tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78546555420984215202012-01-24T04:29:37.863-08:00A resource center and blog to help you stay informed with what's going on in web 2.0, technology, education, and eLearning pedagogy.Terence Armentanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02727479615481584605noreply@blogger.comBlogger2201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854655542098421520.post-38930955383913670222011-10-13T11:19:00.000-07:002011-10-13T11:22:29.620-07:00

My colleague, Mike Edwards, just G+'d me about Pearson's attempt to change the LMS game completely.  Watch this video about their new FREE cloud based LMS called OpenClass, which supposedly seamlessly integrates with Google Apps for Education. It's quite bold of Pearson to call the current state of the LMS "dead." YIKES! I will be eager to see how it compares to the LMS I am currently enjoying in

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All LMS's (learning management systems) are not created equal. The design of the LMS must be done right to facilitate good pedagogy.  It needs to be easy enough for the  non tech person to use, yet it must do very sophisticated and complex things in the background to facilitate the learning process. I would also say that pairing a faculty member with an instructional designer/academic

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Tablets are excellent tools for content consumption, yet their OS's and overall design limit their ability to produce content. The Asus Transformer and Eeepad Slider were steps in the right direction as devices geared at both consuming and producing content, yet the Honeycomb OS still hampers the content creation process, even with the keyboard. I think a really simple idea would be to use

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Rather than teachers lecturing (sometimes poorly) and kids doing homework at home (sometimes poorly), kids watch world-class lectures at home and do exercises in class with their teachers, who are best for such personalized interaction. Agree or disagree?

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The following are resources to learn more about online learning today.BlogsRay Schroeder Online Learning Update http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/blogger.htmlTony Bates e-Learning and Distance Education http://www.tonybates.ca/George Siemens ElearnSpace http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/Stephen Downes Online Learning Daily http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htmSeb Schmoller Fortnightly

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A blog article that provokes people with differing perspectives to comment and discuss is something to be valued. For example, check out the Endgadget article and video titled, "The iPad is taking away American jobs, Jesse Jackson Junior's sanity (video)" -- The video itself is kind of funny as JJ Junior comes off sounding like a technophobe, but the content of what he is saying can make for

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Here are the results of Google's ambitious world changing project, I blogged about in 2009It was neat to see the Khan Academy as one of the "world changing" winners. It will be neat to see where these projects go!Project 10100 WinnersWe are pleased to announce the winners of Google’s Project 10100.Thousands of people from more than 170 countries submitted over 150,000 ideas. From that group, we

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The first time I learned about the Khan Academy about a year ago, I thought, "this is just the tip of the iceberg in reforming education." I posted Sal Khan's TED talk a few posts ago and I recommend checking that out if you are unfamiliar with his story. Free, easy to follow, online educational videos in subjects such as math, history, science, languages, etc will equip schools like never before

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Universities that offer online courses and programs enable students to choose classes based on what they want to learn rather than what fits into their schedule. Online course content can be accessed and engaged any time, any place, so that students are not bound by geographic locations, scheduling conflicts, building conflicts, etc. When I did my undergrad work, I never once got the class

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Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom

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I found the following idea from http://www.ideasforourfuture.com/ pretty interesting and wondered what others think (It is listed under TOPIC 4). I recommend reading and discussing the pros and cons of the other ideas on the site as well with your peers, colleagues, and classmates. These would be great problems to tackle in our schools. This problem deals with the question "How can we Fix Our

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Best Methods of Collaboration in Inst. DesignNovember 13, 2010, 8:00 AM-9:00 AM - PavilionWCET Conference - http://wcetconference.wiche.edu/Presenter: Terence ArmentanoPresenter: Michael EdwardsIn today's connected world, instructional designers and content experts have multiple ways of collaborating on projects. From video conferencing and social networks to blogs, wikis and simple emails,

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I enjoyed both the content of this lecture and the creative way in which it was produced. I love how the art in this video engaged and connected my brain to the content of the lecture itself. I could see this communication method as a very powerful online learning tool where artists and teachers collaborate to engage the learners. Check it out

