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Teachr 2.0http://teachr20.blogspot.com/2008/04/wikis-and-blogs-in-education.html [Teachr 2.0] of wikis and blogs. So much professional development is about how to put an image in or how to embed content but doesn't address the "show me the educational value" side of the equation.

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expressionengine Wikihttp://expressionengine.com/wiki/Blog_Stats/ [expressionengine Wiki] Blog Stats: For more information on the embed tag, see the user documentation on embedding templates. * You may need to edit the presentation of the stats to fit your blog’s templates and design.

http://web2telegraph.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/using-slideshare-for-ms-powerpoint-presentations-online/ [Web Two Telegraph - A Collaborative Web 2.0 Environment] Using slideshare for MS Powerpoint presentations online: Slideshare is a web2.0 tool which is also userfriendly and will convert MS Powerpoint presentations to be embedded into blogs and wikis, for online collaboration or use. However, if you are an educationalist, check that the site is not blocked at your institution or at the school you wish to share with.

Reflection 2.0http://googtweetblog.edublogs.org/2008/04/04/wiki-project-fresh-start/ [Reflection 2.0] Wiki Project - Fresh Start: They caught on, but not one of the skills was already known. For all of the talk (not mine) of digital ***** (can’t say the word), online productivity is NOT an inherent skill.

Ajax Blog[Ajax Blog] WetPaint Preparing Embeddable Wiki Product Called Balco: That allows the wiki to be created at the server level, not simply rendered in the user’s browser like most widgets. The idea is a pretty straightforward way to go about doing this, although we haven’t heard of any products doing this before.

Andy's Bloghttp://andyramsden.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/rsc-jisc-sw-higher-education-event-bristol/ [Andy's Blog] RSC JISC SW Higher Education Event - Bristol: Find different domains, technical ands social can be student, academic may be tutor support. Questions - mabe the move away from a moderator led - centred activity. Towards a mass participation model via a wiki. His blog ”¦ ...

The Connections Blog[The Connections Blog] Lotusphere Opening General Session - Web 2.0 section Part 3 (Finally!): As it has taken me so long to get round to completing these entries, Quickr 8.1 has already been released a couple of weeks ago with the major addition of the Notes 8 sidebar, Microsoft Office / Outlook and Windows Explorer Connectors - now there is no excuse why the vast majority of computer users should not get a Quickr environment set up and never sending an attachment again, even outside their organization with the Quickr Extranet license!

Ralstongpm's Webloghttp://ralstongpm.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/finally-a-use-for-a-wiki/ [Ralstongpm's Weblog] Finally a Use for a Wiki: I added a number of other types of pages.  One section is for brainstorming and it has places to brainstorm what we’d like to see, do, and visit.  Related to that is a place for clippings of things we find online.  For example, I get a Page-A-Day calendar via email and the other day it highlighted Marlbourough Sound on the south island.  I pasted that into the wiki for my family to see.  (Of course I linked back to the actual calendar page.)

Official Second Life Bloghttp://blog.secondlife.com/2008/04/04/video-tip-of-the-week-29-using-the-second-life-wiki/ [Official Second Life Blog] Video Tip of the Week #29: Using the Second Life Wiki: I’m always one to share knowledge + resources that’ve helped me in hopes they’ll help you, and the Second Life Wiki is an info-site you can add to. If you’d rather just read it, that’s fine too, but should you feel more adventuresome…

vanishingpointhttp://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/04/11/oh-my-alice-that-hole-is-deeper-than-i-thought/ [vanishingpoint] Oh My Alice”¦ That Hole is Deeper Than I Thought!: When I get Windows Live Writer back up (or up on this laptop) I will actually embed the documents right into this post.

942sphere's Webloghttp://942sphere.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/using-wiki-to-engage-student-learning-and-collaboration-in-the-building-careers-in-ece-program/ [942sphere's Weblog] Using Web 2.0 tools to engage student learning and collaboration ...: With the proliferation of Web 2.0 tools and the fact that Millenials are born and bred on the web, the implication on education is enormous.  If instructors continue to ignore this tech phenomenon, they will find it increasingly difficult to reach their students.  Who would blame the students for finding classes to be dull and boring if they are ingrained in the world of texting, facebooking, im’ing, YouTubing, etc…  Unless an instructor happens to be a dynamic facilitator, students will be lost to the prescriptive education model that is associated with the industrial-based (old) economy.  No, in a knowledge-based economy (new), the paradigm shifts.  When a paradigm shifts, “everything” – as the futurist Ken Barker would say —

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