Moodle News:
by Helen Foster. The Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) in Australia has selected Moodle Partner NetSpot to provide support for the introduction of the institute's new integrated e-learning solution "eLearn", based on Moodle, content repository EQUELLA and the Wimba Collaboration Suite. As lead contractor, NetSpot will (Read More)
SMC:posts:
I've seen a bunch of posts bubble up over the past few days that are really sparking my curiousity about what is really going on with Twitter, so I need to do a little brain dump. Bear with me.Insight #1An article by Rosabeth Moss Kanter was just published today on the Harvard Business Review website, titled On Twitter and (Read More)
Moodle News:
by Helen Foster. Many of our Moodle Partners specialize in providing Moodle integrations, including American company Remote-Learner who are offering an Enterprise Learning Intelligence Suite for Moodle (ELIS™).ELIS, an integration of several open source solutions with Moodle, comprises a curriculum management system, the B (Read More)
Cool Cat Teacher Blog:
Who on earth would research TWITTER?Just read an article over on Education and Tech entitled There is Not Research About Twitter ( a response to EdWeeks Article about Twitter in the Classroom.)"There is not research but as more and more teachers start using Twitter in a variety of classroom projects, it seems the practice w (Read More)
TheAppleBlog:
Although I’ve been supporting Macs since they came out in 1984 (when I was in high school), I haven’t received any “formal” training. It has mostly been learning by doing, reading the occasional book and now of course, TheAppleBlog. Does formal certification really make a difference as a technician? You tell me.Recently I g (Read More)
Economist's View:
Why do some countries exhibit more social mobility than others?:Getting ahead of ourselves, by Peter Browne, Inside Story: Last month, after Barack Obama invoked the American Dream at Wakefield High School in Virginia,Inside Storylooked at what the statistics show about social mobility in western countries. ... In France, I (Read More)
Submitted by Catepol
from Google Reader:
Of course, there are interesting ways to use audio in your classroom, but Tom Barrett needs some help generating a list. You see, Tom has started a new series of "Interesting Ways" slideshows. One of the slideshows he just launched is about interesting uses of audio in your classroom. If you have ideas for using audio in th (Read More)
Smashing Magazine:
Each year, thousands of developers, designers, and programmers from around the world gather together at conferences and events to share ideas, promote the latest technologies, and discuss best practices, standards, and emerging trends in their respective fields. For those of us who have had the privilege t (Read More)
Scientific American:
Not knowing the answer can be a good thingMagdalena Tworkowska For years, many educators have championed “errorless learning," advising teachers (and students) to create study conditions that do not permit errors. For example, a classroom teacher might drill students repe (Read More)
: Also from the article: "Trying and failing to retrieve the answer is actually helpful to learning. It’s an idea that has obvious applications for education, but could be useful for anyone who is trying to learn new material of any kind." - I'm glad for these new results :)
Submitted by Jazzjeppe
from Google Reader:
Weebly was one of the first website building tools that I played around with when I got started on my technology integration journey. It's a very intuitive and feature rich platform for creating a free website. For those reasons, it's always on my list of recommendations to teachers who want to build a classroom website.Wee (Read More)
Lifehack.org:
“Most people who attempt to learn a new time management system fail.”I can’t prove the above statement with hard facts, but I have a sense that it’s true, based on my personal experience and observations. If success is defined as 100% successful implementation, then that statistic is most certainly true.On the other hand, (Read More)
Submitted by Courane01
from Google Reader:
Matt Monjan let me know that the Simpsons spoofed cell phones in the classroom this past weekend. Yes, it’s funny, but it’s also frustrating because there’s so many hints of truth in there. Give the segment a watch before continuing.Yes, it’s a comedy, but comedies are only funny if there’s kernels of truth in there. The (Read More)
Moodle: Moodle Buzz:
Building an e-Learning Platform for the WCED Type: Report Author: Osman Sadeck, Western Cape Education Department Language: Published: 4 March 2009 An evaluation of Learning Management Systems (LMS) software - Moodle, Sakai, WebCT, and LAMS - as part of the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) e-Learning dir (Read More)
Submitted by Sfoskett
from Google Reader:
As of Solaris Nevada Build 121 the virtualization technologies within Solaris have hit a very important milestone. Solaris Containers (Zones) are exceptional and well proven as a powerful solution. xVM (Xen) has been rev'ed up to Xen 3.3.1 and is both mature and capable. VirtualBox continues to provide a solution that co (Read More)