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Richard Scoble on the State of Blogging, Commenting, the World, etc.
Normally I make it a personal mission to tune our Richard Scoble. He would fall under the classification of "celebrity blogger", someone who's influence over "what's hot" in the tech community ...
An Amazing Workshop Starts Tomorrow–Would Attend if not for Freakin Grad School Orientation
A hands-on approach to Third World aid - MIT News Office via kwout I must say that it's a bit comforting knowing that I live down the road from M.I.T. ...
Oamos Opens Up Meta-Search for Embedding on Websites
Affected Clapping previewed the new Oamos meta-data search engine back in May, and it seems the developer has been busy. Registered users can now embed the search engine right into their ...
Open-Source Professional Development: Teachers Are Already Doing It!
I stumbled on this post this morning, which led me to a Powerpoint presentation teaching educators how to use Google Docs, EDITED BY OVER 500 people! ...
A Love Affair Grows: Twitter Had Me @ Hello
It is as Deep a Love Affair as I Have Ever Known. A snapshot of the "public timeline" taken at 10:46am: At first glance it can seem a bit nonsensical: a bunch ...
40 Evernote Invites Available!
Courtesy of Andrew Sinkov, Marketing Director for Evernote, I now have 40 more invitations for Evernote. Leave a comment to get one! Thanks Andrew!
Google Docs Now Has Offline Access
One more reason why cloud-computing is the future and Microsoft Office will die a slow death.
Why Evernote is More Than Useful
[Editor's Note: If you have no idea what Evernote is check out my previous post: Evernote Invites: First Come First Served] Evernote Has the Potential to Change the Way Teachers Manage Their ...
Evernote Invites (10) Available: First Come First Served
Leave a comment if you'd like an invitation to try this new beta program. I started using it today (photographed a poster advertising an event in the subway, which Evernote's software recognized ...
Recent Email to Staff (let’s see if anyone will listen)
Integrating Chatterous: Will it work? Will anyone care? Okay Staff, I have an idea. Don't delete this until you've actually heard my idea: you don't like it, that's cool. What if there was ...
Web 2.0 Watch: DropBox
What makes Dropbox so special? Its simplicity. The idea isn't new: share whatever you want over the web and with other computers. It's the technology being used that ...
Teaching Teachers: We Sure Can be Stubborn (Especially with Tech.)
I’m giving a presentation sometime next month on trying to switch our school to Cloud Computing (Google Docs or Zoho, where all your word-processing is done and stored online instead of on ...
Where are the Students in This Conversation?
Actually, they’re already here. They’re creating some amazing collaborative efforts, like “Students 2.0”, a collection of students writing about their experiences in the classroom, and with using technology. But the common ...
The Million Phone Initiative
Droga5, an Australian Advertising firm, outlines its' plans for New York City's Million Phone Initiative, a way for using cell-phones as a learning tool in schools throughout the city. To see ...