EdTechWeekly# 59 - Guerilla OLPC, Scoble Shuffle, Live Web, Personal Learning Networks...

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EdTechWeekly #59
January 6, 2008

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Discussion Topics

Guerrilla Warfare and the OLPC - OLPC
Scoble Scuffle - over "your" data portability and access outside the network
The Thinking Stick » ‘08 The ‘Live Web’
How does the non-stop live web change our net lives and how does it maifest itself in education?
Personal Learning Networks: Now that we (the geeks, techs, and early adopters) are using them and are comfortable with them, how do we foster this type of professional growth among our teachers?

Speed Round

20+ Tools For Creating Your Own Games
krossbow: We all play games, but not many of us have tried to actually create games. Have you been scared due to all the programming knowledge you think it takes? Well, thanks to the wonders of the web, now there are numerous tools that enable almost anyo
Google Policy Fellowship
Fellows will have the opportunity to work at public interest organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer privacy, open government, and more.
Teachers & Teaching (Videos/PPoints)
kristian still: CPD videos perhaps.
Teach ICT - Tons of Free Teaching Materials and ICT Revision
kristiam still Tons of free teaching, revision and learning material
blog of proximal development » Blog Archive » How to Grow a Blog
dennisar
eLearn: Feature Article
kristian still
Create a talking character using any photo or picture
durff
BridgeBuilder-Game.com - The ultimate bridge building games website
The ultimate bridge building games website
Planet Science | Wired
kristian still: Planet Science... Science can be fun... Wired
dy/dan annual report contest
From MizMercer: Dan Myer has another contest to try to improve the design aesthetic of teachers everywhere...
Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games
vance
Eye-Fi
Automatic wireless photo upload
Jeff Felix 's Dissertation
Edublogging: Instruction for the Digital Age Learner
DataPortability.org - Share and remix data using open standards
lifestreams - your life live
jm: another "find" from the twitteristas ... in private beta ... will it have "legs" in 2008?
Slideoo.com - The horizontal photo slideshow for Flickr
Star Trek DIY: Fans make their own 'Webisodes' - CNN.com
Never heard the term "webisode" before. Interesting story - could have edu apps as well! ~ Debbie Schinker
Tony Vincent's learninginhand.com
Kristian Still: Lots of mobile / handheld goodness.
Mixbook | Create Amazing Books With Your Friends!
Showcase student work
QIK | Streaming video right from your phone
durff
School bus becomes virtual classrooom.
praxis: An interesting option for long bus rides. Gary
Little laptop a hit in rural Peru - CNN.com
praxis: More about the XO laptops.
eduwikius » home
ulrich
Money Programme
Free teleprompter/autocue service. Cueprompter - The online prompter.
krossbow: Free teleprompter/autocue service CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed. Check the system requirements and give it a try. Bookmark this site and come again when ever
Neulio - online course creator
webwriter:Author lessons into courses. Free.
Googling for Your Grade - TIME
Merry Christmas! I know you don't have a show for a few weeks, but you HAVE to check out this link!! - Debbie Schinker
Youth Radio
is there a list of words that are systems driven ? e.g by typing in "Stats" , twitter responds displaying followers /following stats !! thas kewl, but there must be more keywords correct ?? :)-
krossbow: here are some of the words you can use to interact with Twitter:
Remember The Milk - Services / Remember The Milk for Gmail
wkjellstrom: Remember The Milk for Gmail is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage your tasks in Gmail, add new tasks, automatically add tasks for starred messages or specific labels, and much more! -From Willy at Trinity School.
Spicebird
Spicebird Collaboration is much beyond e-mail communication – it's a process where individuals work together to achieve a common goal. Apart from having e-mail, instant messaging and group calendaring, an ideal collaboration system should make 'working
http://www.opensource.idv.tw/moodle/
dennisar
LunaPic Online Photo Editor
durff
Log in, enter password, read a textbook
mr.circe: "A shift toward digital textbooks for kindergarten through high school not only is updating the way students learn, it's changing the business model for Pearson, one of the world's largest publishers of school textbooks."
protagonize: community-driven interactive fiction
krossbow: Choose your own adventure. Protagonize.com is an online community dedicated to the (nearly) lost art of the adventure, a type of collaborative fiction. Curious? Find out more!
Langwitches » Blog Archive » Global Audience?…Are you Globally Friendly?
rubyfire: If you are writing a public blog, professionally or with your students, you need to asks yourself the question "Do I have a global audience?"
jm: Another cool flickr slideshow embed thingy ... works like a charm
Education?Blog List
jm: another list of edublogs based on technorati "authority" rank
The Orange Box - Portal
jm
Confusion Over New York Cellphone Ban in Schools
praxis: There has to be something more to this story - you can carry your cellphone to school but can't bring it into the building?
Education World ® Technology Center: Doug Johnson: A Proposal for Banning Pencil
krossbow: A Proposal for Banning Pencils By Doug Johnson Ex abusu non arguitur in usum. (The abuse of a thing is no argument against its use.)
Yugma : Free Web Conferencing, Yugma Web Conferencing Service Giving Back to the World of Bloggers on One Year
cmcraft: Yugma wants to give away free one year accounts to bloggers. They don't seem to ask much in return, am I missing something?
The Scoble scuffle: Facebook, Plaxo at odds over data portability | The Social - CNET News.com
jm: details of the data scuffle
Plaxo
jm
Stomach Flu Spread By Contaminated Computer Keyboards - Yahoo! News
jm - durff via twitter: gross!
Play Scrabulous online for free - at Scrabulous
jm: all the Twtiteristas are playing!
Half an Hour: Last Year's eLearn Magazine Predictions
jm: So ... how do you "grade" these '07 Predictions?
Overview | Drupal Conference Organizing Website
jm: Is the registration already closed or not yet open?
Slide - slideshows, slide shows, photo sharing, image hosting, widgets, MySpace codes, web publishing, music - Slide
jseal Airborne internet may generate turbulence
Maybe this has application to school networks. Teach students proper use of unfiltered technology and expect it later? Gary