Category Archives: Web 2.0
An Open Letter to the US Copyright Office in Defense of Jailbreaking
Dear Copyright Office— I would like to register my support for the practice of jailbreaking of smartphones, tablets, and game systems on the principle that these devices are fully-functional computers and should not have their functionality crippled to promote … Continue reading
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LMS Disruption– Free Web 2.0 Tools Can Co-Exist with the Centralized LMS
[Question from a colleague] It appears that OpenClass has the same mission as Canvas – OpenClass: “disrupt technology for education”, Canvas: “disrupting the Learning Management System (LMS) market.” Does this new partnership introduce any concerns about Canvas’ future. Blackboard has … Continue reading
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Tagged blackboard, canvas, David Wiley, disruption, DIY U, edtech, educational technology, EduPunk, google apps, instructure, Jon Mott, LDAP, Learning management system, lms, OLN, open class, open learning network, pearson, Personal Learning Network, PLN, web 2.0
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Secure Your Social Identity Across All Sites with NameChk.com
If you are trying to create a branded online identity, it helps to have a consistent username across all of the major sites. With NameChk.com, you can search once and see if your favorite username is available on 159 different … Continue reading
Switch from Teaching Word Processing to Teaching Web Processing
If you’re like me, one of the first computer skills you were taught in school is how to use a word processor. We all mastered the art of formatting words for the printed page because we were still using computers … Continue reading
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Tagged BlueGriffon, chrome, edtech, firefox, HTML, internet, Microsoft, Microsoft Word, office, OmmWriter, Text editor, web, web design, word, World Wide Web, WriteRoom, WYSIWYG
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Take Dramatic 3D Screenshots of Websites with Firefox's Tilt Plugin
If you do a lot of presentations or tutorials about technology, you probably have to take screenshots of websites to illustrate your ideas. I really like to add a “wow” factor to my presentations whenever I can do it gracefully, … Continue reading
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Tagged Add-ons, Document Object Model, edtech, elearning, firefox, Mac OS X, presentations, Screenshot, screenshots, Skitch, Web browser, Web page, WebGL
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Make a "Hard to Guess but Easy to Remember" Password for Greater Cloud Security
In my last post, I recommended using a password manager like LastPass to help you create strong, unique passwords for all of the different sites you use. If you don’t like the idea of storing passwords in the cloud, the next … Continue reading
Free Tools, the Distorted Web, Privacy, and Your Students' Critical Thinking Skills
Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of information about my online habits. I thought they were just using it to serve me more … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, big brother, Bing, Critical thinking, Duck Duck Go, edtech, education, facebook, george orwell, google, Google Search, NPR, privacy, search, Student, teacher, TeacherHax, teaching, web 2.0, Web search engine, webapps
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Cultivate your Personal Learning Network
This post discusses how to build your own Personal (or Professional) Learning Network. Instead of starting by telling you which tools to use, I want to talk about why you would do this in the first place…. This … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Featured, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged BBC, Clients, edtech, education, google, Google Reader, igoogle, lifehacks, New York Times, Online Communities, Personal Learning Network, Personal Learning Networks, Professional development, rss, Social media, social networking, teacher, technology, twitter, web 2.0, wordpress, WWW
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Take and Annotate Screenshots with Open Source Tools: ZScreen and Paint.net
Online teachers and instructional designers need access to good tools for capturing screenshots and annotating them. These tools are invaluable for giving step-by-step computer instructions to students and faculty, and can really help you communicate information visually. If you’re new … Continue reading
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Tagged CamStudio, edtech, File format, image editor, image manipulation, instruction, instructional design, Jing, Microsoft Windows, online, open source, Screen Capture, Screenshot, Skitch, Snagit, teacher, teaching, ZScreen
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