efsym2007 – a follow up in SecondLife. They make some points about the practicality of a meeting in SL – including whether or not a simple chat would have been easier!…
Day: 26 July 2007
Microtrends: Ten essential Facebook accessories
Times Online lists 10 different accessories for Facebook. Most don’t seem to have too much relevance for education – indeed, things like Top ten and Bottom five make bullying very easy. On the other hand, the Zoho integration is great!…
How does the growth of social networking sites impact on e-portfolios?
Catherine Howell looks at the potential of things like Facebook and other social networking sites for PLEs. As I’ve mentioned already – I’m slightly worried about the impact of requiring students to use something outside the university – in case it fails. Having just spent quite a lot of time getting this blog back up…
OUseful Info: Social Computing Forecasts
Tony Hirst has a long post, with many links looking at how far we should be encouraging students to use Web 2.0 tools, either independently or through some form of institutional setup. The more that I look at it, I think that while we should be opening students eyes to the range of tools that…
$100 laptop goes into production
It seems that the $100 laptop is finally hitting the production lines. . The BBC also have a handy guide to the machines, which seem to be pretty robust. I like the idea that there are some 400 combinations of design – so that children can identify their own. Intel, who have developed their own…