January 2006

Feedback and Collaboration Tools

For the past several months, I have accumulated links and trial software relating to various types of collaboration tools (some desktop applications, some Web based).  This week, I had the opportunity to gather my thoughts on these wonderful new technologies.  I documented my observations in a media accumulation and review "reflection paper" that assesses how […]

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Poof goes the Internet

I have gleefully embraced many new free internet based storage solutions and applications, including Flickr, Blogger, Writely and Furl.  I have also touted them as signs of the revolution that will move us from reliance on our desktops.  However, in the spirit of learning from mistakes, here is an example of what can happen when

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Learning from a Role Model

This morning, I was asked to contemplate a positive role model. I thought I’d share my observations. In a prior job, I used to comment that my boss was a “Teflon Don” – nothing bad would stick to him (and I mean that in the most positive light) and he could get away with things

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IST Associations and Job Posting Links

Here is a list of various IST related associations provided by our instructor: Instructional Systems Technology Association Web Sites: * Association for Educational Communication Technology – http://www.aect.org * International Society for Performance Improvement – http://www.ispi.org * International Society for Technology in Education – http://www.iste.org * American Society for Training & Development – http://www.astd.org * Association

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Writely – The Web Word Processor

I've been working with Writely – an online web word processor – for the past couple of days. So far, it appears far superior to other writing collaboration tools (and wikis) I have seen. Beyond the word processing and wiki like functionality (spell check, comments, multiple save as options- to Word, a PDF, etc), it

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Edublog Roundup

I’m sure this [post by Josie Fraser|http://fraser.typepad.com/edtechuk/2006/01/james_farmers_d.html] will be making the rounds as it is a nice little summary of the Edublog community.

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AP Article on Online Education

Still more than a little lack of understanding about this new fangled online education stuff . . . [This AP article | http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D8F461R00.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc] made the rounds today in most newspapers and online. Unfortunately, I can’t say it did much to help the average Joe understand what an online college program is like or to explain

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