Category: web 2.0
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New Twitter Hack Resolved
Thanks to Sue Waters last night for tweeting about a new Twitter hack which resulted in some users’ accounts being compromised and sending out unauthorized Tweets. Russel Montgomery provided links via Twitter to Pete Cashmore’s post on Mashable, “How StalkDaily Opened a Gaping Hole in Twitter.” It now includes the following update: Minutes ago, Twitter…
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Who Will Save Journalism? We will!
I was going to start a “no screens” time at 10:30 pm CST this evening and read more in my latest analog book, “Presentation Zen” by Garr Reynolds. Picking up our family’s iTouch and reading a bit in Google Reader (my 21st century free digital newspaper, don’t you know) changed that, however, and I feel…
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Help make EduBloggerCon09 fantastic: Join the live conversation Saturday!
I’d like to invite you to join Steve Hargadon and I tomorrow (Saturday, April 11, 2009) to discuss issues and ideas surrounding EduBloggerCon09 and the “BarCamp” model in the Classroom 2.0 LIVE Elluminate room, at 9am Pacific / 10am Mountain / 11am Central / 12pm Eastern / 5pm GMT. Visit Classroom 2.0 Live for more…
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Transitioning to 1:1 Netbooks via BYOL
I highly commend Jim Klein‘s post “When Do Laptops Become School Supplies?” to you. Jim writes: So knowing this, how do we create an environment with technology as simple, affordable, and reliable as the cell phone, yet with the power to bring truly transformative change to the classroom? I believe through the fusion of three…
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Self-hosted WordPress Blog Updates
One of the most important reasons educators and students should carefully consider blogging platforms like Class Blogmeister, Blogger, WordPress,com, and Edublogs is that blogging software provided via these services is updated / maintained for users by professionals. When you host your own WordPress blog, as I do, you’re on your own for technical support issues…
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Professional Development Opportunities Over Video via the CILC
The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) is a great resource for not only identifying and/or announcing classroom collaborative projects, but also for finding professional development providers for your school and district who present over video. I’m pleased to announce that five of my educational presentations / workshops are now being offered over video…
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Join The New Energy Army’s Virtual March on Washington Today
We’ve got a continuing energy crisis in our world, and it is important we each take action to change the economic and political course we’ve been on for 40+ years which has led to our condition of foreign oil dependence. Today, April 1, 2009, is an excellent day to take concrete action with millions of…
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Join the live conversation today: Opportunities and Challenges for Web 2.0 in Schools
If your schedule today permits, I invite you join educators worldwide in a free webinar sponsored by Technology and Learning and Lightspeed Systems, titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Web 2.0 in Schools.” Presenters/panelists for the webinar include Alan November, Ellen Bialo, Jay Sivin-Kachala and Terrell Tucker. The fun begins at 10 am PST / 1…
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Plan to attend PodStock May 1-2, 2009 in Wichita, Kansas!
Check your calendar for Friday, May 1st and Saturday, May 2nd, 2009. If at all possible, please plan to join the learning and fun at the first PodStock conference to be held in Wichita, Kansas. According to the PodStock website: Podstock is a brand new conference designed to bring podcast creators and those who see…