Tag Archives: tww2.0

Social Software in an Academic Context is Hard

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

A couple of things have gotten me musing about social lately. The first was Dave Cormier’s thought-provoking blog post about how PLEs are supposed to disaggregate power, not people. The second was a private conversation with a friend who is … Continue reading →

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Storytelling with Web 2.0

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

From my college friend @SarahM, who has turned out to be vastly cooler than I am, comes a tip about storytlr, a new service that looks like it has some interesting potential for the classroom. Basically, it takes inputs from … Continue reading →

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Check Out smARThistory

Posted on October 26, 2008 by

Just want to give a quick shoutout to my friends Steven Zucker and Beth Harris for their beautiful work on the newly redesigned smARThistory web site. When I think about Open Educational Resources, this is the sort of thing that … Continue reading →

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Letting Facebook Be Facebook

Posted on October 19, 2008 by

My colleague Linda Feng pointed me to an interesting article about a study by the University of Liecester about how students are using Facebook and how it impacts their lives at the university. Two critical points come out of this … Continue reading →

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Please Welcome Guest Blogger Michael Staton

Posted on July 27, 2008 by

Michael is the CEO of a company called Inigral, the company that produces the Facebook Courses application. You may have seen his earlier guest post for the On the Horizon. I have been talking a fair bit with Michael lately … Continue reading →

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