28 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Blog / RSS
Twitter offers a real-world education, right at your fingertips. It is a wonderful tool for collecting information, much of it educational. You can find educators, librarians, museums, and more on Twitter. Read on, and you’ll find 100 of the most educational feeds on Twitter.
Educators
Here are Twitter’s professors, teachers, and other educators.
@therefore: Read @therefore’s tweets to [...]
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Alessandra Tussi,
Alex Couros,
Alfred Hermida,
Bernie Dodge,
Bill Genereux,
Burton,
Carol Dickson-Carr,
education,
Greg Lambert,
hilary mason,
Houston,
James Milles,
Jay Rosen,
jonathan becker,
Judy,
Laura Nicoia,
librarian,
Library,
London,
Matthew Gilbert,
News,
P.F. Anderson,
Patrick Strother,
paul bradshaw,
Paula White,
Read,
Regina,
Steve Katz,
Thomas Pliel,
Tina Coffey,
Tricia Thomas,
twitter,
UK,
Vicki Davis
28 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: News
Gates: U.S. ed has no choice but to improve
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22 Jul, 2009
Posted by: Michael George - Instructional Technologist In: Blog / RSS
I still get the question .. What is this RSS thing, why do I need it, and how is it useful?
Answer … Well, watch the video and see.
http://ccmixter.org/
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
Remixers If you’re into sampling, remixing and mash-ups grab the sample packs and a cappellas for download and you can upload your version back [...]
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web.
Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create and share Scratch projects, young people learn important [...]
http://www.freesound.org/
The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter. New to this site? Read the What is Freesound page to learn more!
