Stephen from Ultraversity's brief summary/notes on the CETIS meeting last week. [I must try to post my own when I get a spare ghour or two]

' "Messy" learning is part trial and error, part waiting and waiting for something to happen, part excitement in discovery, part trying things in a very controlled, very step by step fashion, part trying anything you can think of no matter how preposterou

attempt to use Flickr to assemble and present a comprehensive visual guide to birds, with some rules about photo composition/content

I'm very pleased to announce the technology preview of Technorati microformats search for contacts, events and reviews, and Pingerati, a microformats ping distributor to support and grow the microformats ecosystem. Microformats are the key building block,

World Map of Video Blogs -original map that attempts to plot every vlog. -GeoVlogged Map of Videos -for locating specific video posts. -Geo Finder -Submission tool to plot markers on the map. -Google Earth Data -Network links for an amazing application.

The Library 2.0 Gang is a regular conversation amongst leading commentators with diverse views on the concepts of Library 2.0. There are a set of forums on this site, dedicated to discussing issues arising from the programmes.

'These are my initial ideas. The main thing is that the LMS is no longer a replication to the Internet with compromised functionality, but a pluggin to it with increased functionality. If a user chooses to use hotmail instead of student mail, no worries,

Call them "Family 2.0" sites--places for people who may feel a little strange hanging out with the teenybopper set on MySpace. While big family-friendly sites have been around for a long time, few of them have taken advantage of newer Web technologies, ev

Family 2.0 you know of or you are about to launch?, feel free to let me know… need an angel investor, an advisor on your board, licencing our VIBEngine software that runs Minti or have a business opportunity, feel free to get in touch…

One example is WhyVille , an on-line community dedicated to learning through exploration and communication... Another example to look out for is Imbee which will go live later this year, is designed to offer a safe place for kids as young as 8 and 9 years

Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution, Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow, Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki, Create many types of diagrams:, Flowcharts, UI wireframes, Floor plans, Network diagr

'Could you have a use for a free, incredibly easy to use, web based and therefore potentially collaborative flow chart/concept mapping tool? Who doesn't have a need for such a thing. I love this tool. Gliffy.com I love you!!

'In many cases, students communicate more, construct original content more, and more often collaborate virtually with other people, than do their teachers. Those teachers who pretend to stand on higher ground, appear, to many of their students, to be stan

useful - some thought went into this. terse Executive Summary: The Two-Minute Bottom Line, further ord into 12 parts / 49 topics + notes.links.refs - PDF AVAILABLE

pdf version, 67pp... useful - some thought went into this. terse Executive Summary: The Two-Minute Bottom Line, further ord into 12 parts / 49 topics + notes.links.refs

very usefully + tersely made points on the value that timely, concentrated blogging adds both to the content and to the bloggers' learning.

wonderful + vivid account of some real teaching/learning/blogging..'I send this chronology along because I think many do not realize the impact, both on the students and the teacher, of what is happening in some corners right now. This was my day:

[also note exemplary practice constructiing the podcast+notes] Clarence Fisher teaches grade 7/8 in northern Manitoba. He has been expermenting with many of the web 2.0 tools for over a year. This year he truly implemented them into his daily routine.

Fisher found that it was the control that was preventing classroom blogging from working to the degree that he wanted. Therefore, he switched to Farmer’s Wordpress-based blogging service for students, a system that is open, where student blogs immediate

'the new story of 21st century education in workshop settings. From these conversations, I realized that we need to refine the story, or at least the focus and message of our stories. So I’d like to take this opportunity to suggest some common focal poi

[right-on + comforting :o]..'Daily posts are a legacy of a Web 1.0 mindset and early Web 2.0 days (ie12 months ago!). The pressure around posting frequency will ultimately become a significant barrier to the maturity of blogging. Here are 10 reasons why.

SketchUp Pro 5 $495 Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program that enables you to explore the world in 3D. With just a few simple tools, you can create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking proje

handy!