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Ando Endano

Dean Kamen - Don't Tell Me It's Impossible - 0 views

www.fourhourworkweek.com/...en-dont-tell-me-its-impossible

innovation engineering

shared by Ando Endano on 02 Sep 09 - Cached
  • “Don’t tell me it’s impossible,” he says, “tell me you can’t do it.” “Tell me it’s never been done. Because the only real laws in this world–the only things we really know–are the two postulates of relativity, the three laws of Newton, the four laws of thermodynamics, and Maxwell’s equation–no, scratch that, the only things we really know are  Maxwell’s equations, the three laws of Newton, the two postulates of relativity, and the periodic table. That’s all we know that’s true. All the rest are man’s laws…”
  • Ando Endano on 02 Sep 09
     
    A quote from Dean Kamen, Inventor of the Segway, regarding innovation
Chris Johnson

Chinese schools quietly discard controversial Web filter | Technology | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...idUSTRE58E22F20090915

advocacy article news filtering internet educational_technology technology_education learning policy

shared by Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09
     
    Some Chinese school officials have gone against the wishes of the national government and removed Internet filtering software becuase it "has strong conflicts with teaching software we need for normal work." On the other hand, many public schools in the US not only tolerate draconian filtering policies, but elect to implement such policies on the local level! Why are we willing to sacrifice educational opportunities for some imagined sense of security about our children? If you haven't looked over the "Unmasking the Digital Truth" Wiki, I highly recommend that you do so. It discusses some of the common misconceptions about Internet filtering in schools and associated laws. (http://unmaskdigitaltruth.pbworks.com/)
  • Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09
     
    Article about how some schools in China have uninstalled the controversial Internet filter (Green Dam), which was required to be installed on all public systems by mandate of the Chinese government.
Chris Dede

I don't tag and I don't often need the tagging of others to "advance and personalize" m... - 21 views

I believe that many types of resources should be available for learning in a course, because people learn in very different ways. If tagging is not useful for you, fine. I know that a substantial p...

started by Margaret O'Connell on 12 Sep 10 1 follow-up, last by Chris Dede on 12 Sep 10
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Cameron Paterson

Where does the info come from? - 0 views

informationr.net/...paper433.html

t561 wiki

shared by Cameron Paterson on 08 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Cameron Paterson on 08 Oct 10
     
    Understanding the information source use of contributors helps us to understand how new Wikipedia articles emerge, how edits are motivated, where the information actually comes from and more generally, what kind of information may be expected to be found in Wikipedia.
Eric Kattwinkel

What Wikipedia Is Best at Explaining - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...07FOB-medium-t.html

wikis collaboration

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 09 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Because entries are anonymous and collaborative, no author is tempted to showboat and, in the pursuit of literary glory, swerve from the aim of clarity and utility.
  • At the strenuously collectivist Wikipedia, it seems, “ownership” of an article — what in legacy media is called “authorship” — is strictly forbidden. But it’s more than that: even doing jerky things that Wikipedia calls “ownership behavior” — subtle ways of acting proprietary about entries — is prohibited.
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 09 Nov 10
     
    Timely article about ideas of ownership and authorship and collaboration on wikipedia. Mentions that you can type "WP: OWN" into Wikipedia to read its policy about "ownership" of articles. "The page is fascinating for anyone who has ever been part of a collaborative effort to create anything."
Brandon Bentley

Microsoft targets 250 million teachers, students globally by 2013 in Partners in Learning - 1 views

www.vanguardngr.com/...y-2013-in-partners-in-learning

Microsoft ICT

shared by Brandon Bentley on 10 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Brandon Bentley on 10 Nov 10
     
    Article mentions a 10-year $500 million commitment by Microsoft to transform education systems around the world through technology. "The programme will assist teachers, school leaders and students globally on effective ways to use ICT in the classroom environment." But doesn't really give any specifics. Is this money well spent?
  • Margaret O'Connell on 12 Nov 10
     
    This Microsoft Partners in Learning site (http://www.microsoft.com/education/pil/partnersInLearning.aspx) has good info on this great program. Here's a good video I saw there: http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/us/details/5672418a-839d-46e5-9b19-7a68d15d4b09 Btw, thanks for this! It is a perfect addition for my team's wiki project :-)
Chris McEnroe