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It's been a while since my last post, but my new blog design, combined with a thought provoking TechCrunch article inspired me to write a fresh new post. I found this article in TechCrunch to be very insightful regarding disruptive technologies and how they change things rapidly. This particular article, titled- The Full-On Assault On Cable Is Underway is about how the CABLE industry in

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In order to convey the ridiculous nature of the facebook privacy debacle, I came up with this short story.Imagine a company that comes to your home and says to you, "hey we are going to build an awesome community center for you and your friends for FREE, in exchange for allowing us to post advertisements on some of the walls within the building. Don't worry the ads are small and not that

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This past year I was interviewed in the "Thought Leader" section of McGraw Hill's Principles of Management Newsletter. In the interview I respond to the following questions regarding distance education and online technologies:How did you come to do work in distance education?What is your favorite distance learning activity or experience?How does distance learning enrich your life … your career..

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A short simple video to explain social media to your parents and grandparents :-)

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“Jetpack for Learning” Design Challenge Winners Announced at SXSW :: The Mozilla Blog“Jetpack for Learning” Design Challenge Winners Announced at SXSWPosted by Erica JostedtMarch 14th, 2010 · Mozilla Labs, Mozilla NewsEditor’s note: On March 13, Mozilla Labs announced the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge winners at the the Mozilla SXSW Happy Hour. For more details, check out Aza Raskin’s

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Google took the information age by storm. Could this be the black swan, the "google" if you will, of the green energy age? What do you think? Check out this video.Watch CBS News Videos Onlineoriginal source - http://mashable.com/2010/02/21/bloom-box/

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I was tweeting these thoughts but it's too complex for a series of tweets/sound bites so here is a blog post to elaborate. First the facts. Both Apple and Google are Corporations and therefore have the goal of making profit for their shareholders. Both are doing everything possible to make their shareholders money so there is no good guy/bad guy scenario, it's just economics. However, there is

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This is another official update to the original "Shift Happens" video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com and http://

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From lifehacker, "It's really amazing to see live updates in search results, but there's plenty of people that don't give a hoot about what the folks on Twitter or Facebook are talking about. It will also be interesting to see how Google keeps the signal-to-noise ratio down when huge news breaks and people everywhere are blogging, posting, and sometimes unintentionally spreading false

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I was recently asked the question, "How does distance learning, social networking, and other new media enrich your life … your career?" and here was my reply:I define distance learning as any method of teaching and learning that is not dependent on a geographic location. Therefore, most of our world is falling into this category and enriching our lives in one way or another. Online banking,

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The power of web apps has ushered in a new generation of computing. Web apps like gmail, youtube, lala, pandora, mint, blogger, wordpress, google maps, netflix, twitter, facebook etc have us all glued to the internet. This is good news for Google. Ever wonder why google gives away almost all of their web apps for free? Because they want you online! Personally, I consider that a fair trade. I

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This video does an excellent job encapsulating the monumental role that social media plays in business, education, and organizations. "You can't buy attention anymore. Having a huge budget doesn't mean anything in social media...The old media paradigm was PAY to PLAY. Now you get back what you authentically put in. You've got to be willing to PLAY to PLAY." - Alex Bogusky, Co-Chairman, CP&B"The

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I've been using Google Wave for a couple weeks now and can see how the Wave could be a home run like google's email system, GMAIL or a "swing and a miss" like Google's social network, Orkut. I say Orkut is a swing and a miss, because it's not a strike out. There's still a lot more pitches to hit. A swing and a miss is not necessarily about the idea but about the adoption and whether people will

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This short video is worth 5 minutes of your time. It accurately captures the revolution that is social media. The desire to connect, to know, and to be known seems hardwired into our DNA as humans. Social media facilitates those connections. Does anyone else see an eerie similarity between the social media revolution and the Tower of Babel revolution, which took place thousands of years ago?

