Ninging May 19, 2009
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Tools.2 comments
I had the opportunity to work with Ning today. There is a curricular group that wants a way to facilitate conversations around social studies units. We looked at Ning, partly to take advantage of the threaded discussions, and partly because there are ways to sort members into different kinds of groups. I found the experience to be more ‘face-book’ social than I expected. That isn’t a good or bad thing, just an observation. For people who are ‘face-book’ familiar, the experience should be pretty easy. For others, the experience might be a little difficult from a concept perspective. I think the project is workable, at least I’ll do what I can to help make it successful.
What are your experiences with Ning? Are there other, better tools to use for organizing groups of people, converse in threaded discussions, share documents, etc.?
Sharing Notes in Google Reader May 16, 2009
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Articles/Videos, Tools.1 comment so far
I did not know this feature was even available. Check the video below to see how to collect parts of any web page as a note in Google Reader. If you share your notes, anyone has access to them. Think of this as a way quick way for a teacher to collect material for a lesson.
How did I find out about it? In YouTube, you can add subscriptions to specific user accounts. Just go to the GoogleReaderHelp page in YouTube, and click on the yellow ‘Subscribe’ button. The next time a new video is added, you’ll get an email notification.
Google Doodle Voting May 13, 2009
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Other.add a comment
Time to vote for your favorite Google Doodles. There are some fantastic examples of student creativity and expression. Here is one of my favorites:
303,398 May 5, 2009
Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Articles/Videos, Hardware, Humor.add a comment
I thought my daughter texted a lot. At one time we calculated her texting in terms of hours per day. I guess those numbers are relative. Here is a CNET News story about Crystal Wiski, a California teen who averaged 7 texts a minute to wrack up an astonishing 303,398 texts in one month. Yes, that is a total for one month! In addition to texting, Crystal gets straight As in school, and works 40 hours a week at McDonalds.
Teen claims 303,398 iPhone texts in one month | Technically Incorrect – CNET News