Home | Navigator - 2 views

navigator.nmc.org

shared by Chris McEnroe on 03 Sep 11 - Cached
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      Chris McEnroe on 03 Sep 11
       
      This site reminds me of the many blogs, websites, wikis, Mindmeister Mind Maps, etc. that overwhelm the viewer with possibilities. It doesn't appear to me that anyone could be an expert on so many technologies or even the landscape of how many exist. I spent a lot of time exploring an extraordinary number of great ideas but inevitably I feel like I can only skim the surface of this information if I want to keep up wih the volume. I'm supposed to be teaching kids how to do close, deep reading. The more I engage in this technology skimming the more I feel like a phony in that particular aspect of my teaching.
Sammi Biegler

Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...06adco.html

FTC Blogs SMART Board Advertising Disclosure Education

shared by Sammi Biegler on 07 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Sammi Biegler on 07 Oct 09
     
    I read this article this afternoon, and thought of it when I was doing work for my wiki assignment. I am looking into the blog Teachers Love SMART Boards (http://smartboards.typepad.com/) and I saw that the author of the blog also works for Teacher Online Training, which offers courses (for a fee) for teachers interested in implementing technologies in their classroom, or using the technology they currently have in a more meaningful way. The majority of the blog was reviews of free sites or education-oriented tools from outside sources, but there were a few posts that dealt with the programs offered by TOT. It made me wonder whether the blog was intended to be impartial, or a form of advertising... He mentioned his job in the company at the beginning of most if not all of the posts that promoted their programs, but these new guidelines may put this blogger in a sticky situation.
Uly Lalunio

Does your social class determine your online social network? - 1 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

social networks emerging technology web 2.0 social

shared by Uly Lalunio on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Xavier Rozas on 14 Oct 09
     
    While not an emerging tehnology per se, social networks can serve as indicators of how, why and who is using and CREATING web content. I think the creation part of this exchange is key in that it ishere that the disruptive element of the technology comes into play. In my studies of Podcasts for the wiki assignment I found that many first time podcasters subscribers experimented with recording their own Podcast before becoming regular consumers. How does this relate to the facebook vs. myspace arguement, you ask? SImple, myspace is a more customizable portal/page that allows users to express and communicate their own, often marginalized socio-cultural identity. Facebook on the other hand asks users to define their online persona via 'freinds', shared photos, profile text fields, etc. For many recent immigrant and children, the formation and identification of an imagined community is an attractive thing. Somalian wallpaper, Manga flash videos embedded, Dominican Republic Flag .gifs waving all over..and MUSIC.
  • Uly Lalunio on 17 Oct 09
     
    Here's a brief article with statistics on online social networking divide. What does your online social networking preference reveal about your social class?
  • Uly Lalunio on 17 Oct 09
     
    Will online social networking create or perpetuate a "caste system" within online communities?
Xavier Rozas

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...08twitter_ep.h29.html

disruptive innovation distance learning educational technologies

shared by Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09 - Cached
  • “It’s not a research-based tool,” said Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. “The most important thing to remember is that we have no idea what impact these tools have on learning, and it will take a decade to answer that question.”
  • A few studies have found some positive correlations between text-messaging aptitude and literacy. Research on gaming and educational multimedia programs have also shown some positive impact on learning. But few scientific experiments can show a direct link between the use of such technology and student achievement.
  • “The medium is not enough,” he added. “People talk about the vital importance of Web 2.0 and 3.0, and that kids have got to acquire those skills. But we can’t all just be contributing to wikis and tweeting each other. Somebody’s got to create
  • Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09
     
    Good article that plainly states, Web 2.0 and 3.0 are tools that if used properly can engage and effect teaching and learning beyond traditional classroom spaces.
Chris Dede

The Creator of Wikipedia Turns to Education Videos - Curriculum Matters - Education Week - 1 views

blogs.edweek.org/...reator-of-wikipedia-turns.html

video teaching wikis wikipedia

shared by Chris Dede on 18 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Chris Dede on 18 Nov 09
     
    video repository for education
Chris McEnroe

Turn your 'Lurkers' into Active Members - "How-To" for lefora forums - 1 views

howto.lefora.com/...owto-lurkers-to-active-members

shared by Chris McEnroe on 10 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 10 Oct 11
     
