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Monthly Archives April 2008

Is there time?

One very interesting new character (to me at least) on the participatory web scene is Clay Shirky. You may recognize the book title – Here comes everybody. It is one of those books on my desk. I happen to come across this video. The key question is whether people will be willing to “produce and [...]

Posted 30 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Creative Space

CreativeSpace is an interesting new tool for conducting image searches. The tool relies on Google image search capabilities and can be set to “safe search” which may be a useful option for educators. The revenue model appears to rely on ads. My screen capture reflects the results from a search attempting to locate images from [...]

Posted 29 April 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Are teachers mature enough to use facebook?

This from the Washington Post – an article about teachers and the things they post to their Facebook pages. Another version of the “do you know your boss might look” theme. Obviously, the answer is “I didn’t think of that?” What, you didn’t think your students or the parents of your students might check to [...]

Posted 28 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Every day an adventure

The weekend was scheduled to involve a nice trip to Minneapolis to see our kids and granddaughters. Things do not always work out as planned. We had intended to make this trip two weeks ago, but did not leave town because of a late season blizzard. This time we made it out of town and [...]

Posted 27 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Change the world in 5 minutes

I should have provided this resource for Earth Day. A challenge from SBS Australia, Film Australia, and others – change the world in 5 minutes a day. Short videos with suggestions including everyday at school.

Posted 24 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Elderblogger

I tend not to provide very much profile information when I enroll for web 2.0 services. I admit to being a male, but that is about it. I seldom reveal my age. My world has just expanded. I have just discovered the world of older bloggers and sites devoted to their interests. I encountered a [...]

Posted 23 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Who still uses coursepacks?

I read something about a suit brought by publishers against Georgia State a few days ago and did not think much more about it (NY Times). Then Carvin offered a blog post on the same topic. It seems Georgia State has been providing students digital reproductions of content from several publishers without authorization. My first [...]

Posted 22 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: