SCAMPER is a technique you can use to spark your creativity and help you overcome any challenge you may be facing. In essence, SCAMPER is a general-purpose checklist with idea-spurring questions — which is both easy to use and surprisingly powerful.
For the first time ever, you can download the first issue of "Hackett and Bankwell," The Linux Comic. In this premier issue, users learn about the history of GNU and Linux, how to install Ubuntu, and how to get started with the graphical user interface (GUI). "Hackett and Bankwell" #1 helps new Linux users establish a solid base of knowledge that will help them tackle more sophisticated tasks and concepts, such as the command line interface.
One of the activities we are currently all engaged with is mapping our existing curriculum design processes and developing a baseline document of curriculum design which we can use as a benchmark of progress achieved on the projects.
A key issue for all of us is how to represent curriculum design - what representations might be useful, for what purposes and for whom?
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
There are now nearly 600 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters.
Kete is open source software that you can use to create online areas for collaboration for your community. Write topics and upload images, audio, video, documents. Discuss them all. Link them together.
It's been called a "relational wiki" and " a mashup between content management and knowledge managment". It's a fun way to get things done.