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Google started a project last year in which they gathered ideas from all over the world on how to best change the world for the better and now people are voting on them. What idea from the list do you find most promising? Which ones should Google make happen? You tell them. Your vote for one of these ideas will help their advisory board choose up to 5 projects to fund, at which point they'll

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First, you have to have a passion for learning new things. You can't ever be satisfied with the status quo, especially since we live in the "Information Age." My action steps for this principle are to start subscribing to prominent bloggers in your field today. And if you want to be looked upon as an expert in your field, start contributing to the conversations in your field by starting a blog

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News: 'The World Is Open' - Inside Higher EdTechnology is changing higher education in more ways than can be counted. Distance education has become common. Leading universities are putting course materials or even entire courses online -- free. The Obama plan for community colleges envisions free online courses that could be used nationwide. Curtis J. Bonk, a professor of instructional systems

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There is a lot more than meets the eye to BLOGS.BGSU.EDU, the homegrown blogging platform developed by Assistant Director of COBL, Terence Armentano. Blogs and microblogs such as Twitter have taken the world by storm. Why? Because they blast open the floodgates of communication. They give everyone a voice and anyone with an internet or even a mobile phone connection can listen in and talk back.

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The Newsweek article titled, "The Sound of One Hand Clicking:Online schools are booming, thanks to their convenience, low cost, and improved quality" accurately captures the shift toward online friendliness in higher education. Universities are recognizing that students and working professionals are asking themselves, why go to college when college can come to us in a convenient, affordable, high

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This is something that those of us in the field have known for quite some time. I think what is extremely important about this study is that the source of this study is the Department of Education. It can be quite time consuming trying to convince some people about the quality of online education, so this just adds more credibility to what we have been saying.News: The Evidence on Online

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Do you spend a lot of time thinking seriously about what the future will look like. Take a few minutes and have a laugh at this parody of Microsoft's vision for the future. *Some implied swearing but nothing audible (its beeped)

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I am still processing this article which outlines Obama's big plans to give billions of dollars to Community Colleges; $500 million of which is dedicated to building free online credit based courses. Wow! What a paradigm shift in education. One thing is for sure. People are realizing that information is no longer at a premium. Almost all human knowledge is floating around in the air around us

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"Blended Learning" More Effective than Face-to-Face (Source: Education Week, 2009)source: United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)Download Report:Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learninghttp://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdfA new report http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf released today by

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Bullet points from Richard N Katz's keynote presentation - Vice President of EducausePowershift in Higher Ed- 1100-? (popes>princes>professors>people)Stanley Katz - don't mistake a tool for a goalMartin Trow - information technology is embedded in, and used by, institutions that have a history. Higher Ed shift from public good to private investmentWe are in the information age and we are in the

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Just a quick update to let you know that I am presenting at the Sloan-C/MoodleMoot 2009 Conference in San Francisco, CA.  I am in San Francisco right now and enjoying the area.  This is my first time in California. It's a bit chillier than I thought it would be ( high 60's) compared to Ohio (80's).  I'm looking forward to the conference as there are quite a few presentations that interest me.   

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The article titled, "Colleges Consider Using Blogs Instead of Blackboard" in the Chronicle of Higher Education, gets some things right and some things wrong, in my opinion. I want to keep this somewhat short because I could write a novel on this topic. First, they understand that paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for Blackboard might not be the best technological solution to facilitate

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See ya later great knowledge memorizers of the world, and hello great knowledge appliers of the world. Is it me or are the people inhabiting this third rock from the sun, connecting, computing, and collecting knowledge like nothing we've ever seen before. Well, except for maybe the time we humans tried building that Tower of Babel, which ended up not working out so well. Introducing.... Wolfram

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I actually think my Blackberry Storm is a really cool gadget and would recommend it to everyone I know, EXCEPT that there is a HUGE flaw in the way RIM designed the tool and I haven't seen too many people talk about this FLAW yet. Had I known about this flaw in the design of the Blackberry, I may not have bought one. The flaw is glaring. Are you ready for it? Here it is. The phone only has 128

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A Flickr stream for the Whitehouse is a great idea. I think it gives the public a more personal, social, and connected feel to the government. If you comment on a photo you know someone in the whitehouse will see it and they may even check out your Flickr photos. Pretty cool. Check it out...http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse

