Posted in Edutech on Jan 28th, 2006 Comments Off
Via Stephen Downes comes this creative approach to using flickr. Beyond the Blog has a ream of bang on links that summarizes a whole range of web technologies. I think it is a very appealing and useful way to organize these important resources.
From the page introduction - “a flickrtation for the EDUCAUSE ELI Conference [...]
Posted in Edutech on Jan 25th, 2006 Comments Off
I stumbled (a regular habit of mine) over this wonderful site authored by Diana Mehta called Creative Chaos. There are many posts and links of interest to me and I look forward to exploring this one. Here is her prejudice map of the world. As I am a “community mapper” with local and global perspectives, [...]
Posted in Edutech on Jan 21st, 2006 Comments Off
This post is my response to a earlier posting by Will Richardson where he captures some of the perspectives around Learning vrs. education. Reading Will Richardson is like inhaling pure oxygen just when I need to clear my head. Wonderful stuff!!
I have followed you, Stephen, George and many others over the past year and your [...]
Posted in Edutech on Jan 13th, 2006 2 Comments »
Via Stephen Downes and a Fast Company article, I resonated (as did Stephen) with these two summaries of what success means.
John Mackey
Founder And CEO, Whole Foods Market Austin, Texas www.wholefoods.com
A few years ago someone asked me to write down what success meant to me and the principles I followed to achieve it. My [...]
Posted in Edutech on Jan 3rd, 2006 1 Comment »
I finnaly bought a book. I am so hooked on the library system for my reading, I thought I would never purchase a book again. Fortunately some of my relatives thought a Chapters gift certificate would suit my holiday wishes. I’m glad they did this because I found a jewel of a book.
If you [...]
Posted in Edutech on Jan 1st, 2006 Comments Off
Here is a one educational system that (gleaned from Remote Access) recognizes the value and benefits of supporting student blogs in schools.
This is the good part. The Ministry of Education said, “It is also an excellent example of how mobile and Internet technology can connect various groups of people. We believe [...]
