Monthly Archive for August, 2010

links for 2010-08-28

The Prolific WordPress – Infographic | WordPress Hosting Useful graphic for introducing WP to newbies? (tags: wordpress infographic)

links for 2010-08-27

The educational significance of social media: a critical perspective (tags: e-learning edtech research socialmedia socialnetworking web2.0 education academic 2010 netgen)

links for 2010-08-25

Google Apps Education Training Center This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context. (tags: google googleapps education tutorials googledocs training resources apps) The BIG beta download link is on the rig… « Stas on WordPress.com Includes overview video (tags: buddypress [...]

links for 2010-08-23

I Can Stalk U *NOT* a stalking site! Built for raising awareness about risk of inadvertent information sharing – uses geotag data from photos to show users location (tags: responsible-use internet-safety training-resources geolocation image twitter twitpic photo images)

links for 2010-08-20

America's top schools – 1 to 1 Schools Science Leadership Acadmy uses tech to enhance their core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection (tags: values, ICT, technology, benefits, science, collaboration, inquiry, research, presentation, reflection)

links for 2010-08-18

As We May Think – Magazine – The Atlantic Fascinating July 1945 article from Vannevar Bush which presages the internet (tags: atlantic hypertext knowledge memex vannevarbush internet-history computer semanticweb internet technology article)

links for 2010-08-03

School’s (still) out for summer… With persistent achievement gaps being exacerbated by the “summer learning loss,” some policymakers are wondering if summer holidays are too long. (tags: achievement learning summer-learning-loss policy holidays attainment school-futures)

links for 2010-08-02

jvwresearch.org – Volume 2, Number 1: Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in Virtual Worlds "This edition of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is dedicated to exploring the breadth of designs, pedagogies and curricular innovations that are actually already being applied to teaching and learning in virtual worlds." (tags: virtualworlds research journal education pedagogy innovation) Educational [...]

links for 2010-08-01

Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content "Using unique data about how a diverse group of young adults looks for and evaluates Web content, our paper makes contributions to existing literature by highlighting factors beyond site features in how users assess credibility." – schools and parents should be helping prevent these problems developing (tags: [...]