May 26, 2005
Screen Sharing applications
Screen Sharing Tools: The Best Low-Cost Solutions - June 2005 Update from Robin Good
"If you want to show your computer screen, a presentation or a set of documents to someone connected to the Internet who lives across the ocean, you need to use a "screen sharing" software or online service."
... read moreMay 22, 2005
Quick Start RSS for Educators
From Will Richardson a Quick Start Guide to RSS in pdf format.
Flickr tips and tools collection
What looks like a comprehensive guide to various Flickr related tips, tools and applications.
... read moreMay 17, 2005
Geography as linked to learning
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I'm thinking about how this could be used? The map needs to be large enough scale with sufficient separation between the points to differentiate between the items.
"Google Maps' integration of satellite imagery is now wasting thousands of hours of office productivity. People are spending hours Google sightseeing, memory mapping, and discovering that the satellite images hold many delights that we've never realized existed before. Planes ... read more
April 12, 2005
Picasa
I'd come across Picasa very briefly last year when helping colleagues get photos into Blogger via Hello, but hadn't looked further at it because I already had a tool that would do what I wanted with organising my photos on my home computer. Since then I have experimented a little with Flickr for online sharing.
I got a request from a teacher about what alternatives there were for storing assessment evidence in the form of photos. Di ... read more
April 07, 2005
Duke Uni and iPods
Duke to Continue to Utilize iPods for Educational Use
"Following a preliminary review of its year-long effort to incorporate Apple iPods into the curriculum, Duke University will continue distributing the devices to students next year, although in a more targeted manner, while also exploring other educational applications of multimedia technologies, school officials announced Wednesday."
and...
"We weren’t sure what to expect when we launc ... read more
April 06, 2005
Podcasting as pull technology
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from Eric Tremblay
Podcasting and pull technologies
Eric suspects that the richnesss and potential for multilayered interaction through using is better than podcasting which he sees as unidimensional.
... read moreApril 04, 2005
Online sources of photo/images
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from Robin Good "Finding quality images and photos for complementing an important article, essay or news report is already quite a challenge for many. Imagine when the goal is not just too find good images, but find some that you could openly and freely use without needing to pay royalties or one-time publishing rights to someone."
Ineen - Cross platform video conferencing
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article from Robin Good. No review yet, but product information available.
Product website here. Free download.
"With Ineen, the first fully-featured open source and open-standards compliant audio and videoconferencing desktop tool is here.
Available for both Mac and PC users, Ineen allows nested conferences allowing unlimited number of ... read more
March 22, 2005
Virtual Collaboration
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As someone who has worked in virtual teams, some tools to do it better are always welcome.
Dave Pollard's article outlines different types of collaboration in the world of work, as well as a matrix outlining the advantages of various styles of tools (as opposed to naming software tools he talks about the categories of tools)
as he writes: "Collaboration entails finding the right group of people (skills, personalities, knowledge, ... read more
Comparing Streamed Recorded Lectures to Podcasting Tech
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James Farmer discusses the alternatives to large systems for recording lectures. This comes from a Higher Ed background where the lecture is a common instructional method, but the issues have implications for the use of audio in all sectors. He writes:
"-A lecture delivered to a theatre is utterly and totally different to the kind of thing you'd broadcast as just audio (if it's any good it'll be interactive & unbroadcastable!)
-It has become painfully obvious that even the most d ... read more
March 21, 2005
Picture Process Maps
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Talsico makes a software product which helps generate 'picture process maps'. Material is represented in flowchart, step by step (text) and photo means. Icons and colour are used for common elements between process maps. The final output is a .doc format. From the samples on the website the section headinsgs and some layout is customisable. There is a 15 day trial available, but I am loath to download it until I have some real materials to prepare.
Applications: where pro ... read more
Podcasting
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From Derek Morrison at Auricle
"In previous Auricle articles I've alluded to the Internet and intranets as e-learning filling stations and, so, I thought it was time to engage with podcasting as one way of 'filling up'. For this article I was particularly interested in tracking down podcasts and raw MP3 files with high production values. I know, there's some real gems in amateur sites with access to limited production facilities or expertise, or in conference ... read more
March 16, 2005
PodGuides
From the site: What's a PodGuide?.
"A PodGuide is a very simple thing. It's the combination of a map (PDF) of a certain place and a series of audio tracks (mp3) which you can download for your iPod. Think of an audio tour in a museum, but not limited to just that. You could have a PodGuide about the 10 coolest pubs in London for example, or a PodGuide which shows you the most known historic buildings in Bruges. But it might just as well be about the most strangest front doors in Kleit (no you don't k ... read more