This EDUCAUSE article looks at some of the social software that can be used in education. Blogs, wikis, VoIP, social bookmarking, social networking. A resource list and examples are listed at the end of the article. A PDF version is also available.
[source: EDUCAYSE Quarterly]
extending this post as i came upon Christopher D. Sessums’s post that discussed abt “Social Software and the Co-Creation of Knowledge“. something related and a good read for reflection.
Australian podcast directory
A podcast directory for Australian. The site is community driven and offers tagging and community bookmarking.
Sites in the directory must be:
* an audio or video podcast
* about Australian subjects/topics; by an Australian; or have a .au domain
* non-adult content
obtained via Podcasting News
Colors on the web
This web site would serve as a good reference to understand colours, and also colours for the web.
Some of the topics that are explained:
- color theory
- the color wheel
- color combinations
- color physics
- color psychology
- how to create a great color scheme for your website
Blogging as an expression of self
Christopher D. Sessums shares his idea on the topic from a metaphysical and psychological perspective (based on Turkle’s article). The link goes here.
Blogging Questionnaire — Initial Results
yet another post off Christopher D. Sessums’s blog, he’s conducting this edublogging questionaire, some initial yet insightful findings. read them here.