links
minilegends … some links we can use with our learning can be found in the shortcuts sub page on the right menu.
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Websites offering “Free for Education” material
AEShareNet website: www.aesharenet.com.au
BBC Website: http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/
Creative Commons Website: www.creativecommons.org
Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ***
I’ll just put this here for now
Using Technology as a Learning Tool – Not Just the Cool New Thing
EDUCAUSE – Educating the Net Generation (download the book or chapters)
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From TSOF A-Z (B for Blogs) 17/01/06
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Blogs, weblogs or blogging. Blogosphere is the world of weblogs or blogs.
What are weblogs from Weblogs.com.
edublogs – Join the edublogs community. Find out more about edublogs. Free blogs for education professionals.
For students – check out learnerblogs.
Google blog search. Google defines blogs as sites that use RSS and other structured feeds and update content on a regular basis.
Can also be accessed via your Blogger dashboard. (Does not search Google News). You can save a search as RSS.
Weblogg-ed read/write web in the classroom – fabulous resource for educators.Blogwise – a collection of categorised blogs. Bloglines – free webbased service for feeds or try downloading an RSS newsreader such as Feedreader (Windows). Check the Yukon College ‘New Directions in Learning” site for some useful definitions and links including blogroll.- a collection of categorised blogs. – free webbased service for feeds or try downloading an RSS newsreader such as (Windows). Check the for some useful definitions and links including blogroll.Check Blogger.com or How educators are using weblogs (Intel Innovator).
Article by Stephen Downes from Educause Review Sept/Oct 2004 on Educational Blogging. Includes useful links.See also Weblogs in Education (Edublogs) article with links. Includes a link to Schoolblogs (weblogs for education). Weblogs are fully functional web-sites, updated directly in the internet browser. They foster two way communication and collaboration. Another reference is Creating an online story using weblogs. See also Feedster search – useful tool for blogs and rss finds. Bloogz is a blogs search engine. See Children stay safe using blogs for good advice.Freevlog – What is a ‘vlog’ and how can I create one? Includes step by step help.
Blogs – read about the Great Blogger Relaunch in Blogger Knowledge. Includes links to Blogger basics, How to get started, conditional tags for customisation, blogger templates and more.
What is a blog? (An easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post thoughts, interact with people etc. Blogs are free. Check out how to create a blog in 3 easy steps.
Check Intelseek’s Blogpulse site. BlogPulse.com is a portal into the world of blogs. More references to blogs can be found under “b” for blogs.Bloglines step by step How to? Includes information on adding a RSS feed. Sample RSS feed from EdNA Online.
More links.
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Edublogs Awards 2005 (from http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/)
Categories and winners are in bold
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Most innovative edublogging project, service or programme
Edublogs http://www.edublogs.org/
Ed Tech Talk http://www.edtechtalk.com/
Elgg http://elgg.net/
Stephen’s Web http://www.downes.ca/
Best newcomer
Adventures of the 14 day thesis/beyond the 14 day thesis http://insidethewhitehouse.uniblogs.org/
Blog of proximinal development http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/
FLOSSE Posse http://flosse.dicole.org/
Remote Access http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/
Smelly Knowledge http://forestfortrees.edublogs.org/
Stuart Yeates’s blog http://connect.educause.edu/blog/StuartYeates
Most influential post, resource or presentation
A Nomad’s Guide to Learning and Social Software http://ideant.typepad.com/ideant/2005/11/_a_nomads_guide.html
Connectivism: Learning as Network-Creation http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/networks.htm
EdTechTalk No. 20 part 2: Downes & Richardson http://edtechtalk.com/EdTechTalk_20_Part2_Will_Richardson_Stephen_Downes
EdTechTalk No. 24 Ganley http://worldbridges.com/livewire/?p=93
E-learning 2.0 http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=29-1
Future VLE – The Visual Version http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/blogview?entry=20050125170206
Best designed/ Most beautiful edublog
D’Arcy Norman Dot Net http://www.darcynorman.net/
The HUMlab Blog http://blog.humlab.umu.se/
Inline Comments http://web.mit.edu/benbr/notes/
Professional Lurker http://www.professional-lurker.com/
Room 208 http://bobsprankle.com/blog/
Tangled up in Purple http://www.nixit.co.nz/wordpress/
Tim Wang’s eLearning Blog http://blog.loaz.com/timwang/
Best library / librarian blog
Caveat Lector http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/
Infomancy http://www.schoolof.info/infomancy/
Joyce Valenza’s NeverEnding Search http://joycevalenza.edublogs.org/
Librarian.net http://www.librarian.net/
Open Stacks http://openstacks.net/os/
The Shifted Librarian http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/
Best teachers blog
Blog of proximal development http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/static-page-1/
Edublog Insights http://anne.teachesme.com/
Gardner Writes http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/
The Open Classroom http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/
Room 208 http://bobsprankle.com/blog/
Best audio/ and or video blog
Connect Learning http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/
Ed Tech Posse http://edtechposse.ca/
Ed Tech Talk http://edtechtalk.com/
Pod-EFL http://www.pod-efl.com/
SmartHistory http://www.smarthistory.blogspot.com/
TILT TV http://tilttv.blogspot.com/
Vlog 3.0 http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vlog/
Best example/case study of use of weblogs within teaching and learning
A Case Study of Pre-service Teachers Learning http://www.educationaltechnology.ca/couros/publications/Nolan-EdMedia2005.pdf
Assessment by blog http://incsub.org/blogtalk/?page_id=62
EdTechTalk No. 24: Ganley http://worldbridges.com/livewire/?p=93
iGeneration http://i-generation.blogspot.com/
Polar Science http://www.polarscience.ca/
Radcliffe Riverside LIVE http://radclifferiverside.com/live/index.php?automodule=blog
Rhythm in Architecture http://dyg-brainmaps.buzznet.com/user/
vSKOOL.org http://www.vskool.org/www/vskoolblog.html
Best group blog
BizDeansTalk http://www.deanstalk.net/
Dekita.org http://dekita.org/
The HUMlab blog http://blog.humlab.umu.se/
Kairosnews http://kairosnews.org/
Worldbridges http://worldbridges.com/livewire/
Best Individual Blog
bgblogging http://mt.middlebury.edu/middblogs/ganley/bgblogging/
Ideant http://ideant.typepad.com/
OLDaily http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm
Weblogg-Ed http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
