Christopher D. Sessums reviews a review … but it’s worth reading….
Blogging IT and EDucation
Edublog simile generator
David Davies Edublog simile generator gave me a laugh, particularly as I’d thought it said “smilie” generator, so I was hopefully looking for some Edublog smilies….
What is Web 2.0?
The Register ran a survey, asking people what they thought Web 2.0 was … they had a range of answers! What’s Web 2.0 has a more expected set of answers, constantly being updated, especially if you look at their aggregator….
Pentagon sets its sights on social networking websites
New Scientist reports on plans in the US to start to tap into all the information that people are putting in the public domain, via social networking sites. New Scientist has discovered that Pentagon’s National Security Agency, which specialises in eavesdropping and code-breaking, is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that people…
blogwithoutalibrary.net
LIS course in Social Software This course looks like it’s going to be very interesting, I hope that at least some of the materials end up online – I’ve been looking at various courses as we start to plan out the new online MSc. The Opencourseware initiative has been good for that; I rather like…
Wiki on blogging
Anne Davis has started to put together a useful wiki with resources about the use of blogs for learning….
Google Trends.
Kineo has reviewed Google Trends – yet another of Google’s innovations, allowing you to follow search trends over time. I’ve just tried with “Edublogging” and “Edublog”, but unfortunately neither have enough searches to generate data. So, I thought I’d try plagiarism. It seems the Australians are particularly interested in it….
Plagiarism.
A plagiarism conference attracted a lot of interest in the press, before, during & after the event. One such report was Net Students ‘think copying OK‘, on the BBC. The Guardian had a similar report. Earlier, the BBC reported on what has been termed “contract cheating”. Mike Reddy, at the University of Newport, is trying…
Post-match markers crash websites
Edexcel’s marking site crashed on Sunday after the England match; I’ve read before about the electrical surges generated by opening fridges & boiling kettles, but not seen the impact of deciding to do your marking!…
Jakob Nielsen on Design, RSS, Email, and Blogs
Slashdot picked up on Neilsen’s article about RSS etc. Perhaps not unexpectedly, Neilsen tends to see blogs as not ideal for company information – though to be honest, I’m not sure that I really see them as useful for company news. To me it’s the wrong use of a good technology. Usual heated debate at…