Oct 30 2013
I realize I’m about a week late here, but I have honestly struggled with what to write about last week’s Apple announcement. To say that the announcement was “underwhelming” is accurate. I wasn’t truly disappointed, necessarily, but the event truly lacked the “magic” that we have come to know and love from Apple. Let’s start …
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Oct 21 2013
http://www.tweetdeck.com I just wanted to share an ULTRA quick review for TweetDeck, which I installed as a Chrome extension to help me stay abreast of the #HumanMOOC Twitter dialog. It’s a great tool for setting up custom searches to view right along side your regular timeline. I may come back and do a full review …
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Oct 21 2013
The MOOC I mentioned a few days ago is starting today! I encourage you all to join me and then watch for ideas and comments here at ed.tech.for.me. Join in on the conversation and let us all know what you think! I’m taking a MOOC: “Tools for Humanizing Your Online Course” – Join Me …
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Oct 16 2013
Mashable reported yesterday that Pinterest drives more users to websites than any other social network, except for Facebook. This was actually news to me. I knew Pinterest was popular, but so popular that Twitter, LinkedIn and Reddit combined don’t even touch it?! What do you think? Do you use Pinterest? If so, do you use …
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Oct 15 2013
If you’re a frequenter of the site, you may have noticed just a few small quality-of-life improvements of the site lately. I have a new & improved Twitter feed widget to the right, which automatically cycles through the most recent tweets, and a new social media sharing tool that will not only provide you with …
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Oct 15 2013
A colleague of mine shared this infographic with me: Envisioning the Future of Education, presented by Envisioning.io (or envisioningtech.com). One thing that I take away from this vision of the future of education is not all of the fancy technology (although that is obviously the point of the graphic), but rather that we’re seeing a …
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Oct 14 2013
Sorry for the late notice, but I just learned of a MOOC that is opening today entitled, “Online Instruction for Open Educators,” hosted for free on D2L’s open couseware site. As with most MOOCs, how much you get out of it will depend greatly on how much you put into it. Also, as per usual, …
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Oct 12 2013
Do you struggle with connecting with your students online? Do you wish you could develop the same meaningful relationships with them online as you do in a traditional classroom? Lots of teachers struggle with these concepts, because like or not, teaching online IS more difficult in terms of keeping education personal and “human.” I have …
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Oct 11 2013
I’m so excited! My about.me page was featured on the about.me blog page, and tweeted out to the world! I’m also going to take this opportunity to mention that I plan to start doing some occasional blogging again, as a way to share what I learn and hopefully create a dialog about issues and trends …
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