravitate to the site's front page.
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Automatically Pull Data between Different Google Spreadsheets - 3 views
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"One feature of Google spreadsheets is there is a function called ImportRange that allows you to pull data out of one sheet and into another. This can be really useful, if for example you have a spreadsheet that you are using to collaborate with others, and then somewhere along the line you want another person to be able to see some of the data in the sheet but not all of it. e.g. if you are using this to track student grades, you could have a master sheet that you and other tutors can see all of, you could then create a separate sheet for each student, and pull through only the data that refers to them (you then share that sheet with the student) and they have a live constantly updating record of what they have achieved etc."
Getting started with Apple's Podcasts app | How To - CNET - 8 views
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Apple made mention of a standalone podcast app earlier this month, but most figured it would arrive with iOS 6 this fall. Not so. Earlier this week, Apple released Podcasts. It's free and universal, designed for both the iPhone and iPad.
How to Grade on an iPad | Snapguide - 19 views
Making My Fleet Business More successful - 1 views
I admit managing my fleet business has been very challenging. There were even times when I wanted to give up because I could no longer figure out how to make it succeed considering that I have alr...
8 Ways Transcribing Journals Can Make You Super Productive - 0 views
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Technology Changes Brains| The Committed Sardine - 4 views
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From Ian Jukes website: video interview on CNN Dr. Gary Small discusses his book iBrain and how technology changes the brain.
Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy. - By Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine - 4 views
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Interesting that the word "undemocratic" be used for the discription of the Web 2.0 underbelly. While true, the whiz-bang magic of scripts, bots, and other technological "gatekeepers" are constantly altering what flesh and blood individuals have contributed, the programs meant to serve as custodians are themselves written by humans. The tools that we choose to employ do not make the process of web 2.0 any more undemocratic, rather just that much easier to engage and maintain as relevant. The term democracy itself is difficult to define narrowly (http://www.democracy-building.info/definition-democracy.html). There is no clear determination of how a democracy should be run, but rather a system of democratic beliefs, values, and fundamental rights. Provided that any system meets the needs of a democratic group's values and freedoms (liberties), then one could argue that it is indeed a full fledged democracy. There is more importance on the groups' rules and processes possessing a quality of fluidity and malleability in order to meet a changing environment.
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at Digg.com. Digg is a social-bookmarking hub where people submit stories and rate others' submissions; the most popular links gravitate to the site's front page.
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While both sites effectively function as oligarchies, they are still democratic in one important sense. Digg and Wikipedia's elite users aren't chosen by a corporate board of directors or by divine right. They're the people who participate the most. Despite the fairy tales about the participatory culture of Web 2.0, direct democracy isn't feasible at the scale on which these sites operate. Still, it's curious to note that these sites seem to have the hierarchical structure of the old-guard institutions they've sought to supplant.
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Perhaps the problem of disenfranchised and disengaged youth that exists in Europe and the U.S. today isn't that they aren't participating in a healthy way within our democracies, but rather they've found more engaging democracies to participate in online.
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Observing and comparing the "democratic" practices that constitute major web 2.0 sites.
» Chroma Key, Greenscreen, Green Screens, Chromakey Backdrops & Chroma Key Fa... - 4 views
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Site provides insight to establishing studio quality green screen productions.
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For Mac users, iMovie '09 includes a green screen feature. Here's how to use it: http://tr.im/APan
Free Technology for Teachers: Two Examples of Backchannels in Elementary School - 6 views
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This Free Technology for Teachers posting provides links to teacher blogs discussion how they use backchannels in their elementary classroom.
join.me - Free Screen Sharing - 11 views
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Easy and simple way to share your screen with others.
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Great way to help instruct students or fellow teachers on how to use a program or just to quickly and easily share information with others.
'Pre-crime' Comes to the HR Dept. - Datamation.com - 3 views
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Great article talking about how "H R" departments are starting to search for the "Real You".
About | FreshBrain - 0 views
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Why call it an Organic Release? We think this perfectly describes how freshbrain.org will evolve and grow. As new technologies emerge and mature, we will add them. As more and more teens do projects and activities, enter contests, participate in scholarships and have discussions, the value of the site will grow. Some companies might call this their General Availability release, we think that Organic is a much better term!
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help educate teenagers about new technologies within a hands-on environment. "I wanted to give kids a chance to explore with technology, to be creative." Ferrario was also frustrated by the fact that schools struggle to keep up with the constant evolution in technology.
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Social collaboration for teens and their education counterparts. Free resource for education to share, create, and connect projects by teens with teens.
One Laptop One Child | Scholastic.com - 0 views
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One Laptop One Child How about having kids bring their own?
Warlick's Open Letter to the Next President - 0 views
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The greatest gain will come from the collective knowledge and experience of the education community. Infrastructure must be invented and implemented that cultivates an ongoing professional conversation across the entire education landscape.
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I like this quote; how do we do this well within even just within a building or district?
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David Warlick has four things the POTUS ought to know about making U.S. schools better. Last month I posted a manifesto of sorts to my Web site. I was following a meme started by a group of other edubloggers called "Five things policymakers ought to know!" T&L editors asked me to tweak it a bit to give our next President some big-picture twenty-first-century education advice. Here's my take.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - ICT Literacy Maps - 0 views
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In collaboration with several content area organizations, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed a series of ICT Literacy Maps illustrating the intersection between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy and core academic subjects including English, mathematics, science and social studies (civics/government, geography, economics, history). The maps enable educators to gain concrete examples of how ICT Literacy can be integrated into core subjects, while making the teaching and learning of core subjects more relevant to the demands of the 21st century.
Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English - 0 views
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Social bookmarking video made by Common Craft.
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