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A FACEBOOK APPLICATION MAKES STAYING ON TOP OF BGSU NEWS EASIER! There is now an application available for all Facebook users to keep track of what’s going on at BGSU. This application collects information from the top blogs at blogs.bgsu.edu, The BG News, and Campus Update straight to your Facebook so that you don’t have to go hunting for the latest news. Simply add the application found at

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I will be presenting at a pre-conference workshop at the MoodleMoot 09 Conference, which is being jointly offered with the Sloan-C Symposium in San Francisco on June 17-19. My presentation is from 1pm-4pm on Wednesday June 18th. Here are some details about the workshop.TITLE:University 2.0: Open source as a cornerstonePRESENTERS:Bob Rubinyi, Director, Distributed Education, University of

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Awesome list of free math books | Education IT | ZDNet.comI know, I know, this hardly constitutes light reading over Spring Break. However, e-booksdirectory.com features an incredibly useful list of 260 freely downloadable electronic books (largely in PDF) that could drive entire courses or act as much-need supplements to a standard textbook.The books are primarily college-level texts, but many

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Here is nice article about one of BGSU's own faculty creating and teaching from an e-book. I like that Dr. Huber not only recognizes the value in saving paper and the students money, but also that the e-book platform offers a more interactive experience with the material. Huber says, "The material in an animal behavior class is highly visual by its very nature and loses much of its student

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Learning: YouTube EDU Brings Free Education to the MassesYouTube has just released a new sub-site called YouTube EDU, aggregating thousands of free lectures from over a hundred universities across the country, including MIT, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and oh-so-many more.

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I just got back from presenting at the LLT Conference in Columbus, Ohio. It was a rich learning experience and great place to meet colleagues from around the state interested in technology and education.  A  colleague of mine from Rhodes State, Michael Edwards, has a well written review on his blog about my presentation as well as a very neat short video he put together of the Monday sessions

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I will be presenting at the 2009 LTT Conference in Columbus, Ohio on Monday at 11:15am. Here are the details about my presentationTitle:  University 2.0: How BGSU Leveraged Open Source Technology to Create a Web 2.0 Learning LandscapeMy presentation is about how COBL, the Center for Online and Blended Learning, leveraged open source technologies to create a web 2.0 learning landscape at BGSU. At

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Check out this blog for details about these 10 online learning tools for students:The list includes:Dynamic Periodic Table -ChemistryPeriodic Table of the Elements - ChemistryFoldit - BiologyMathway -MathSpeedCrunch (Windows, Mac, Linux) - MathLiveMocha - LanguagesVerbaLearn - LanguagesBullfighter (MS Word and Powerpoint plugin) - LanguageswePapers - LiteratureZotero (Firefox extension) -

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Little Big Planet (LBP) is a wildly successful game for the PlayStation 3 and at this point, it is one of a kind. Think Web 2.0 for gaming. The game unleashes the creative power of the user and enables worldwide collaboration. Gamers can play a variety of levels that the game developers created and compete with PS3 gamers worldwide, but that's not the best part. LBP also enables users to

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If you have a few hours to kill, check out PC Mags list of the best free software of 2009. I can say that I have tried or used all of the software in their "Hall of Fame." If you don't have a few hours to check out everything on the list, you can at least check out the software that I have used this past year as listed below. I have designated the Apps that I use most frequently as a [

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I started writing this entry as a comment on Carolyn Kraut's blog post found here, but it was getting long so I just turned it into a blog entry which links to her blog. I've been thinking a lot about all of this new media and how people will consume it as I just got a ps3, which is really cool, and have been experimenting with it. The PS3 is a gaming system, blu-ray player, and media center,

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This article and supporting research explains why it is important for instructors to implement blogs and wikis into course projects. It's not just about the bells and whistles folks...One qualitative study, which surely won’t be welcomed by manufacturers of basic word processing software, found that students who create and edit documents using Web-based collaboration tools include more complex

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Interesting announcement about how OSU Med students will be using the ipod as a learning tool. I think this is a great idea in that we have a pocket size device that enables doctors to reference videos, audio, text, research, and much more. This is just the beginning of the new American worker in an information age. Access to information is at our fingertips so the key is euqipping students to

