links for 2008-05-01 April 30, 2008
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A wiki for school library media specialists (teachers) to learn about cool new web tools. Nicely organized collection of Web 2.0 tools for use in education.
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Nice video from Rachel Boyd’s 6 and 7 year old students from New Zealand. Includes link to the classroom blog.
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by way of the LibrarianInBlack, Open Learning’s Open University. Why not sign up and take a course for free?
Hidden Short Fiction in Wikipedia April 30, 2008
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Articles/Videos.1 comment so far
Bryan Alexander, also known as Infocult Information, Culture, Policy, Education, has posted an interesting article about a phenomenon of inserting fiction into Wikipedia. Of course, fiction where it is least expected is a time honored tradition, with many examples of journalists or biographers who later admitted they invented the details in their writing. Then there was Jorge Luis Borges who is said to have written reviews of books that didn’t exist. One can only wonder what encyclopedias would be like if authors had the ability to insert elements of fiction into the articles.
http://infocult.typepad.com/infocult/2008/04/wikipedia-art.html
Expanded Short Statement by Berners-Lee April 30, 2008
Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Articles/Videos.add a comment
Sir Tim Berners-Lee actually had more to say about the Web on its 15th birthday. The BBC has an expanded version of his comments about his teenager linked below.
The experience of international collaboration continues. Also the spirit that really we have only started to explore the possibilities of [the web], that continues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7371660.stm
RSS Awareness Day April 30, 2008
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By way of Sarah Houghton-Jan, the LibrarianInBlack, May first, in addition to being May Day, is RSS Awareness Day! Huzzah! Here are my links for RSS: http://del.icio.us/mwoolums/rss.
Happy Birthday to the World Wide Web April 30, 2008
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The World Wide Web turned 15 today! In honor of the event, the BBC has put up short responses from 10 of the Web’s brightest in which they provide their views on where we go from here. Worth the read.
Let me first say that I am extremely optimistic. - SIR TIM BERNERS LEE
Where do I think the Web is headed? I think the Web is already finding its way into many more devices and providing many more services. Devices that are location aware begin to create social networks of devices, and not just people, although the people networks will continue to be the most visible. What will people-independent networks do? I don’t know, but I hope they take good care of us! Where do you think the Web is heading?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7373717.stm
links for 2008-04-29 April 28, 2008
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Very simple online template for creating WebQuests.
Happy Birthday Cool Cat Teacher – We Get the Presents! April 27, 2008
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Cool Cat Teacher is celebrating her 38th birthday, and we are the ones who get the presents! Vicki Davis has decided to post 38 great tools to celebrate her birthday, and the list looks like a terrific ‘best-of’ collection. The list is linked and annotated, so it would be a terrific list to pass along to anyone interested in getting started.
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/04/38-birthday-presents-from.html
links for 2008-04-27 April 26, 2008
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Outline of teaching on and with YouTube, includes extensive links.
