YouTube has a global audience, so if you want to reach as many people as possible, you’ll have to make sure subtitles are available for your videos. You’ll want closed captioning to reach the deaf and hard of hearing or …
ShoutEm – Create Your Own Microblogging Network
ShoutEm is a free service that allows you to create your own private microblogging network. ShoutEm allows you to make your network public or private. Your ShoutEm network can be as simple as Twitter or as robust as FriendFeed.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/01/shoutem-create-your-own-microblogging.html…
Podcasting for E-Learning: Setting Up a Mini-Studio
If you’re serious about podcasting, consider investing in a mini-studio. A well-equipped mini-studio can be a valuable asset to any learning organization. For a relatively small investment, you can provide employees with a comfortable environment to create high-quality audio and …
Kaltura Releases Open Source Video Extension for Moodle
Kaltura, an open source video hosting and management site, now has a Moodle extension. Using the Kaltura video extension for Moodle, teachers can upload and manage rich-media content, such as full lectures in an online course; students can then post …
Learning to Teach for the Future
“I need my teacher to learn 3.0” is an updated video written and performed by the passionate Kevin Honeycutt. Honeycutt is a former educator and current employee at ESSDACK, an educational service center. He spends much of his time researching …
Bill Gates Surpasses 100,000 Twitter Followers in 8 Hours
Eight hours ago, Microsoft founder Bill Gates joined Twitter. Five hours ago, Twitter’s Caroline Mizumoto tweeted about it. And moments ago, @BillGates broke 100,000 Twitter followers.
NASA Launches Student Site
The National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) has launched a Web site aimed specifically at teenagers that gives them access to current NASA spacecraft data, potentially taking school science projects to a new level.
http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/01/06/nasa-launches-student-site.aspx…
3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology
Innovative educators are embracing social media to fight back against the onslaught of problems. Technologies such as Twitter and Skype offer ideal solutions as inexpensive tools of team-based education.
http://mashable.com/2010/01/10/educators-social-technology/…
Video – I Need My Teachers to Learn
Kevin Honeycutt has recently released an updated version of his music video I Need My Teachers to Learn. It’s a nice little video about the importance of teachers being life-long learners who adapt their teaching methods to meet the needs …
Tel Aviv U Researchers Working To Harden Captcha
A research project at Tel Aviv University is tackling the problem of making Captcha more secure. Captcha is an open source program created by a team from Carnegie Mellon University. It consists of a component that shows wavy letters on …
Five Platforms for a Classroom Back-channel Chat
Many people use Twitter as a backchannel, but there are some people who would prefer a different solution – because, otherwise, audience members must obtain Twitter accounts participate, which they may not want to do, and the conversation may be …
How To Back Up Data From Computer That Won’t Boot
Great article teaching how to back up hard drive data on your computer when the operating system won’t boot.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-back-up-data-on-your-computer-that-wont-boot…
50 educational games for higher education
The How To E-D-U Your How-To guide for Higher education has just published a list of 50 educational games, including 13 aimed at college or adult students.
http://howtoedu.org/2010/50-free-online-educational-games-that-are-more-fun-than-youd-think/…
Pedagogical Foundations For Personal Learning
In this talk Stephen Downes outlines the differences between learning using a personal learning environment (PLE) and learning in a CMS (Course Management System, like Moodle for example). He argues that a PLE does what an LMS cannot do – …
How to Learn Just About Anything Online… For Free
It’s pretty basic, but if you want to convince people about open learning, this will do the job. After a short introduction, the author surveys a wealth of free learning resources, beginning with the basics, then to the how-to section …