Archive for March, 2006
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
A quiet Sunday night here on the isle of red sand. The grass is poking green through the ice in my backyard, and i’m already making plans for the new sound studio I just might make upstairs in the attic. It’s good to have plans in the wintertime… something about ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
It’s been a couple of weeks of holidays here before i start my new job at UPEI and get to work doing a few new shows. We’ve got some interesting things in the pipe over at worldbridges this year, and when put together with my offline life, seems to prophecy ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
December 18th, 2005 10
Obviously, the blackboard takeover of Web CT
Well… who’s to say what happens over this. It may be that the whole market gets cornered by this new giant, as they stop wasting money trying to crush each other and now go to work on the world. Blackboard’s close ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
December 13th, 2005 Are wikis showing us that truth is inherently flawed?
Interesting post noted by downes called Are wikis inherently flawed? There is a fine list of good wiki behavious listed at the end of the site that I encourage anyone starting a wiki to look at, and at least ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
December 10th, 2005 This is from about 70 minutes into this week’s brainstorm… just to give you an idea of some of the conversations that happen. This one has me sounding a little more proselytizing than i really feel about the issue… just a little. This is the sound file. ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
I’ve set up a del.icio.us account with all (i hope) the links for all the nominees for The Edublog Awards 2005. If i missed any, please comment here. I did it pretty quickly. cheers. del.icio.us name - http://del.icio.us/edublogawards2005
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
Just a quick note about podcasts. I got a call from a friend of mine asking me to get her up and running with a podcast. She already has the audio recorded, and put into an mp3 file. (see audacity) We chatted about it for a while, and after a ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
Wow,
Now that was a podcast. Took a while to kick in, the first 40-50 minutes included alot of babbling by yours truly with some pretty cool backchannel action, and then the inestimable Barbara Sawhill came in and started taking names. Harold joined in along with Art Gelwicks Jeff Flynn and ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
I just may be the only person writing about post-modern educational theory today declaring a bias based on the person i’m fortunate enough to share my life with. But I am. The paper i’m talking about today was the final, deciding factor in my side of the decision to spend ...
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
Brisk sunny day on the east coast, cold enough to freeze the ground around here today. Had a lovely night with an international group last night, all the international students from UPEI put on a cultural evening for all the people that work with them. (I try to teach them ...
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