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I thought this service looked interesting and potentially useful. Teachers educating students in the information economy know that their are tons of different ways to communicate and engage students in the learning process, so perhaps a service that unites all communication methods into one central location might be useful. VoxOX goes after Skype and the VoIP market while attempting to connect

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How would you like it if our Internet Service Providers (i.e. Time Warner, Verizon, At&T, etc) chose the content we could view and charged us extra for content they choose? Do you want to save the internet as we know it?  Then you need to be informed about the importance of Net Neutrality and insist that law makers continue to uphold it and formalize it in some way. Here is an excellent article

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Just when I didn't think gmail could get any better, they go and add video chatting inside of gmail. As an elearning professional, I love the concept. Communicating online is a huge part of the learning process and humanizing and centralizing our modes of communication makes it that much more effective. If I were the CIO of a university or company, I would definitely explore using GMAIL apps as

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Thanks to Connie Molnar for the info about Project 10^100, which is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.About the Project Q: What is Project 10100? A: Project 10100 (pronounced "Project 10 to the 100th") is a call for ideas to change the world, in the hope of helping as many people as possible. Q: Why is Google doing this? A

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Thanks to Connie Molnar, Director of COBL at BGSU, for sharing this article with me. I've always known google to be an innovative company and I really enjoy their free tech products such as their search engine, gmail, google docs, google maps, GOOG-411, etc. Their products assist millions of people in various ways, but is it possible they are making people smarter too? Check out this intriguing

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My team at BGSU developed the following cool resource for the university, which was highlighted by the Ohio Learning Network today - check it out - http://www.oln.org/rss/rotd.php?id=269

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The following wiki provides links to tons of cool web apps that can be used in education. Check it out...http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

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Everyone loves free stuff - so how about a free copy of The New Media Frontier, by John Mark Reynolds and Roger Overton. I contributed to the book by co-writing chapter 5 on podcasting and new media. Crossway, the publisher, will be sending a free copy of the book to the first 30 people who agree to post a review on their blog or Facebook page. Here are the details:Send an email to marketing@

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I'll keep this post short and sweet. This is my take on the Google Chrome web browser after one full day.  It's very fast!  Google chrome menevers the web at high speeds. Web pages render incredibly quick and media looks good on the browser.  It is lightweight, opens pretty quick, and the tabs are well designed. I can seeminly have 30 tabs open and not slow down my system.  Of course Google apps

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This is going to be interesting! One of the most innovative and wealthiest technology companies in the world has developed a new open source web browser called Google Chrome that they will be releasing to the public for Beta use on Sept 2nd (UPDATE!! Download it here). This is some pretty big news as far as I am concerned as I believe a web-browser environment will replace the desktop

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I found this article to be helpful and thought you would too. I especially thought that the hulu tv service was pretty neat. You can watch movies such as Jumanji, Liar Liar, and other big time movies and tv shows for free online. Maybe another good reason to chuck the expensive cable plan in favor of online media. I think hulu is a foreshadow of where tv is heading into the future. Again, hulu

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I know this vid has been around for a while, but it is pretty funny and worth sharing. Enjoy!

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A colleague of mine at BGSU, Anthony Fontana, has a great post on his blog about the exciting world of live broadcasting on the web. There is a lot of good information in his post about using this technology for teaching and learning online. He asks, "How can these tools be used in education? How is this different than simple video conferencing?"Faculty, students, and other individuals (visiting

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I highly recommend all teachers watch this video of Michael Wesch at the University of Manitoba on the Future of Education. In addition, you should show this to to your students and have some solid discussion about it. If you teach online, simply post it on a discussion forum and have at it.Michael does a good job of giving you the BIG picture regarding the current state of education and

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11 Things You Shouldn’t Leave For School WithoutA simple list to simplify your life. When you first arrive at college you will be introduced to problems that you never knew existed. While no list will ever include a solution to all of your ills, this one hits on some things that you may not have considered.Though I haven't tried all of these services, some of them look pretty cool. For example,

