Greetings from Anchorage, Alaska where I got up early to prepare for a full day of workshops tomorrow. I was about to leave for a day of sightseeing, but two Twitter tweets got my attention this morning. (I am continually amazed at how my network on this ephemeral tool feeds my brain!)
First Al Lupton shared Mashable’s compilation of cool ways to search Flickr. The 11 Craziest Ways to Browse Flickr which should have some cool classroom and perhaps, research application. Among the crazy ways: by drawing an image, by entering song lyrics, by color.
And more importantly, Sheryl Nussbaum Beach posted a brilliant essay that helps us define and share the potential for Learning 2.0. Definitely read it and consider how you might use it in discussion with your faculty in September. Also see my SLJ post on Sheryl’s core components.
Now, off to see Anchorage!
Monday update: Update: Just saw another of Sheryl’s not-to-be-missed posts: The Art of Building Virtual Communities. Read it. Share it.
2.0, About blogging, About learning, Cool Websites, School culture, twitter | Comment (0)I am back (and new Twitter tools to play with)
Finishing my dissertation means that I can blog and Twitter again.
I must admit it. Twitter did not impress me at first. But, as I mentioned briefly in my last post, as folks began to use it at and beyond the podium at NECC and at the BLC conferences this summer, we all began to consider its use in the classroom.
I know I am going to run Twittercamp on our library SmartBoard during films and discussions this year to capture student reactions, ideas, and questions with immediacy. It captures tweets realtime, bulletin board style, with thought bubbles connected to users’ avatars. I also like Twitterific, for use with my Mac. It accomplishes similar goals on a transparent black background.
Hmmm, I wonder how this stuff would work at our faculty meetings and planning team sessions.
In a tweet this morning, Will Richardson shared this piece about Twitter, which led me to a ReadWriteWeb post about the Top Ten Twitter Apps. Lots here to play with.
