How does it feel to be an independent TV broadcaster? Although still in beta, Moguluspromises to give you everything you need to launch your own live 24/7 television broadcaster, blending your webcam, video clips from YouTube, and your own original content into your own unique TV program. This may transform the dreaded ppt presentations in … Read more
Last week, while I was chatting informally (on Skype) with Alex Hayes , he invited me to contribute with a definition of M-Learning for the CIT National TAFE M-learning conference he is giving in two weeks. Most people associate M-Learning to mobile phones and so did I until a short time ago. However, there is … Read more
This morning, I attended online the second talk of the series “Writing in a Multiliterate Flat World”, a presential three-day workshop Vance Stevens is giving in the framework of the 26th Summer Course open learning initiative led by the Open University of the Basque Country in San Sebastian, Spain. There were only four of us … Read more
I have just got an invitation from Patricia Glogowski to join Shelfari , a social media website for book lovers launched last November. You can add titles to your personal bookshelf, connect with friends, browse other users’ bookshelves, recommend books and engage in book discussions. Thanks Patricia, not a bad idea, but something you could … Read more
Aaron points to the Blogging Toolbox: 120+ Resources for Bloggers. Useful for beginners, who have it all in one place, lists of links à la Web 1.0 are still useful apparently,malgre del.icio.us What I really love though is the Flickr Do More and the Toy Collection. Mashups are a fantastic invention and the possibility to … Read more
celular antropafago Originally uploaded by fbar. François Bar has just sent me a link to the Abaporu blog, part of a research project he is doing with Francis Pisani and Matt Weber on the appropriation of new technologies, more specifically mobile technology. Abaporu (aba = man; poru = to eat, in tupi-guarani) is also the … Read more
Originally uploaded by beewebhead. Stumbled across the Eduserv symposium when Alan Levine posted a reminder on Twitter. My first time video/sound combination of real and virtual in SL. Very exciting to think of the possibilities it offers, but the connection was slow so I had trouble in following it and got disconnected. As Stephen Downes … Read more
I will be participating in two events on the same weekend – from May 18th to May 20th I will be inFlorianopolis, SC attending Barcamp Floripa. The first barcamp in Brazil also happened in Florianopolis …but last Septembe, when I was flying to NZ for the FLNW. Barcamp SP, which I was very much looking … Read more
Through Stephen Downes I got this tip to Make Internet TV, which comes in handy as I am planning to have a group of students produce their own hero journeys using one of Carol Pearson’s heroic archetypes. Planning, writing , filming and performing their own stories may prove a stimulating quest for all of us. … Read more
Will Richardson’s latest post is on blogging tools and how the different platforms are becoming easier to handle and offering more and more options for educators like privacy and transparency. My classes are blogging openly using WordPress.com as the main tool to which a number of sattelites are connected (Flickr, 43Things, Places and People, del.icio.us, … Read more