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I fully admit that some of these blog posts are full of cheese. And my tweets even more so. However, now I have a way to measure it. TweetVolume allows you to search for different terms and see how often they’ve been mentioned on Twitter. So I did a search for cheesy […]

Two new features for Google Maps.
Firstly is the ability to jump into the map and get yourself a 3D view of a location. It’s called Street Views and unfortunately is only available in San Jose and New York right now. But it’s pretty sweet and adds a whole dimension to online […]

Jane Nicholls is looking for some help with some podcasting research she’s doing. She’s looking at the question “In what ways does podcasting enhance oral literacies?”
If you could provide an example of your students demonstrating any of these things I would love to hear about it and incorporate it into my study. Please […]

Fair use is a tricky to wrap your mind around. Eric Faden of Bucknell University has found a great way to get the main ideas across. He chops up Disney videos to introduce key concepts and explain the issues. Would be a great way to introduce Fair Use in your copyright and […]

This is really beautiful. I’m ashamed at how few of these paintings I recognize though.
Hey Art Guy, think this could be a weeks worth of lessons, identifying all the women in this video?

I’ve blogged a little bit about whether PowerPoints should be able to stand on their own, whether they are just there to support the presenter (and to be honest, the comments from everyone else are more valuable than the initial blog entry) and earlier today I mentioned how impressed I was with Alan’s K12 Online […]

If you haven’t already heard yet, the K12 Online Conference is ramping up again for 2007. The official call for proposals can be found here. I really think what they put together last year was absolutely incredible, and is still a valuable resource to educators regardless of their experience level.
Last […]

Interesting video explaining what RSS is. I dig it, but I do still think there’s a certain point where people’s eyes are just going to glaze over.

Not even a week after I get my blog updated to Wordpress 2.1.3, they come out with a new release. Guess I’ll have to upgrade to Wordpress 2.2 now

Trying out yet another theme today, and I’m definitely digging this one. It’s called Tarski, and it’s described by its authors as:
Flexible and customisable, Tarski was created with blog authors in mind: it’s easy to install and personalise. However, Tarski is also highly extensible and employs a number of innovative features which the more […]

Last week, I spent two full workdays in Second Life, delving into the nitty gritty of how things are actually put together and learning some very basic scripting. Of course, when I say learning scripting, I actually mean looking at other people’s scripts and learning how to tweak them to suit my needs.
This wasn’t […]

Just the very thing to go along with that new iBook or Powerbook. All of you OSX users will feel right at home with this one, while Windows users may choke on their bagel. It’s called iTheme, and it has classic thematic elements from OSX.
Hmm… I wonder if somebody has an OS9 theme, […]

Ok, I don’t think I can keep this theme because it doesn’t have Wordpress Widgets.
But tell me the truth, doesn’t it just take you back to the good ol’ days? Browsing with Lynx, chatting on ISCA, exploring the virtual worlds through MUD’s and MOO’s and MUSH’s?
Good times…. Good times…
Oh yeah, the theme is ASCIIwp. […]

Twitter has been down all morning and I’ve got the shakes. How am I supposed to ask people about the Stephen Downes interview last night in WOW2.0? Who am I going to share Dimenxianwith until I have time to create a proper blog entry about it? What did D’arcy have for breakfast […]

Looks like I’m doing a theme a day for now. Got some great feedback on yesterday’s, so I’m hoping you’ll continue to do so as I try out a few others.
Today’s theme is the theme used by BloggingPro.com, fittingly named Blogging Pro Widgets Ready Theme. Nothing too fancy here. It’s […]