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very basic but easy to set up collaborative learning environment

great from Ted Hope, a leading advocate for changing film production and distribution culture. Good thoughts for media makers who want to enter into a broader networked production

I heard this on NPR as I was driving and couldn't help but think of this week's reading from Smart Mobs. The text discusses the role that cooperation plays in human society, that if we were designed to spread out genes without regard to others, that cooperation would have been "bred out" generations ago. This story shows that cooperation, or at least social interaction based on valuing the needs and goals of others, does seem to be uniquely human. Networked collaboration isn't the result of technology - it's the result of basic humanity.

Mobile Learning Academy: learn how to create a mobile learning concept using mobile storytelling tools

NetLogo is a multi-agent programmable modeling environment. It is used by tens of thousands of students, teachers and researchers worldwide. It also powers HubNet participatory simulations. It is authored by Uri Wilensky and developed at the CCL. You can download it free of charge.

Edutopia article on uses of Google Hangout for elementary, middle/high school, mentoring, higher ed and administrators