Because I am lazy I always have a list of things I would like to blog about but never seem to get around to. I may write about some of these things in the future but I will need to chose which one(s). Here is today’s list - anything grab your fancy?
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I have been thinking about Moodle and Twitter lately. They share something in common. From a certain vantage they both look like a stream of babbling data. People frequently complain about the amount of emails they get from Moodle forums or how they can keep up to date with active Moodle forums and not get [...]
I was in a meeting very recently. In a discussion on promotional material bookmarks were suggested. Some thought that this would not exude a high tech image. One wag referred to them as “anti-social bookmarks” with a wry smile. The bookmarks idea did have a nice ring to it though. It’s retro and bookmarks are [...]
Moodle Blogger MoodleUS has the number one quality of a good security analyst - paranoia. But is it paranoia if everyone is out to get you?
I was sentenced to 12 months hard time by Martin Dougiamas (judge, jury, and executioner).
He has been banned from Moodle.org forums, for as far as I gather, some [...]
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I’ve been hearing about educational institutions strategically “building a presence in Second Life”. They are sceptical about SL but worried about being left behind if it takes off. There are big technical barriers to SL uptake: fast machines needed, fast broadband needed, the need for a client plugin, proxy server access issues etc. [...]
Guy Kawasaki is a legendary silicon valley investor, writer and technology evangelist. I recently mentioned that the creators of Pat Kenny had passed the secret of cloning to Guy Kawasaki during his Irish visit. That’s the only way to explain how Kawasaki gets to be in so many places at once and gets through such [...]
Guy Kawasaki was recently here on a tour that involved amongst other things Guinness, Newgrange, Tara, the Irish Software Association and Pat Kenny. Maybe kenny divulged the secret of human cloning because Kawaski seems to have been everywhere in the county in about twenty minutes.
He’s also found the time to launch a new [...]
After I posted about interactive whiteboards James Colbert told me about a TG4 documnetary on an e-learning gaeilscoil. Its online at - http://tg4.ie/Webt/webt.htm On the left choose ‘Clar Eile - Cartlann’ and then the first An Tuath Nua from 22/2/08 (19 minutes into the clip). This school has won European awards for its use [...]
