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"Using Twitter in a face-to-face Workshop I've just been reading yet another article that expresses the view that Twitter is a trivial, inconsequential tool and has no place in learning, so I thought I'd write this posting on my experiences of using Twitter in a face-to-face Workshop."

"A free resource from the Social Learning Academy How to use Twitter for Social Learning "It's amazing what you can learn in 140 characters!""

"Don't type it, iShowU it Need to show something to someone? iShowU is your answer! iShowU is designed to record anything on your screen, instantly - both audio, and video! If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a movie is worth a million. Imagine the time you'll save writing Grandma an email about how to magnify her dock when you can just shoot a movie in seconds. "

# Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor. # Picture/Video Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog. # Picture/Video Simple and free, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations.

How Many Chores Does It All Add May 5, 2009 · Comments milking cows In the morning, I open up Google Reader and start by checking out who's talking about me, my company, PodCamp, and a few other choice terms. I read a few blogs (around 700). I check on some other searches for clients that I've loaded into my reader. When I'm done, I check Facebook to see who's looking for a friend request (because they have a limit on friends, I have to be picky). I see who's sent me Facebook mail (normally junk inviting me to someone's dumb marketing webinar). I try to remember to check the birthdays.

15 Impressive and Beautiful Uses of WordPress WordPress is no longer just used to power blogs. It has become the CMS of choice for many web designers. It's always interesting to see how it's flexibility provides web designers with the freedom to design sites with no limitations. Here are 15 beautiful web sites all powered by WordPress.

"Learning Histories" are used in action research projects to enhance organizations' learning capabilities. The approach documents change as it facilitates individual and organizational reflection. Findings and progress in creating learning histories, as well as questions and issues regarding their future use in system-wide learning efforts, are described.

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Create a video site in seconds Build a video blog, the next YouTube or just a private place to share videos.

Join the world's first and largest social networking site dedicated to education and educational technology. Launched in 2004 and with over 20,000 members there is something in here for everyone interested in education.

Videos. Interview recordings. Documents. Photos. Media clips. Music. Podcasts. Whatever your materials, whatever your project, whatever your background - NVivo 8's superior technology lets you explore, analyze and glean insight from your information like never before. If you need to handle very rich information, where deep levels of analysis on both small and large volumes of data are required, NVivo 8 is your solution. It removes many of the manual tasks associated with analysis, like classifying, sorting and arranging information, so you have more time to explore trends, build and test theories and ultimately arrive at answers to questions.

Nice discussion from the Networked Learning peeps (George Siemens, Stephen Downes) on whether learning networks can (partly) replace teachers.

how to do lots of cool things with the look and feel of wikis

"Community manager is a role that more companies will adopt in the coming years. Jeremiah Owyang provide a huge list of companies who have such a champion already, and more recently gave businesses a scorecard for whether startups should have a community manager. "

Guide for students on signing up for a group project or workshop using the sign-up tool in Blackboard.

Fantastic step-by-step guide to using the sign-up tool in Blackboard from Southampton University.