Posts Tagged ‘resource’
Web 2.0 tools for learners
Posted by: ashleytan on: February 5, 2009
T.H.E. Journal has an article on the “Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners“. It starts with a quotation from Gail Lovely, an educational technology consultant:
“Web 2.0 is about trust,” she said at a recent talk. “It’s about sharing and collaborating.” And, she insisted, it’s about putting the power to learn and create in [...]
Google Earth 5 beta
Posted by: ashleytan on: February 3, 2009
I’m not touting Google products. It just so happens that two noteworthy products came to my attention back to back.
Today I highlight Google Earth version 5. I did not know there are five versions already! This new test version is supposed to feature:
Historical imagery from around the globe
Ocean floor [...]
Google for educators
Posted by: ashleytan on: February 2, 2009
Did you know about Google for Educators? Well, you do now!
Many thanks to Laremy for tweeting this to me.
MixedInk
Posted by: ashleytan on: January 22, 2009
Just discovered another collaborative writing tool, MixedInk. See the demo video below.
What distinguishes it from the rest?
You can set a time limit for a common writing task.
Writers can rate the documents so that the most useful or popular ones rise to the top.
You can easily take the best bits of other [...]
Twitblogs
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 22, 2008
Twitblogs sounds like an insult, doesn’t it? It is actually a service that allows you to go beyond the 140-character limit of Twitter… if you need to. According to their Web site, you already have a Twitblog account if you have a Twitter account!
But I am not sure what to think about this service. Twitter [...]
Blog, without blogging
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 2, 2008
I will be overseas and on vacation this week. But I will continue to blog with my netbook and as long as I have wireless access. I could also “blog” if I used a new service.
WordPressDirect.com allows you to blog with blogging. The service automatically creates blog entries based on keywords that you specify. This [...]
Blog with Word 2007 or Live Writer
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 1, 2008
I like using a separate client to write blog entries. I used one when I maintained a blog at LiveJournal and MS Word when I had another at Blogspot.
These clients are more convenient because you can save local copies (make offline backups) and may be faster depending on how cumbersome your blog provider’s editor is.
Beginning [...]
