VanishingPoint

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Entries from March 2008

"In the Cloud" Expanded – Part II RSS Aggregators

March 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

In this post I will be expanding on the category of RSS I started in this post. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a tremendous way to simplify your processes in searching and gathering information. I know that I could hunt for words to describe an RSS Aggregator but Lee Lefever from Common Craft really sums [...]

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Tags: RSS · convergence · disruption · learning · teaching · web 2.0

Internalization vs. Utilization

March 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments

While I was off on a different tangent a few weeks back, I had a chance to spend a couple of minutes talking with David Jakes about a couple of different subjects, but one thing that he said that really resonated with me was that teachers needed time to internalize technology before they begin [...]

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Tags: Paradigm Shift · convergence · disruption · learning · staff development · teaching · web 2.0

"In the Cloud" Expanded – Part 1 Professional (Social) Networking

March 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

After writing Wednesday’s post, I really felt that I needed to break out each of the topics “categories” into a post of their own to both further clarify my ideas and thoughts as well as provide some insight on educational uses both for educators and students.
Looking at “the list” I threw out there, I am [...]

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Tags: socialnetworking · twitter · web 2.0

Resources to Know and Love

March 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Yesterday I was attending a grad school class, and during a quick question and answer session I found myself on a small soapbox regarding some web 2.0 technologies. Didn’t mean for it to happen, it just did and everyone in the class appeared quire responsive to the information I was well… spewing out about. [...]

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Tags: Bookmarking · RSS · Technology · delicious · flickr · twitter · web 2.0 · zoho