I have been using RockMelt as my main browser for a few months now. Not sure why I switched over from straight up Chrome – I guess I wanted to see how Rockmelt would change my usage of Facebook and/or Twitter. Not a whole lot, but I do like the integration of different websites into a seamless [...]
By now, most educators have probably at least glanced at the New Media Consortium’s Horizon Report on the top 6 emerging technologies in K-12 education. An interesting list, full of technologies that I would love to see take hold in education. But some things are still on the list from 2010 – like cloud computing. [...]
17 Dec, 2010
Response to Yahoo’s plans to shut down deliciousPosted by: Katrina Adams In: Current Events|Ed Tech|Online Tools|Web 2.0
Warning: This is an emotional response to yesterday’s announcement by Yahoo! that they are shutting down the insanely popular, absolutely essential, epitome of web 2.0 known as delicious.
18 Nov, 2010
ID discusses the finer points of engaging students with Professor…Posted by: Darren Crone In: Ed Tech
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Is Google planning on creating its own Learning Management Systems? They already have (or are working on) manyof the pieces that come together to make an LMS, and with Google’s tendency to gobble up companies, they could easily acquire the missing pieces…
People have been talking about Prezi for a while now, and I’m finally giving it a try. (I’m pretty sure Matt and Harriet used it over a year ago at TxDLA, so I’m definitely behind on this one. Oh well.) Below is my first whack at prezi for my eLearning Online Course Design workshop. In [...]
09 Sep, 2010
Why Do We Need To Argue Online vs. Face-to-Face Anyways?Posted by: Matt Crosslin In: Ed Tech
After reading all of these reports that study and compare online courses versus face-to-face course, I have to ask: why on Earth do we even need to know which one is better? Why are so many people intent on setting up some battle royale where only one or the other can survive? Online learning has [...]
I am glad to see that I am not the only one feeling a bit… uneasy?… about how ed tech is going. Brian Lamb and Jim Groom do a good job of articulating some of my concerns and growing fears in this article: Never Mind the Edupunks; or, The Great Web 2.0 Swindle: We dream [...]
04 Jan, 2010
New Year, More New Ideas for Learning Management SystemsPosted by: Matt Crosslin In: Ed Tech
As the new year rolls on, I’ve been pondering Learning Management Systems more. I know – not a big shock there. I’ve been examining some of the weaknesses of our New Vision SLE (Social Learning Environment – our new term for the LMS) idea, and might have stumbled upon some interesting ideas. I need to [...]
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