    Since we have talked about Lurking a few times during class, i thought this post in a help forum for Lefora.com (a forum host) was interesting. The subtle difference in perspective for this post is that assumes managers of the forum are appealing to audience rather than offering fodder for consideration and discussion. A trend I've noticed generally around the use of technology in education is how it requires teachers to be better persuaders and packagers of information. I think this is a good trend but I am wary of it going too far.
Chris McEnroe

k12wiki - Social Networking Acceptable Use - 0 views

k12wiki.wikispaces.com/cial+Networking+Acceptable+Use

acceptable use social networks in school Online tools collaboration policy web2.0 wiki school2.0 acceptable_use

shared by Chris McEnroe on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 18 Oct 11
     
    Many of the schools with which I come in to contact- including mine- reinvent the wheel when it comes to acceptable use policy at great expense of time and often little influence of "best practice." Why not make use of the good work and attention that has been deliberated by other educators who have already wrestled through the problem.
Chris McEnroe

µTorrent 3.0 - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client - 2 views

www.utorrent.com/ut3

shared by Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11
     
    Does anyone have any experience with this tool. It looks like a very interesting example of a Intelligent Web Filtering. Wow! Good side is that this is like Tivo for the web. Bad side is that you better have nothing else to do but look at the web. Also an interesting take on Personal Learning Networks.
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  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    I am familiar with BitTorrent, and it's interesting Chris that you came about it excited for its uses in education. But have you read or heard about the controversy surrounding it? In a nutshell- BitTorrent is a technology that allows large collections of files and data to be shared across the internet in a decentralized, peer-to-peer manner. A person who has the original files decides to share them via BitTorrent, so others can download from him/her. But as the others begin downloading the files, they also start sharing the pieces they've downloaded with the ever-growing set of new users asking for the file. BitTorrent works like a growing web- in order to download files shared via BitTorrent - you have to share the pieces you get with others. More downloaders = more uploaders as well, ensuring popular files will always be accessible. The benefits - this is cheap and decentralized, no need to pay to host the files on the web. The users who have the file are sharing the file from their own computers with others requesting it. And this can be permanent - if you host a BitTorrent to share a file, you have that sharing channel last forever (not relying on external services that cost $ or can be shut down).
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    BitTorrent is a really powerful technology that allows large amounts of files and data to be shared quickly with a limitless number of people. It's scalability at no cost. Could be a great tool for educators to share content across the globe in a hassle-free way. Even the folks at Khan Academy are excited to use it: from: http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html "For Khan Academy, BitTorrent was a natural extension for it stated mission of "a world-class education for anyone anywhere," Sal Khan tells Fast Company. Kahn was excited for activist educators to be able to download the Academy's entire portforlio, burn it on a CD, and distribute it to rural or underdeveloped areas otherwise unable to access it without a broadband connection. "I think the single most fun thing about BitTorrent," Khan adds, "is this content will never die. A nuclear bomb could hit our offices tomorrow and could take down our servers, but its going to sitting somewhere in the world on somebody's server." He added, "We don't care about monetizing the content; we just care that it gets used."
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    But despite the prospects of BitTorrent being a great technology to allow sharing of digital content freely, to allow downloading of vast amounts of data that can then be stored offline and shared with anyone... the rest of the article (http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html) mentions that Google was unhappy with Khan's decision to use BitTorrent. Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. Why? This is the controversy: BitTorrent's power to share digital content in a decentralized way, where the more popular a file is, the faster it'll spread-- has led it to become the most popular method of digital piracy out there today. This has quickly become the most common use of BitTorrent, far exceeding the sharing of legitimate digital content. It's become a nightmare for the movie, music, software, and video gaming industries. A summary of the legal issues surrounding BitTorrent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_BitTorrent
  • Chris McEnroe on 30 Oct 11
     
    Hey Bharat, I am so glad I asked. I had no idea. Very interesting. New dimension to the concept of free knowledge vs. intellectual property. I think the kids at my school are using this to share music. I'll have to check it out. I find this conflict- "Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. " so intriguing. At first glance it looked to me like a vision of networked learning that was aimed at an authentic task with authentic participants (as portrayed by actors :).
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