I have seen these devices at NECC, but this video from CES has me sold. I think schools should purchase Maker Bots.
Open education and SOPA
I am a big defender of copyright. This does not make me anti open-source. As a content creator, I should have the right to offer content in any way I want as long as it is content I created.
Those who support open source content are concerned that SOPA will make it difficult for those who create and offer open source materials and hence are against this legislation. I agree.
Course Kit
I decided to try CourseKit to supplement my grad course this semester. Looks like it offers some interesting tools and offers a reasonable way to separate the content you would like to be public and the content you would like to be student specific.
OLPC Tablet
Some years ago we participated in the get one / give one OLPC project. This was the Negroponte project to develop provide very inexpensive computers to children in poor countries. Just saw today that he is at it again and is now developing a $100 tablet.
Sea Monkey
I discovered something today others may find useful. A downside of upgrading to Lion (mac OS) has been that some of the tools I had relied on will no longer work. Today, I needed a simple tool for modifying a web page (HTML editor). I create interactive syllabi as web pages so students can link directly to things I want them to examine. I use Dreamweaver for more complicated projects, but I don’t have a copy on my office machine. I tend to use a simple editor for simple jobs.
What I discovered is that Sea Monkey (a Mozilla open source project) contains an editor for HTML. Who knew? I even use Sea Monkey. I have this strange aversion to multiple tabs on browsers and prefer multiple browsers when I want something to just be open in the background – Sea Monkey was that browser used just for music. I guess I owe it a little more respect. Check the menubar drop downs – Edit page is under the file.
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Something to think about on the first day of new year
The Internet used to offer a way for the rest of us to have a voice. This opportunity seems to be slipping away more as a function of neglect than lack of opportunity. We have fallen victim to the ease of use of Facebook and the iPad app. Those willing to learn took advantage of the power of the open web and simple authoring opportunities to create content. Now, it seems, we have fallen back into another bout of passivity – few bloggers and more posts to Twitter or Facebook. 140 characters cannot be the max of peoples’ perspectives.
How about this as a new year’s commitment – active or reactivate a blog. Voice your opinion – have an opinion.
see also – Un-internet
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