http://www.everythingedtech.com Your Source for Edtech Tutorials, Demos, and Reviews Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:16:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.everythingedtech.com/google/google-reader/my-shared-items-for-march-8th-through-april-8th/ http://www.everythingedtech.com/google/google-reader/my-shared-items-for-march-8th-through-april-8th/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:00:33 +0000 Chris Bell http://www.everythingedtech.com/?p=279 Continue reading →]]> My Shared Items for March 8th through April 8th:

• New in Labs: Nested Labels and Message Sneak Peek –
• April 13 eLSIG Webinar “Communication Tools For The 21st Century Online Class” Presented by Bob Hiles –
• In a World of Openness, Doors to Higher Ed Close –
• The elements of online communication 1: text –
• Live Training on Your Phone? A Closer Look at Adobe Connect Pro Mobile by Paul Clothier : Learning Solutions Magazine – I was very excited when Adobe released this last week. While it's not a perfect solution, I see this as a step in right direction for learning anywhere. Mobile synchronous learning has the capacity to be a game changer in higher ed, but I don't know if K-12 will see a direct impact for quite some time.

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• Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro goes Mobile. – This is awesome. What's not so awesome is that we chose to go with Elluminate. When is Elluminate going to have an iPhone/Android/mobile app? If it's not in development, then they are seriously going to lose some market share on this one.
• Making something easy hard by trying to make it easy. –
• VoiceThread: Effective Design Strategies and Student Perspectives – Michelle has done an excellent job of demonstrating reasons for using Voicethread in online courses for (1) formative assessments and (2) community building.
• Google’s Liquid Galaxy Will Blow Your Mind – This looks really interesting and I like the fact that it's being done with "off the shelf" products.
• Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: iPod Touch/iPhone App Round Up for Users with Significant Disabilities and Those who Teach Them – The iPod touch is becoming the swiss army knife of resource teachers and SPED departments. Isn't it amazing what can be done with this small, sophisticated device? Apple calls the iPad "magical", but I think they really nailed it with the touch & iPhone.

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• Summarizing concepts in 5 or 6 images –
• I am really liking the integration of Buzz with Reader. I now –
• Blogger in Middle-earth: Elearning in Second Life – I think the author touches on some great points regarding e-learning components in Second Life. I would add that the biggest attraction for me to MUVEs is the added component of students being able to construct objects, buildings, and environments. This is not possible in Second Life unless you own land and allow them to build upon it. However, in OpenSim you can set up an environment for constructive knowledge for very little money.
• A thumbnail is worth about one hundred words – This is why it's fun to do professional development on Google stuff. I constantly am revising my training materials to incorporate these little tweaks
• Search is getting more social (The Official Google Blog) –

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• Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education – I am looking forward to this online conference. I have been spending a lot of time researching MUVEs and playing/building in them lately. I think that MUVEs have the power to transform online learning as part of a synergistic relationship with traditional asynchronous and synchronous online learning modalities. More to come on this topic for sure.
• Horton Hears a Tweet (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE – This is an excellent analysis of using Twitter to model building a PLN for students & other educators.
• Comparing 12 Free Screencasting Tools – This is a pretty good comparison. I prefer Screenflow or Camtasia for anything I want to create with some longevity, but the free stuff works in a pinch as well.
• Coping With Too Much Wisdom – Rod's tips are very spot on. I've been struggling with this of late and really trying to determine (1) what I am specifically passionate about with regards to education and (2) where my time is best spent. It's hard. I love learning about anything and everything. However, the time has come where I need to set aside my desire to learn something about everything and focus on what I believe is the future of education/online learning = MUVEs and virtual worlds.
• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wants You to Punish Your Kids for Gaming –

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New Video: Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English – Excllent video for students, parents, and teachers. Definitely going into my bag of digital citizenship tips & tricks.

Part I — Hot Startups to Watch in 2010
Some really interesting startups and they all seem to revolve around different angles of social media.

Don’t Lose It – This post resonates with me personally. I was VERY interested in computers and programming at a very early age. I had the fortune of taking a BASIC programming class the summer after 4th grade and loved it. I mean who wouldn’t love learning how to control a computer and write Hello World programs? Anyways, the problem was that my interest wasn’t supported in school, nor was it supported outside of school as we did not have a home computer at the time. I longed for one, but it just was not in the cards. As a result, my passion and fire could not be sustained without consistent access to a computer as well as a guide to help me learn programming…I sure wish I was a kid today, but only if my teachers were some of the awesome educators in my PLN. Otherwise, I’m afraid it might just be more of the same.

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• No Rows, No Desks -
• Google Presentations are Mobile Phone Ready -
• School is no longer constrained to how far the bus can travel in the morning -
• YouTube – iPhone 3G Disassembly – EASIEST Way To Open Your iPhone 3G – The mute/sound toggle switch busted on my 3G so I started looking around to see what it would cost to replace it since it’s out of warranty. I was amazed by the choices and selection available to fix up your iphone. I love that this video was created by an obviously young kid. Informal learning at its finest

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• A message for school technology coordinators. Be less helpful. Hat tip to @ddmeyer. -
• Announcing Free Storyboard Templates – Great resource for instructional designers and classroom teachers
• 7 Mac and iPhone Software Apps for which I’m thankful – I have to agree with Wes-I am also using about 75% oh these apps

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• Google Earth 5.1 is now out of beta –
• Official Google Blog: Locking SafeSearch – This is an excellent addition for Google. When working with kids in the classroom, we want to make sure that we are CIPA compliant at minimum and this is one great way to help achieve that.
• WordPress Blogging With An iPhone –
• Virtual schools chart new course  | ajc.com – I can't understand why my local district invests in facilities that support an old model of education. I wish that the state and local districts would begin to transition their programs even at a small level.
• First Google Wave Application Hits the App Store –

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• The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave – All of us in the beta test are really trying to wrap our heads around Wave and its potential. This is a good starting point for anyone who is on Wave or interested in Wave. However, since there are so many features NOT working in Wave it really remains to be seen what the true power of the application will be.
• Is Tolerance a Bad Thing? –
• Finding Good Photos for Your eLearning Scenarios –
• Google Announces New Music Search Features –
• Data Liberation, "Mark as viewed", and New! – Awesome–no more using a combination of Greasemonkey and scripts. That was an OK solution, but it's nice to have an integrated way to download my content to an external drive for archiving.

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• Swine Flu Out of Control –
• Google Teacher Academy Applications NOW Open! – If you're not yet a GCT, then definitely consider applying for this. It's a full day of shock and awe. I went in knowing a ton about Google, but walked away with so much more at the end of they day.
• Official Google Blog: Invite a friend to Google Voice – I have been raving over this product for months now and will finally be able to share my enthusiasm with others!
• Google LatLong: Introducing Google Building Maker – Google is making almost every day feel like Christmas lately. There is not enough time in the day to play with all of the toys they are rolling out.
• Official Google Blog: Shared folders and multiple file upload in Google Docs – Finally! This seriously has been such a long time coming

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