Links for 1-26-08 to 2-01-08

Reading Responses, Tools, Web 2.0, Websites

This week has been trying to the point that I don’t even think blogging about it will be cathartic enough. So let’s just say:

UGH. Update: I just had a book chapter proposal, “Podcasting in education: Practices and precautions”, accepted for publication. That’ll pick things up a bit!

I’m glad that’s out of my system. See this week’s links after the jump.

From my del.icio.us account:

• Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… » The Best Places To Learn Web 2.0 Basics — 2007 Larry’s blog is quickly becoming one of my favorites; he has SO MUCH information. You’ll find all sorts of neat stuff there, but I really like this one in particular.
• eSnips.co
• YouTube - OK Go - Here It Goes Again If you can watch this without smiling, you’re dead.
• Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace I’m working on some Facebook research with a colleague, and this essay came out recently.
• 13 Places To Watch TV Online for Free I’ve always wanted a site like this, and this week I found it!
• Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher Resources Another great list from Larry Ferlazzo.
• TED | Talks | Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning (video) I saw that a ticket to TED was going for $33K on ebay. Um, I think I’ll watch the videos they post, you know, FOR FREE.
• Human Body, Human Body Information, Facts, News, Photos — National Geographic Another nice human body resource. See the 3D body link below as a companinon.

From my Google Reader:

• Copyright And Fair Use In New Media from Podcasting News. A good overview I plan on sharing with my students.
• Start a fire with air from Instructables: exploring, featured. I work a lot with Boy Scouts, and anytime you can teach them cool tricks, they love it. Plus, I’m tired of taking them camping and watching them forget how to start a good fire. Maybe if I show them something like this, they’ll remember it.
• Tips to Keep Your Car in Excellent Condition [Cars]from Lifehacker. We need our van to keep running, and I’m all for advice. Taking it on the other hand, well I try . . .
• Convert Any Text to MP3s with VozMe [Speaking]from Lifehacker. Yea for cool tools!
• http://www.visiblebody.com/Start from del.icio.us/philip_lismore. SUPER COOL 3D Human body.
• Manage Projects Online with LiquidPlanner [Project] from Lifehacker. For my EDTC 5773 Instructional Systems Management class. I’m always up for not giving Microsoft more money for Microsoft Project.
• Top 10 BitTorrent Tools and Tricks [Lifehacker Top 10] from Lifehacker. I have no idea why I marked this one. Tee-hee!
• Will’s New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives from Learning Visions by Cammy Bean. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love reading Cammy Bean’s blog. She challenges everything I’ve been taught through my academic training, and I find it exciting to see things differently. On top of that, I like the taxonomy.
• Sprout: “Create sophisticated and dynamic interactive content!”from H I T - Hokanson’s Instructional Technology. I’ve mentioned Neil’s blog before, and one of the reasons I like it is because he is always coming up with cool tools like this one.
• Seek and Destroy Your Stress from Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life. Who doesn’t need this one?
• The Savvy Teacher’s Digital Toolbox:Downloading YouTube from EdTech Gold Rush. We’ve just finished a video assignment in my undergrad class, and I had something like 437 different students ask me how to do this effectively.

dr.curry @ February 1, 2008