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Public highlighting and annotation

Posted on April 18, 2017 by admin

My personal take on tools for adding various types of annotations and prompts to existing online resources has emphasized the educational potential for teachers and students. I see these tools as ways to convert information resources (web pages, online video) … Continue reading →

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Share Keynote Slideshows

Posted on April 13, 2017 by admin

Apple Keynote (computer or tablet) has been upgraded to allow a slide deck to be shareable. This requires that the file is saved in iCloud. The controls (available under the share menubar option) allows the file to be shared in … Continue reading →

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More on Mastodon

Posted on April 9, 2017 by admin

I have written several posts on the opportunities in the use of the microblogging platform Mastodon. I see Mastodon as more than a Twitter clone. A recent post from Seth Kenton provides an extensive review and description of Mastodon.

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Visitors and Residents is more useful than Natives and Immigrants

Posted on April 7, 2017 by admin

I was never a fan of the Prensky distinction between digital natives and immigrants. I suppose it was because the natives were supposed to be the cool folks and by definition, I was an immigrant. Being an adult working with … Continue reading →

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DocentEDU is now InsertLearning

Posted on April 7, 2017 by admin

When you write about educational technology, you put in a permanent form descriptions of a moving target. In writing about the possibilities of Layering educator/designer guidance on online resources, I have selected several key examples and one of these services … Continue reading →

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Mastodon is here

Posted on April 6, 2017 by admin

A few months ago I wrote a post explaining why I thought Twitter chats were not productive and proposing that those wanting to have collaborative, text-based discussions should look for a better platform. Among the limitations I identified in that … Continue reading →

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