EduGeek Journal

Like the other Edugeek members, I recently joined the Classroom 2.0 social networking site. I’ve only been a member for about a week, and I’ve already connected with others interested in classroom 2.0 technology and applications. I’m learning very cool things from other members and their projects. One of those projects is called Edusim, an [...]

(As my Dad would say…) I’m not one to say I told you so, but… The tech and investment worlds are abuzz as Google and Microsoft battle it out to see who will get to invest a significant chunk of change in Facebook. (Read more here.) We should find out in the next day, but [...]

A few weeks ago I noticed a mistake I was constantly making: I would forget to follow what is going on with Zoho, and then they would release a whole slew of improvements and updates on me. Silly EduGeek. So, I added Zoho Blog to my RSS feeds and decided to keep in the know. [...]

Listen in as Katrina, Matt, and Harriet discuss online educational epiphanies during lunch at the Region XI Distance Learning Educator Conference. Reflections include thoughts on new educational sites as well as teacher issues with online learning. Recorded live from a cell phone using Gcast. See the Podcast tab at the top of the page, or [...]

I was just in a meeting about an online video option for some courses. The basic concept was that the classroom course is recorded, and then made available for students online. This and video conferencing seem to be the two big commercial ventures for many companies in online learning. The meeting was the most recent [...]

I was a bit surprised today when I saw Matt’s Jaiku post about Google buying Jaiku. (See Jaiku’s announcement and Google’s blog post.) Now, I know this is a conversation that’s been going on a long time now and has been a concern for many, but it still just really amazes me and kind of [...]

I mentioned Buzzword in my last Web 2.0 post: a new Flash-based word processing website that was recently purchased by Adobe. I had to sign on to a waiting list to get a user account. That user account arrived a few days later, and I can now give my first impressions of Buzzword. The first [...]

This is a little late, but EGJ was mentioned in Rod’s Pulse Podcast # 49. Rod’s Pulse Podcast is a great podcast about podcasting – news, techniques, issues, and teaching ideas. The best way to learn is by doing, so if you want to learn about podcasting (or get good news and updates about educational [...]

Maybe Google was on to something? And not mention other front runners such as Zoho and Writely (which was purchased by Google)? Many recent articles and blogs have highlighted how Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe are entering in to the online publication world. This can be good and bad for the world of education. First of [...]