November 24, 2008
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A useful interview for educators on CBC’s Spark this week. Nora Young talks with Don Tapscott (author of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything). Tapscott talks about his book Grown Up Digital about the Net Generation and how their brains … Continue reading
November 15, 2008
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There can be little doubt that the media landscape is tectonically shifting underneath our feet. The line between media consumer and media producer exponentially erodes as the tools to participate get easier and easier to use. For educators, this raises … Continue reading
October 21, 2008
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This is pretty exciting. I just came across Capilano University’s OpenCourseWare site where anyone can access and reuse Capilano University course material. Like the MIT version, Capilano has made learning resources available for free to anyone in the world. What … Continue reading
January 8, 2008
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In life we tend to have many different types of relationships. There are the relationships that stay strong over time, usually due to close proximity and daily contact. There are the types of relationships that come and go over the … Continue reading
September 27, 2007
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I’m not a power user of any of the Google tools. I have accounts and I do use Docs & Spreadsheets, Calendar and Gmail, but I barely scratch the surface beyond the basics of these tools. So when I stumbled … Continue reading
September 25, 2007
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In another sign that social bookmarking is hitting the mainstream, the BBC has added a social bookmarking options to their stories, allowing users to quickly bookmark stories to del.icious, Digg, Reddit, Facebook and StumbleUpon.
September 8, 2007
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Del.icio.us, the social software I probably use the most, is undergoing a facelift and, for such a simple interface, it’s headache inducing to see how the team went about the redesign. 2.000 post it notes on a whiteboard. Yikes! I … Continue reading
August 2, 2007
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VeriSign iDefense is warning Facebook users to beware when installing third party applications. While no specific applications have been named, VeriSign says that the potential is there for third party applications to gain access to sensitive personal data. On one … Continue reading
July 27, 2007
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Virgin Mobile in Australia is creating a bit of a buzz by using photos they found on Flickr licensed using the Creative Commons license in advertising campaigns, including as the basis for their Virgin website Are you with us or … Continue reading
July 13, 2007
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According to a recent article in the New York Times, librarian is quickly becoming THE career of choice for progressive information technology thinkers. With so much of the job involving technology and with a focus now on finding and sharing … Continue reading