Social Bookmarking Conundrum « Thumann Resources
Resources for getting started in Diigo and comparisons between Diigo and Delicious
Imported from Diigo
The Connected Classroom: DIG-ging diigo...
Long, detailed post about getting started with Diigo with all the things the author likes about Diigo over delicious. She says the networking is the biggest benefit; you know who is part of your network and can easily contact them and share. She also likes the ability to share with groups and Twitter.
Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Diigo you have given me a headache
Negative post about Diigo, specifically that new users are apparently asked to import contacts and can end up sending spam to everyone they know.
20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider
Some of these aren't really relevant to what I do (like the advertising info), but there's some ideas here for making my blog more useful. I really should set up some Series and Sneeze pages.
21st Century Learning: 9 Principles for Implementation: The Big Shift
9 principles for implementing transformational change in education, changing the culture to support 21st century learning. Principles include "People before Things (or test scores)" and "As the Individual Grows so Will the Collective Wisdom of the Community"
Diigo sandbox in elluminate in 1 1/2 hour... | Diigo Message System
Message conversation on Diigo including suggestions from Maggie Tsai on a step-by-step path to introduce/explore Diigo. This starts with the basics and gradually adds features.
Search People By Site Diigo
Vanity search on Diigo to see everyone who has bookmarked my blog. They call this the "user community" around the site.
Site Community for christytucker.wordpress.com,
Better view of the site community around my site, showing which pages are bookmarked, how many have been bookmarked, and who saved them.
The Bamboo Project Blog: Guide to Using Free Tools to Create an Online Portfolio
6 steps to create your online portfolio (something I really should start working on one of these days)
Classroom Management Quotes
Some good quotes on classroom management and education
Diigo User Communities ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes
Stephen Downes linked to me twice in one post. W00t! This is a nice overview of the flurry of activity around Diigo over the weekend, with links to a number of posts from educators exploring the new version.
eLearn: In Depth Tutorials - Designing and Developing E-learning Projects: A Three-Tiered Approach
Breaks e-learning development into three categories according to complexity: bronze, silver, and platinum. Bronze projects are simple tasks like revisions that can often be done with rapid development. Silver projects might be converting face-to-face content to online or compliance training. Platinum projects are high-impact, resource-intensive projects, including academic courses.
Clive on Learning: PowerPoint accessibility
Discussion of accessibility challenges in PowerPoint presentations with suggested solutions for each.
Top 10 Worst Captchas | John M Willis ESM Blog
These are just awful Captchas--great examples of failures for usability.
Streamline It Part I: Diigo or Bust : Metanoia
Side-by-side comparison of Diigo, Del.icio.us, and Zotero from someone who was using all of them but decided to switch to just Diigo. While admitting that this is the right personal choice, he's not convinced about whether it's the right choice for schools to introduce social bookmarking.
Why Would Teachers Use Diigo? | Clif's Notes
Discussion on reasons to use Diigo in educatinal settings
First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning
Kim Cofino's suggestions for steps to take to build skills and a Personal Learning Network (PLN).
Spotlight: Free Science Resources Online : March 2008 : THE Journal
Overview of free science resources from NASA, the Smithonian, and MIT OCW
Call Graph: The free Skype call recorder
Free tool for recording Skype calls without limits on time
About Fire Vox
Open Source screen reader for Firefox. Nice to have a free option that you can use for development and testing purposes without violating the TOS (i.e., JAWS).
TeacherTube - How to create a great PowerPoint without breaking the law.
45 minute presentation from the eTech Ohio 2008 conference by Alvin Trusty. Half of the presentation is about creating good presentations, half about copyright law in education. Touches on color, contrast, font, and more.
Social Bookmarking Soulmates at WRT: Writer Response Theory
Classroom activity using Diigo's user profiles to find a "social bookmarking soulmate" who has similar interests
TravelinEdMan: Job Searching in Educational Technology and Instructional Systems Technology?: Hold Your Head Up High!
Collection of sites for finding jobs in ed tech and related fields. (I'm not looking, but I get requests from people looking sometimes.)
Boolify: PubLearn's Boolean Search Tool
Visual tool for creating Boolean searches--shows search criteria as puzzle pieces. Also includes a few lesson plans
Google Earth Lessons
Lesson plans using Google Earth. Includes basic tutorials on Google Earth as well as lesson plans divided by subject.
Kuler Color Schemes
User-submitted color schemes from Adobe. Search by most popular, highest rated, or just see a random set. You can also search for keywords or create a theme from a photo.
University of Houston Study: Hybrid Courses More Effective for Students
Research comparing traditional and hybrid methods of teaching a college course. Students in the hybrid course with access to materials online scored 10% higher in the course.
A technical report from a University of Houston <a target="_blank" href="http://grants.hhp.coe.uh.edu/%7Eclayne/HHPPage/main.html">Department of Health and Human Performance</a> researcher finds that students in a hybrid class that incorporated instructional technology with in-class lectures scored a letter grade higher on average than their counterparts who took the same class in a more traditional format.
Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - Blue Skunk Blog - Changing how we teach copyright Pt 1
The first part in a series on a new approach to teaching copyright, starting with a focus on what is allowed by Fair Use
<span class="sizeGreater20">Change the focus of copyright instruction from what is forbidden to what is permitted. </span>
Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - Blue Skunk Blog - Changing how we teach copyright Pt 2
Part 2 in a series on teaching copyright in a different way. This post argues that educators should be more willing and able to assume that their use is allowed, rather than always assuming it's forbidden if it's a gray area.
Place the onus of proof of wrong doing on the provider, not the proof of fair use by the user.
Wikispaces Blog » Blog Archive » A Classroom Wiki Webquest
7th & 8th grade wiki on rock history, where students researched and presented information on the wiki. The instructor also acknowledges learning a lot from her students on using Photobucket and other tools in combination with the wiki.