The beauty of “Some Rights Reserved”: Introducing Creative Commons to librarians, faculty, and students Good article that explains Creative Commons (delicious tags: copyright creativecommons Education learning library sharing teaching)
Creative Commons explained
The beauty of “Some Rights Reserved”: Introducing Creative Commons to librarians, faculty, and students Good article that explains Creative Commons (delicious tags: copyright creativecommons Education learning library sharing teaching)
Mahara – New ePortfolio solution
Mahara – open source ePortfolio solution Here’s an interesting Web 2.0 ePortfolio solution from New Zealand. A quick review leads me to believe that it makes most of the current American portfolio solutions look outdated and expensive. Mahara provides an environment where student autonomy and learning in community can coexist. (delicious tags: eportfolio learning […]
eLearning for all
In Florida, virtual school could make classrooms history — OrlandoSentinel.com More and more states are expanding K-12 online school options. Choice is good but is this a good choice? Florida will require all districts to provide online learning options for their students. This could be disastrous if course developers and teachers aren’t familiar with distance education […]
An LMS for facebook?
Class is in Session: Teach The People Opens To The Public – washingtonpost.com Here’s a link to an article about a facebook application which allows users to create Blackboard-like courses within facebook. I haven’t looked at it yet so I’m not sure about the features. Once again, we need to ask whether facebook users want […]
Internet filters for schools
Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Will Make You Sorry | Edutopia This article discusses the frustration of teachers who are trying to use Web 2.0 technologies with students while dealing with Internet filters. Recently, I had an administrator from a school district call me for help with our learning management system as he was […]
Are downloadable lectures really the answer?
Downloadable lectures: Are they really the answer to every hungover student’s prayers? This newspaper article discusses the use of iTunes U in the UK from a former student’s perspective. The columnist makes a good point about how learning through listening can be done at times when students are ready to learn rather than when a […]
Luke and Katy carving pumpkins
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1425743&dest=29357] Luke and Katy carve pumpkins that will be displayed on the front porch.
Michelle carves a 50 lb pumpkin
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1425607&dest=29357] Michelle carves a 50 lb pumpkin to put on the front porch.
Michelle carves a 50 lb pumpkin
[blip.tv ?posts_id=1425607&dest=29357] Michelle carves a 50 lb pumpkin to put on the front porch.
