MathTutor has downloadable tutorials designed to be used on an iPod. The one that I’ve had a look at would require a video iPod, though I guess that you could use it with just audio. Though it said to download to iTunes & then to the iPod, I was able to download & play with…
Blogging IT and EDucation
Test
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Just testing the Structured blogging plugin. Version 1.0pre13 (the latest) doesn’t seem to work for me, though this one (0.5) does. Not sure why…
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Chinese Bloggers Stage Hoax
Slashdot – with links to the BBC etc. – a couple of Chinese Bloggers pulled their sites offline, and, as they’d hoped, the BBC, among others, blamed it on the Chinese Government….
Disabled users to test websites
Now isn’t that a good idea?! Difficulties with websites by many users with disabilities is in the news at the moment – I suspect that it’s related to the launch of the BSI’s PAS 78 – Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites. I’ve skim read it, and there are definite guidelines for ensuring…
My Sun
Go on My Sun, says News Corp Last July My Space was bought by News Corporation – the Murdoch controlled group that includes “The Sun” and “The Times”, in the UK, as well as a raft of titles in Australia & the Pacific (including PNG’s Post Courier) According to the Guardian, he’d originally thought about…
Blogging book competition hots up
The Blooker prize (for a blog that’s been converted to a book), has published its shortlist – with the winner to be announced on April 3rd. The competition is sponsored by Lulu – and has prizes of upto $2000 for the winner. (Of course, it has to be in English…)…
Flickr – as learning Tool
Beth H has got an image in Flickr that’s being used as a learning tool. Different areas of the image have different notes attached to them – some by different posters. (Not sure if they are her class, or random visitors)…
Zooomr
Zooomr was created by a 17 year old – in 3 months, and TechCrunch see it as a potential rival to Flickr, with improved features. Zooomr (currently off line due to massive interest, sparked, no doubt by having been slashdotted) offers the user the ability to have a variety of metadata – including audio. Audio…
A hiatus
Stephen Downes is having a hiatus from his OLDaily. I’ve tried to leave a comment on the site, a couple of times, but I can’t seem to. Guess it’s too full! He’s an inspiration – what more can one say?…
The Physics of Friendship
The Physics of Friendship Rather neat! They’ve taken the theories of particle movement in Physics, and applied it to Social Networks. Note: There are sponsored ads on the page, which are both irritating & not relevant. After a collision, a particle moves in a different direction with an updated velocity, just as how an individuals…