Elgg http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/ http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4156.html http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4156.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:30:28 GMT http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/webtools-for-teachers-112120

Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing - NYTimes.com
For parents and teachers - how kids are using social media
tags: nytimes, socializing, SocialMedia

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How Wikipedia Works!
The first time I encountered Wikipedia, I saw it as a world brain, the Noosphere realized. This site explains how it works and how to be part of it. via Stephen Downes
tags: Wikipedia

Typealyzer
Do you blog? Do you find the Myers-Briggs personality categories interesting? Analyze your blog and get its Myers-Briggs type. I’m an [...]]]> http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4106.html http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4106.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:30:11 GMT http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/webtools-for-teachers-111220

WebWorkerDaily » Archive How Twitter is a Communications Game Changer «
The soundbite has migrated from tv to text: “The more I see where social media and online communications is going, the more I realize how Twitter has transformed the landscape in both big and subtle ways.” via Twitter/Jean-Luc Raymond
tags: twitter, communication

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Oklahoma Sept 08 - SlideShare
What is the essential literacy in this information age? - Renee Hobbs describes why media literacy is needed by students, and more likely to engage them. via Stephen Downes
tags: medialiteracy, literacy

The Bamboo Project Blog: Negative Online Behavior is a Product of Culture, Not Your Social Media Tools: What I’m Learning from [...]]]> http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4067.html http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4067.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:30:32 GMT http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/webtools-for-teachers-110520

The Tower and The Cloud | EDUCAUSE
Self interest alone should be driving educational institutions to move more strongly and quickly into web2.0 - “What appears to be emerging is industrial-scale computing — a standardized infrastructure for delivering computing power, network bandwidth, data storage and protection, and services. Comsumerization and industrialization beg the question “Is this [...]]]> http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4060.html http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4060.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:30:10 GMT http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/webtools-for-teachers-110320

Learning technology teacher development blog
Video of Xtranormal cartoon-making tool that could be useful for ESL teachers and students.
tags: technology, web2.0, learning, ESL

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Ad Age Video Player
A collection of really well done ads - for when you just need to relax and enjoy for a few moments. Enjoy! via Branimir Zlamalik on HPCA
tags: ads, videos, stories

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Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT
Absolutely wonderful! This discussion of digital storytelling explores what has been done, and what the possibilities are, how digital storytelling can contribute to both composition courses and can be made into curricular objects. I strongly recommend it! via Stephen Downes
tags: educause, digitalliteracy, digitalstorytelling, [...]]]> http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4032.html http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4032.html Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:22:00 GMT http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/kluginganlmsalternative/

I confess I’m ambivalent about Learning Management Systems such as WebCT ad Desire2Learn. (I’m not at all ambivalent about Content Management Systems, such as WordPress - I am an enthusiastic user.) The distinction is that an LMS is a container for class work -
Learning Management System is a broad term used for a wide [...]]]> http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4026.html http://www.commun-it.org/community/vinall/weblog/4026.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:30:09 GMT http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/webtools-for-teachers-102720

SimplyBox - Think Inside the Box
An interesting approach, more visual than bookmarking, Diigo, or del.icio.us. A bit like EverNote, but handier, I’d guess. via Paula White on Twitter
tags: bookmarking, socialbookmarking, social

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