http://edtags.org/ http://edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/t529 Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/tech-tips-for-the-basic-computer-user/?em Great list of tips for PCs and Macs! aseldow Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:35:46 +0000 tech tips t561 basic computing tech literacy t529 http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11309&mode=toc Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge aseldow Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:28:18 +0000 john seely brown mit open source open technology ed tech technology open knowledge t561 t529 http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_args carolinemeeks Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:05:56 +0000 serious games t529 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/business/31virtual.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Trying to duplicate the success of blockbuster Web sites like Club Penguin and Webkinz, children’s entertainment companies are greatly accelerating efforts to build virtual worlds for children. Media conglomerates in particular think these sites — part online role-playing game and part social scene — can deliver quick growth, help keep movie franchises alive and instill brand loyalty in a generation of new customers. ljsylvan Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:30:21 +0000 everyday technologies learning technology t529 young children webkinz https://www.rondee.com/index.php Free conference calls aseldow Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:14:20 +0000 conference call cellphones telephone mp3 t529 http://www.kwfdn.org/map/map.aspx jgroff Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:11:35 +0000 t529 edreform reform system http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19physics.html?ex=1355720400&en=78ff7cfea904d7b1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Professor Lewin’s videotaped physics lectures, free online on the OpenCourseWare of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have won him devotees across the country and beyond who stuff his e-mail in-box with praise. ljsylvan Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:58:43 +0000 higher education learning technology t529 distance learning http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19physics.html?ex=1198731600&en=a740d17006ad38b1&ei=5070&emc=eta1 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at M.I.T. And he has now emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the institute created to spread knowledge through cyberspace. schwangr Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:45:07 +0000 mit open coursware physics video lecture lewin 71 nytimes web star t529 t502 http://ypulse.com/ Ypulse: Covering media and marketing for the next generation. Ypulse is a media platform for youth media and marketing professionals. Ypulse publishes a blog, a newsletter, and produces several conferences each year. Ypulse.com reaches a highly influential audience of agency, brand and media executives as well as social marketers trying to reach youth. fsheahan Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:39:20 +0000 marketing media trends adolescent online behavior social marketing t529 http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=10202591&subjectID=348909&fsrc=nwl&emailauth=%2528%2528%2520%253E5I%255ESYQJ%2540%2520%250A T IS a typical example of the colonisation of a new frontier. A few intrepid explorers stake out some new, unexplored territory. Before long the first settlers move in and start to look for ways to make a quick buck. Their success attracts more settlers, and an unruly bonanza ensues; finally the policemen, lawyers and tax collectors show up. But the territory in question is not a new continent: it is the realm of cyberspace, where two developments suggest that virtual worlds are coming of age. The first is the emergence of commercial uses for virtual environments; the second is the advent of litigation and regulation. carolinemeeks Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:23:16 +0000 serious games t529 second life http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/education/07education.html?ref=education The poor schoolmarm or master, required to provide a certain amount of value for your child’s entertainment dollar, now must compete with texting, instant-messaging, Facebook, eBay, YouTube, Addictinggames.com and other poxes on pedagogy. rachelgriffin Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:21:29 +0000 t529 technology in the classroom http://caststrategytutor.edublogs.org/tips/ Strategy Tutor is a web-based tool designed to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the internet. rachelgriffin Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:16:02 +0000 t529 new technology cast udl http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/style/17facebook.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin To study how personal tastes, habits and values affect the formation of social relationships (and how social relationships affect tastes, habits and values), a team of researchers from Harvard and the University of California, Los Angeles, are monitoring the Facebook profiles of an entire class of students at one college. fsheahan Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:59:58 +0000 facebook social relationships virtual communities social research online communities t529 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/jobs/16career.html?_r=1&oref=slogin A quick Q&A for people concerned about how to learn to use technology in the workplace. linem Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:51:27 +0000 workplace learning technology user experience t529 http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=379 "While I don’t think it really falls under a copyright/fair use issue, it still breaks the Terms of Service of the site; however, when put in a difficult place of not being able to use content due to circumstances beyond your control, many teachers could justify using other means to obtain content from YouTube that isn’t covered in their Terms of Service." ablanco Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:09:38 +0000 ed tech k-12 blog t529 youtube terms of service