Remember the lawsuit against google when Buzz came out? I am pretty sure that's what this is about. Interesting that they think someone facebook is behind it.
These guys provide the cell phones in Kenya. Am I the only one who thinks the proliferation of technology in a third-world country is amazingly bizarre?
Social reading -- sounds exciting. I've been thinking how cool it would be to have a class group textbook online. SO like you go online to yoru textbook for your class and you can see what other classmates have highlighted and commented on and tagged and add your own thoughts to the discussion. They can link to their blog posts about a subject in teh book that they did expanded self-directed learning on or just that they thought about more, etc. Sounds SUPER cool, huh? (ok ok, I'll blog about it)
This is an open source wiki-like record of (eventually) all books ever published. I stumbled across it while looking for information about a book for another class. Interesting.
Don't know how many of these are still around since 2008 but here's some other online presentation options besides Prezi. They'd make good digital literacy labs.
Here's some awesome ideas for digital literacy labs (or if you need a cool way to present your latest reading assignment). Prezi's not the only one out there. :)
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I'm an English literature student at Brigham Young University. I'll also be a mother in July 2011. I plan to homeschool my children in the future, and I am interested in literature and general education. I've worked in the field of interpreting for the deaf.