June 2007

Pageflakes: LMS? PLE?

As I’ve noted previously, pageflakes.net is an awesome example of a widget based start page (widget and feed aggregator on steroids) that has tons of options in an educational setting. Today (thanks to a post by Jane Hart), I just realized that pageflakes also has a tailored start page for students and teachers under a …

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Browser: Safari for Windows

In case you were under a rock today … Apple introduced Safari for Windows. Do I need to try a new browser? Nope. Did I? Yep. Thoughts? Eh. Hard to image switching from Firefox, but I'll keep playing with it. I *heart* FF. [Update: oops! some bugs in the apple!] Technorati Tags: safari, browser

Games: Facilitated Online

Here is a recap of a Framegame (by Thiagi) that I conducted toward the end of last semester. The book provides great insights into facilitating an educational game … I amended the core approaches to work within an online setting. Audience: The audience for the session included a group of educators who meet online Thursday …

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Status Skills: Making Instructional Design Cool

I have been a subscriber to springwise.com and trendwatching.com for a couple of years now and have been following the “Status Skills” trend. An update today about cheese related status skills caught this cheesehead’s eye (once a cheesehead, always a cheesehead). In a nutshell, providing your clients and customers with “status skills” to become experts …

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