A couple of conversations last week while on leave and since Ive got back, have reminded me that Ive really got rather behind with the blogging and also that Im now using Twitter more and more (not that I needed to be told either!) Twitter & Blogging When I first came across Twitter,…
Blogging IT and EDucation
Blogging from Word.
I was on the train yesterday, with very poor mobile broadband – so thought I’d test out Blogging from Word, by creating a post, in order to posting it when I got back here. Some of the issues I had weren’t Word’s fault – this laptop has a (finger print print controlled) Password Bank. It…
Web2.0 or …
Im recently starting to think more and more about Web2.0 and teaching; more specifically how much is actually web2.0 (on the assumption it can be defined) and how much is what Im getting the students to do (or, indeed, what I, as I extend my own knowledge am doing). Is just looking at videos on…
Web2.0
UoPw2…
Who's following who?
I’ve read a few posts recently in the blogosphere (such as this one by Mike Arsenault) about “twitter snobs” – and basically whether one should, or shouldn’t, automatically follow everyone who follows you. As with so many things, some people will argue vehemently that their way is “right”; others will be more pragmatic – explaining…
Laptops vs. Computer labs
Several in the blogosphere have pointed to the Ars Technica report this week about the decision of the University of Virginia to re-think computer labs, after only 4 new students arrived sans computer (didn’t state if they were laptops or desktops). Naturally, the reaction was mixed – mostly anti the decision; based on aspects such…
Ada Lovelace Day 09
Ages ago, I signed the pledge to write a blog post for Ada Lovelace Day – about a woman in technology that I admire. I then wondered who on earth I’d write about; there are quite a few I could think of off hand, but trying to think of someone who I felt had really…
Teaching with Twitter
A whole range of ideas from Steve Wheeler for Teaching with Twitter. I can see several having uses here. There are also links to others who’ve experimented with Twitter for teaching….
Twitter tools
I’ve recently seen a range of new twitter tools – no doubt there are many more that I’ve not seen! http://twitter.mailana.com lets you see friends & also local Twitters; perhaps a little “busy” to easily understand. Twitteranalyzer Massive range of stats, though I’m a little sceptical about the “followersdensity” maps. If it is accurate ……
Cohere.
The Open University’s Cohere tool looks as if it could be interesting, and I see it’s now in Labspace -alongside compendium. (But hard to tell, the interface has changed since I last went there)…