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George Siemens and Stephen Downes are going to attempt what some have called a MOOC - Massively Open Online Course - and so far some 1200 participants have signed up. The course will focus on the connectivist theory of learning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivism_(learning_theory) and in some sense will be an experiment testing the theory itself. Connectivism - LTCWikiConnectivism and

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I thought the results for a Google search I performed on "distance learning + gas prices" was pretty interesting. What do you think? Since most subjects can be taught online effectively and driving to class is becoming more $$$ for students and teachers, people are looking for online options. I have always said that online courses and programs add immense value to the traditional brick and

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This is an interesting button free environment. Find out how much you like or dislike mouse clicking as part of the navigation experience for websites. The navigation for this site is designed so that one does not need to ever click on the mouse button to get around the site. This poses some interesting concepts for future web interface design. After visiting the site let us know if you miss the

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As the competition heats up in the land of Learning Management Systems (LMS), Blackboard is offering to partner with Syracuse to develop an open source plugin that will send data back and forth between Sakai and Blackboard. Some see this as Blackboard's way of trying to put everything under 1 roof (their roof). Others see it as being good for the community at large as one might be able to choose

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The idea is simple. Search, Contribute, Reward. Search for a topic using the Scour search engine (it searches google, yahoo, and msn), then rate the links with a thumbs up or thumbs down, then accumulate points for your contribution and get rewarded with money. It is an interesting idea to move the search engine forward and I wonder how well it will catch on. Like any web 2.0 idea, the

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"Here's where we are now" on what makes communities tick online,on mobile, in face-to-face settings, and why understanding this is soimportant for learning"edublogs: Unleashing The Tribe: small passionate communities | View | Upload your own

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I am downloading oovoo as I write this blog post from scribefire. I am a fan of skype so I am curious to see how oovoo compares. As a person constantly on the hunt for the best educational technology to enhance distance learning, I look forward to checking it out. A few things I am looking for include, ease of use, set-up, functionality, and how seamlessly it can be integrated into an LMS.

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We’re official! :: The Mozilla BlogThe Firefox community is the proud new owner of a Guinness World Record — each and every one of you! Mozilla today received confirmation from Guinness World Records that we’ve officially achieved the record for the “largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.” From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded

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Google Lively is Google's move into the 3d world. One thing that is neat about google lively is that after you download the installer, it runs in the browser and allows people to place their virtual rooms on their blog or websites. Therefore, I could put a link to my virtual world on TerenceOnline and you could meet me in the 3d realm of my blog. That's kind of neat. Another neat feature about

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Jobs: App Store launching with 500 iPhone applications, 25% free - EngadgetTim Bajarin at Creative Strategies said, "When IBM introduced the PC, it was good, but it didn't take off until people started discovering the software." It's these apps then, he adds, that will "dramatically differentiates the iPhone" from Treos and BlackBerrys. Indeed, while consumers are focused on the launch of the

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I just installed the firefox extension ScribeFire, which will allow me to write TerenceOnline blog posts directly from my Firefox web browser. This should make blogging more efficient and effective for me. It has a "blog this page" feature built into the browser that allows me to quickly and seamlessly make a blog entry about a web-page I am visiting. The Firefox web-browser is the killer app to

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I read an interesting op-ed piece in the NY Times today about how web 2.0 has the potential to disrupt Al Qaeda’s use of media to propagate their message and recruit new members. In essence, web 2.0 is all about freedom, access to ideas, and discussion. When an organization, such as Al Qaeda, depends on their ability to suppress freedom and control ideas to succeed, it becomes obvious how the

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Check out this cool certificate I got from Firefox for helping them set a world record for the most downloads of a software app in one day. Firefox 3 is awesome and has tons of add-ons that you can download to make your browsing experience excellent. Plus, since it is open source, everything is free so don't worry about forking over tons of money. I think it is time for people to put their

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Take a break and watch this funny clip!'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'

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Check out my Jing Video Here to see how I integrated Small Worlds right into my Blackboard Learning Management System. It's nice that Small Worlds provides a unique URL for each account. Usually stuff built in flash doesn't have unique URL's. Very web 2.0! I could use the same technique with other LMS's too, I assume.

