[Translate] Image by lrargerich via Flickr In Jez’ e-Rambler blog, he meditates on the importance of reflection in education. Researchers have long known that reflection is an excellent way to stimulate critical thinking. By comparing new learnings with what you already know, you are[...]
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February 22nd, 2010 - 12:51 pm § in Blogging, EdTech, Featured Posts, TeacherHax, Ted Curran, Web 2.0
Reflecting on Reflection in Ed.
February 9th, 2010 - 12:01 pm § in TeacherHax
What Good is Google Wave in Education?
[Translate] Most people, after trying Google Wave, spend a good long time wondering why anyone would need this. The great Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.com has compiled some real-world use cases that might illuminate the way forward. [...]
January 23rd, 2010 - 8:23 pm § in Featured Posts, TeacherHax
Lost Your Job? Stay Active!
[Translate] Image by 365bunnies via Flickr Lost your job? Put down that remote and listen here! Burrowing a groove in your couch is not getting you any closer to that dream job you want. Why not use your unemployed hours to build your resume? I recently secured my dream job after three depre[...]
GRUML: Google Reader on your Desktop
[Translate] Image by Sue Waters via Flickr As you may have gathered from my defense of desktop email clients, I prefer desktop apps to webapps any day of the week. Even if the app is powered by a web data service (like Gmail), desktop applications can take advantage of the massive computin[...]
Thunderbird Don’t Die!: The Case for Desktop Email Client Software
[Translate] Image by adria.richards via Flickr As the blogosphere debates the death of the desktop email client, I am anxiously awaiting the stable release of Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0. Like devotees of Apple Mail.app or Microsoft Outlook, I have come to depend on the desktop app for speed, [...]
November 13th, 2009 - 2:48 pm § in Blogging, TeacherHax
Beast Bloggers Content Plan
[Translate] Image by solbronumberone via Flickr This is a presentation I made to help my Beast Bloggers’ Support Group create a Content Plan for their blogs. I wanted them to take a broad view of their objectives and strengths as they develop their blogging identities. I had them lis[...]
November 12th, 2009 - 1:06 pm § in FreeAppoftheDay, TeacherHax
Replace Your Firefox Plugins with Mozilla Ubiquity
[Translate] Image by flod via Flickr Everybody loves Firefox. Even with all the other fast, standards-compliant modern browsers out there (like Chrome, Safari, and Opera– sorry IE!) Firefox stands alone for its rich variety of extensions. If you’re using Firefox, you can be sur[...]
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