“Forget Second Life. The real virtual world gold rush centers on the grammar-school set.” New York Times
Month: December 2007
New Pew Study
“There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.
Another key insight is that members of Gen Y are the leading users of libraries for help solving problems and in more general patronage.”
January Innovate-Live Webcast Schedule
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available in the webcast section of the article and in the Innovate-Live
portal archive shortly after the webcast. All times are Eastern Standard
Time (New York). You may use the world clock at
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January 10, 2008
12:00 PM EST
A Model for Enhancing Online Course Development
Authors: Evelyn Knowles and Kathleen Kalata
See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=456&action=article
2:00 PM EST
Next-Generation Bibliographic Manager
Authors: James Morrison and Trevor Owens
See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=540&action=article
[Note, Trevor Owens will demonstrate how to use Zotero, including the ease
with which you can add any Innovate article to your bibliographic database,
and will respond to your questions about how to use the program.]
4:00 PM EST
Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Resources for Teaching Educational
Games the Wiki Way
Authors: Shelley Henson Johnson, Brett Shelton, and David Wiley
See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=423&action=article
‘One Laptop’ a hit in Peruvian village
“Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago”
On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data
“Facebook’s network of 58 million active users and its status as the sixth-most-trafficked Web site in the United States have made it an irresistible subject for many types of academic research.”
An Unmanageable Circle of Friends
“Social-Network Web Sites Inundate Us With Connections, and That Can Be Alienating”
A child’s view of the $100 laptop
What will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world?
2007 Edublog Awards
Categories
1. Best individual blog
2. Best group blog
3. Best new blog
4. Best resource sharing blog
5. Most influential blog post
6. Best teacher blog
7. Best librarian / library blog
8. Best educational tech support blog
9. Best elearning / corporate education blog
10. Best educational use of audio
11. Best educational use of video / visual
12. Best educational wiki
13. Best educational use of a social networking service
14. Best educational use of a virtual world
New online tool aids literacy program
“Schools, libraries, and other organizations that aim to improve students’ reading skills have a new online tool to help them evaluate how well their literacy programs work: the Verizon Literacy Program Self-Assessment Tool (VLP-SAT).”
Students ‘should use Wikipedia’
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has said teachers who refuse younger students access to the site are “bad educators”.