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Archive for September 2009

Google Forms glitch

September 25, 2009

I’m having a problem with Google Forms, there seems to be a glitch and I’m trying to find out if there is a way around this. I’m working with an amazing colleague who is teaching a class using a particular peripheral item. We’ve create an assessment in Google Forms and provided it to all the […]

Its all about the number of words

September 7, 2009

I’m reading “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation will change the way the World Learns”. It’s a good book and I recommend it. I just came across the most amazing statistic. On pg 149 the authors refer to a study by Risley and Hart. Let me quote the exact passage: “…observed and recorded the physical and […]

SnapSession – Screenr

September 3, 2009

I asked via my social networks for a Web 2.0 app that was new and useful. A friends recommended I check out http://www.screenr.com. It allows you to capture your screen, in a video format, for up to 5 minutes, and then post it to Twitter. It is so simple there is very little to blog […]

Moving away from Twitter

September 3, 2009

A colleague I really respect recently sent me an email with an attachment about the use of Twitter in Higher Ed. I responded to this person in a way I am sure s/he would not have expected. I ranted a bit about why I’ve increasing grown frustrated with Twitter and started to move away from […]