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Educause background on Twitter and education - 2 page PDF from here.

How to mass download Google docs using Greasemonkey scripts

Steve Wheeler's staff web page - Senior Lecturer in Education and Information Technology

"There has been a lot of talk recently about PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) and everyone it seems, wants to know what they are, what they contain, or if they will replace current institutional VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) or LMS (Learning Management System) provision."

Report in the business value of using immersive technologies for work. 40% saw a positive economic impact. Used mainly for connecting users at a distance.

business value of using immersive technologies for work

"Schott, a senior lecturer in the Department of Screen and Media Studies, is known for focusing on the positive aspects of videogaming - its "pro-social" and creative side. His project differed from most research into the topic."

Town in Montana requires all job applicants for public jobs to divulge usernames and passwords for all their online log-ins!!

Some online image editing tools. Falcon allows markup, so adding arrow, text, etc to an image. Other tools allow proper editing.

nice looking UTube for creating podcast with audacity (inc download info)

Help files with pics on how to use Audacity

Chris Messina has a go at Operas rhetoric over Unite although sees some hidden gems in Activity Streaming.

Report on copyright 'infringement'. It doesn't mention that many of its 'hits' relate to material used under US Fair Use legislation, therefore not infringing copyright.

Run your browser as a server, a platform, a service. Unite looks like a radical departure in the web landscape. Will be interesting to see the reality and how it pans out.

Kyle's a student at San Jose State University who was threatened with a failing grade for posting the code he wrote for the course -- he wanted to make it available in the spirit of academic knowledge-sharing, and as code for potential future employers to review -- and when he refused, his prof flew into a fury and promised that in future, he would make a prohibition on posting your work (even after the course was finished) a condition of taking his course.

A description of rubric types, their rationale and their design

Learning design guides from Aus Flexible learning framework

New Google labs tool. Search for info and order by date or just search for a date.

Report on WA and how teaching might have to change since it can solve complex equations and show the steps involved.

List of things to lead a good tech dept.

List of TED talks for education managers