EdVentures

In one more case of attacking the symptoms of a problem rather than the source, some academians are refusing to allow students to cite Wikipedia entries in their papers. Now understand that I am not advocating for the unconsidered citation of Wikipedia or any other encyclopaedic work. But the net ...

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• Weblogg-ed So I wasn’t there to see it, but Tess and Tucker learnedScratchthis afternoon from Andrew, an 11-year old from “across the pond” from Perth, Scotland, during their weekly Tuesday “supplementing school” class.

A while back I posted about a scholarship contest which focuses on the digital dorm room of the future. Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) posted an article about the winners of a similar contest sponsored by ACUHO-I (Association of College and University Housing Officers-International). The contest was ...

As evidenced by the past few posts, I’ve been evaluating the latest edition of Microsoft Office, Office 2007. I first came across Groove quite by accident. I was looking to create a new folder and so right-clicked on my desktop. I noticed a new and unfamiliar icon and conducted a ...

I’ve been thinking a bit more since the Kathleen Gilroy post about the idea of a single profile and realized that something like the beginnings of this idea had been tried before in FOAF, or Friend Of A Friend. FOAF is/was an RDF/XML specification that tried to formalize the process ...

Over at the Otter Group, Kathleen Gilroy’s post “Where oh where does my profile reside?” got me thinking about the convergence I see coming between persona, identity and social networking tools. In thinking about building second generation web communities, I have come to believe that the online profile is at ...

A number of folks have already blogged about the upcoming Northern Voice 2007 which runs from Thursday evening, February 22nd through Saturday, February 24th. Held at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, this year’s conference kicks off with a spaghetti dinner and opening night party on Thursday, ...

It’s interesting how we use the phrase “play with it” as a synonym for learning. “I don’t know much about that yet, as I haven’t had a chance to play with it.” This popped into my head while I was listening to a speaker at the NERCOMP SIG talk about how ...

According to Groklaw and a press release from the Software Freedom Law Center, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) ordered a re-examination of Blackboard’s patent on certain aspects of the e-learning environment. The Patent Office found that prior art cited in SFLC’s request raises “a substantial new question of patentability” regarding all ...

• blog of proximal development Are passion based teaching and learning incompatible with NCLB and standards based assessments? Or do we just need to take some time to create a bridge between the two?
• David Truss :: Pair-a-Dimes Eerie, unsettling, restless, dissatisfied
• Continuous Partial Attention To pay continuous partial attention is to pay partial attention -- CONTINUOUSLY.
• I can’t teach properly at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk I can empathize with Doug. How do we challenge this dominating paradigm in our school culture?
• Julie Lindsay Presentation Links / ECISIT07 Julie Lindsay's
• CITE Editorial: Research on the Effectiveness of Technology in Schools: The Roles of Pedagogy and Content Editorial: Research on the Effectiveness of Technology in Schools:The Roles of Pedagogy and Content
• Introduction to Technology Planning
• What's Involved in Technology Planning?
• Use Your Strategic Technology Plan as a Fundraising Tool