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Online Apps Expand

The available options for doing traditional desktop applications online has expanded again. Adobe (Acrobat.com) recently allowed access to a suite of services including Buzzword (word processing) and ConnectNow (online conferencing and white board). Our distance education ventures at UND use Adobe Connect so it is interesting to see a similar free product with the same [...]

Posted 06 June 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

TNT Presentation

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The following is a screencast of my TNT presentations. Be patient it takes about a minute to to download.

The presentation was recorded using a program called Screenflick and the mike built in to my MacBook Pro. The system seems to work reasonably well as long as I remember not to pace while [...]

Posted 04 June 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Read the fine print!

I select convention sessions to attend based on session titles (and how many blocks I must walk if the session is another hotel). Participatory media is a phrase that now attracts my attention.
I noted this label for a 12:30 session and found that I was unable to get close to the door let alone gain [...]

Posted 26 March 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Google Apps - Google Sites

The big participatory web news of the day (or perhaps year) is Google’s announcement of Google apps for organizations (translate as schools for this audience). The education edition is free. A summary of the concept and products is available for viewing (check out the 12 minute version). Google calendar, docs, gmail, page creator - the [...]

Posted 28 February 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

MacArthur Foundation Grantees Announced

Some time ago, I wrote about the MacArthur Foundation’s intent to investigate the participatory web. After some preparatory work, the Foundation offered a call for grant proposals and now has announced the recipients. Andy Carvin offers a nice summary of some of the awards and includes links to some of the projects.
An item that caught [...]

Posted 27 February 2008 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Times Person of the Year

As most know by now, the Time Person of the year is YOU. You in the Time perspective refers to OUR involvement in the participatory net (Web 2.0).
I do not typically read Time online so I am not familiar with their conventions for offering magazine content online. When I first tried some days ago, the [...]

Posted 27 December 2006 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Advancing K-12 Education - Time Magazine Suggestions

I promised yesterday that I would comment on the recent Time magazine articles that have commented on education and the participatory Internet. The cover story of the Dec. 18 Time addresses the question How to Build a Student for the 21st Century?
The summary -
Today’s economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic [...]

Posted 20 December 2006 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,