The best blog posts, for me, are those that make me STOP, reflect, ponder and challenge my own viewpoints!
Take Claire Thompson “How to turn “Me Vision Into We Vision” post where she discusses the need to ensure we don’t limit our learning by getting sucked into group thinking — by restricting our blog reading [...]
Tag archives for Google Reader
Are You Going To Be More Sharing And Caring?
Depending on your love of Google Reader you will either be grateful that Google has given us an early Christmas present or be concerned, like me, that you may need to change your sharing habits. For those who don’t use Google Reader, or who have no idea what I am talking about, Google has [...]
Update On Getting More Out Of Google Reader
Google has just added some more features to Google Reader so I thought it was appropriate to write a new post to update my post on Getting More Out of Google Reader. Thanks Martin Weller from The Ed Techie for alerting me to how recommendations have now been added to Google Reader (answer to [...]
tags: Google Reader
Getting More Out Of Google Reader
Managing information using RSS is an important skill to learn however it is an area that people starting out struggle with. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) means that whenever new information is added to a site (e.g. your favourite blog) it comes to you instead of you having to continuously check the site. [...]
tags: Feed Reader, Google Reader
My Everyday Tools
In the last couple of days I have noticed people blogging on tools that I have been using for quite awhile – I assumed that everyone knew about them – wrong assumption. So I thought today I would post about tools that I use all the time:
1. SnagIt
Don’t care that it costs money [...]
category: Working With Web 2.0 Tools
Tools of the Trade
Darren at Drape’s Take did an excellent post today on Why Every Teacher Should Have A Google Account. This is a list of basic tools that I recommend to lecturers:
Bookmarking
Definitely a bookmarking site is a must. It is so great to be able to bookmark a website online that you can then view [...]
category: Working With Web 2.0 Tools
tags: blogger, Comeeko, comic tools, del.icio.us, edublogs, Flickr, Google Reader, Google Talk, Google Video, iGoogle, podcasting, podomatic, ToonDoo, wiki, wikispaces
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I’ve Gone Widget Crazy And Need Help To Control Widget Addiction
Edublogs have given all it’s users new freedom and allows javascript, iframes and object code to be embedded directly into Edublogs blogs. Which is great because I can just copy and paste pretty much most ‘embedding’ code picked up around the web directly into my posts or a text widget in my side bar.
Most importantly [...]
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