ccLearn is working with the Hewlett Foundation and Google to create a new “open education web-scale search.” The ccLearn group is devoted to the support of open educational resources. These are educational resources that are licensed in a way that
Palm special offer
Palm is offering a couple special back-to-school offers. For a limited time, buy Palm TX handhelds and get a free hard case with each one, or buy Palm Tungsten E2 handhelds and get a free keyboard with each one. This
Podcast on Ed Conferences
The newest episode of Karen’s Educational Mashups is now up. This show features podcasts from educational conferences. This is a great way to get the professional development benefits from conferences that you may not be able to attend in-person. Image
NSBA-"Explore ways in which [you] could use social networking for educational purposes"
Kudos to the NSBA for a forthcoming report that urges schools to relax restrictions on the use social networking technologies at schools. It’s about time that educational policymakers (and politicians) recognize that these technologies are important tools for differentiating instruction,
More thoughts on prof dev
Last week, I did some hands on workshops in new format — 2 hours! Normally, the shortest hands on session I’ll do is 3 hours, and I prefer 6 hours, especially for beginner podcasting sessions. But I thought I’d give
ccLearn
Creative Commons today announced the formation of a new division, ccLearn. This group is “dedicated to realizing the full potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational resources” and has a stated mission “to minimize barriers to
How we learn
I’ve been reflecting on how we teach and learn…not with students, but with colleagues in professional development. Unfortunately, many of us (myself included) don’t always model the use of the strategies we know are most effective for learning. Many PD
Side benefit of Web 2.0
Here’s a nice side benefit to Web 2.0: When the batteries on your laptop die, you can just grab another one and keep working!
What a great time this is!
I’m getting ready for a whirlwind 10 presentations in 5 days next week at MAHETC and elsewhere. I’m doing a lot of new stuff, including a keynote called “My Virtual Digital Brain, Thriving on the Chaos of Information Overload.” Thriving
Open video
Here’s another good site for “copyleft” video: The Open Video Project. Some of the video is from NASA and other government sources, but the site is much better organized and easier to search than most government sites.