Stephen Downes Article

Wow - I will need to read this several times.  Wow

Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On

In the summer of 1998, over two frantic weeks in July, I wrote an essay titled The Future of Online Learning. (Downes, 1998) At the time, I was working as a distance education and new media design specialist at Assiniboine Community College, and I wrote the essay to defend the work I was doing at the time. “We want a plan,” said my managers, and so I outlined the future as I thought it would – and should – unfold.

Twilight Search Engine

This is an example of using a custom built search engine

Creative Commons revisited

I keep seeking a way to help people understand CC - is a comic a good way?



Spectrumofrights Comic1 - CC Wiki

Web Log Cartoons

Just found a source to add cartoons to my blog :) http://www.weblogcartoons.com/

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

Professional Development

Those I work with and I must include myself. have been passionate about stopping one parachute staff development ideas and moving forward with strategic staff development.  Here is a good article on this idea.

Can Technology Drive Change in Professional Development? : November 2008 : THE Journal

Can Technology Drive Change in Professional Development?

by Dave Nagel

Teacher training needs to shift away from one-shot workshops and move toward a model of ongoing, sustainable professional development, according to a new report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released Friday.

Twitter Tools

Brian Solis had this wonderful post on Twitter Tools - I had to share

PR 2.0: Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals

Friday, October 17, 2008
Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals



Twitter is nothing short of a phenomenon. At the very least, it connects people to each other through a rich and active exchange of ideas, thoughts, observations, and vision in one, highly conducive ecosystem (known as the Twitterverse). The social fibers that weave together this unique micromedia network is strengthened by the expertise, respect, trust, admiration, and commonalities. These fabrics bind the people who breathe life and personality into the global community as well as fueling the disparate micro communities that ultimately extend across the Long Tail.

How teachers are working around overprotective content filters to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.

I've been frustrated as I go to different districts, showing innovative ideas with creative and enthused teachers, to occasionally discover the district blocks tools that could excite students and enhance student learning.  This article seems to capture that concern and thoughts on making these tools available.

Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Online Will Make You Sorry | Edutopia

Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Online Will Make You Sorry
How teachers are working around overprotective content filters to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.

Classroom 2.0 Sat Morning

Animoto

A N I M O T O

Change how you make slideshows. (Free teacher accounts for now)

Cameroid

This is a great site to add to CEDu534

Cameroid - Use your webcam to take photos online!

Take crazy snaps with your webcam

Comic Life in the Classroom

I am attending a workshop on Comic Life - if you want the materials here they are...

ComicLife in Your Curriculum

Easy to create! Easy to share!
ComicLife files can easily be "Exported as a web page" as well as ...
• Exported as jpeg files (for sharing electronically -- never try to email a ComicLife file)
• Printed to PDF (still big files, but faster printing)
• Exported directly to iPhoto (which can then be shown as a slide show)
• Exported to a Quicktime movie