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Small Worlds is a simple, neat, fun, and "potentially" educational virtual world that doesn't require any downloading and installing of special software such as in Second Life. According to the developers, "SmallWorlds brings together the best aspects of online games, instant messaging, social networks and digital media, and wraps them into a persistent 3D virtual world." It's very easy to use

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This is video from some of the "voices of learning" at the Learning events in Orlando, and contains some solid nuggets of information regarding the application of technology to enhance learning, retention, and production.

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The Open Handset Alliance, a group of more than 30 technology and mobile companies, is developing Android: the first complete, open, and free mobile platform. To help developers get started developing new applications, Google is offering an early look at the Android Software Development Kit.So what makes Android so special? Why not just get an iphone? It is Open - Android allows you to access

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This is a great video that reveals the changes that the information revolution is having on the world. How is your university or institution adapting to these changes?

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TechCrunch, a reputable technology blog, reports that "Sometime soon, perhaps this week, Facebook will turn the year-old Facebook Platform into an open source project, multiple sources have told us. The immediate effect will be to allow any social network to become Facebook Platform compatible - meaning application developers can easily take their Facebook applications and have them run on those

Terence Armentanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02727479615481584605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854655542098421520.post-7466913247122875002008-05-21T07:45:00.000-07:002008-05-21T07:46:11.753-07:00

Site5 is the best web hosting solution I have found on the internet, and I have been through many. They give you tons of space and speed. I even built and host BGSU's blog and podcast system on their servers and only pay about $5 a month, if that tells you anything. Click Here and sign up today if you are even remotely interested. It's great for educators and industry.

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Here is an interesting article from Business Week on Why Twitter Matters. Twitter is a microblogging website where users have 140 words or less to make a blog post. It is a way for people to easily stay in touch with their community at all times asynchronously. Many of the things people write in less than 140 words are quite silly and one might wonder how or why something like Twitter is

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I'd like to thank TerenceOnline's mom for sharing this one with me. She should start her own educational technology blog. lol. All My Faves provides a nice visual design for users to easily find the most popular sites on the internet. I'm not exactly sure how they came up with their list of sites, however, it's a nice and simple way to explore what is out there. It's an easy way to stay on

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It has been about a month since my last posting so I plan on getting back into the swing of things. It has been a busy month! I was recently honored that the Ohio Learning Network chose to highlight the BGSU Weblog and Podcast Solution as their resource of the day on April 22nd. They started doing the resource of the day back in march 2007 and they actually highlighted a web 2.0 wiki I put

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As any reader of my blog knows, I have written about the important role I believe web 2.0 will play in academia. (See Web 2.0 and Higher Ed, Blogging in academia, Blogging Academia, and the Stanford Blog Directory,and University 2.0)Not being one to just sit idly by and talk about the important role web 2.0 will play in academia, I decided to put words into actions and design a weblog and podcast

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It appears that PB Wiki is fiercely competing with the Goliath that is Google and their new product, Google Sites. I really enjoy both products and have implemented them both in different ways at BGSU. We have been using the PB Wiki in our training programs and Google Sites for our own project management organization. I think wiki's are awesome collaboration tools. I wrote a post a few days ago

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It appears Guy Kawasakai left me a comment letting me know that I made the Alltop list for Education sites on the Internet! Yes! Click the image above to see a screen capture of my location on Alltop. You will notice the US News Education site right above me and the BBC Education news site a few rows over. If this were a digital magazine stand, I would be right there with the big boys. Yet

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Alltop is a very simple and cool site that can help people find what is currently popular, by topic, on the Internet. Their slogan is "we've got all the top stories covered all the time." The page updates every 10 minutes as well. This is a good site for people that won't build their own custom homepage on Netvibes, MyYahoo, or iGoogle and those that do have custom homepages may find some good

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I am liking Google Sites as a team intranet wiki collaboration tool. However, there are a couple of things that need improvement and I'm hoping people from google read this.First and most importantly, they need to make the page management system better!For example, they need to allow people to create folders to organize the pages we create, instead of just a huge list of created pages. I know

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