Blogging from the BarrioA Tech Sensei's Blog from Chicago's Barrio of Pilsen. <p> News, rants and stuff from a Post-Constitutional America!(Untitled)- May 31, 2003 Word cleaner. "We must put all our Word documents online." Eight words that strike fear into the hearts of web professionals everywhere. Why MS Word generates bad HTML. A free tool that fixes Word's bad HTML. Other things you can do to improve the health of web pages that started as Word docs (including talking to your colleagues who write the documents). Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report I did tip... not because of the free software but because I want to see an independent...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/30.html#a623 Think outside the semester box- May 23, 2003 Reflections on WebCT. Interesting reflections by Emily at Filament on using WebCT: "My big complaint about WebCT is that it cuts students off from the real internet. I especially hate that the messaging system is not real email and doesn't allow you to email outside of the program. It creates these little communities and then abruptly disbands them at the end of the semester instead of allowing the continued networking of real internet communities." Filament Absolutely! Knock down the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/23.html#a622 (Untitled)- May 23, 2003 WIRED: BLOG SPACE. "Ever since the Web entered the popular consciousness, observers have noted that it puts information at your fingertips but tends to keep wisdom out of reach. In a space organized around connected minds, however, the search for wisdom becomes more promising." elearningpost Another good quote: "What happens when you start seeing the Web as a matrix of minds, not documents" Good question! James Farmer's Radio Weblog Had to post this for the quotes!http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/23.html#a621 (Untitled)- May 21, 2003 Weblogs in Education by David Carraher. David Carraher presents some valuable ideas; his Quicktime map attempts to integrate a number of players into an educational feedback matrix. JH _______ Weblogs In Education - Part II. There are barriers separating teacher education, curriculum development, and research about learning and teaching. When I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago, some folks asked me to clarify my views about how these separate activities might be united. Here are...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/20.html#a620 (Untitled)- May 21, 2003 Cetis - Pedagogy. Good list of presentations from the Cetis Pedagogy Forum launch meeting in April. elearnspace bloghttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/20.html#a619 Treat Educators as Professionals...- May 20, 2003 Organizational learning. Organizational Learning is No Accident makes an important point: effective learning requires time to reflect...and our "right now" form of communication (email, IM, etc.) doesn't allow reflection time...making it difficult for people and organizations to change (time being an important component to acclimate to changes). elearnspace blog My hypothesis is that blogging or any other disruptive technology tool may be appropriate for educators to put their thoughts and..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/20.html#a618 The Whittier School Manila Hub- May 14, 2003 Right now, I am focusing on working on the Whittier School Manila Hub and slowing figuring out our Plone server. What seems cool about Plone is that one can show off as much as one wants to and yet maintain a private area on one account. Most of my time is spent working on Manila and catching up on the new additions. I am working with a community organization on developing a space we have provided them . I am also trying to document my march with Manila and Plone on our Praxis with Manila...http://www2.whitttier.cps.k12.il.us (Untitled)- May 14, 2003 Online Communities. Online Communities for Professional Development...extensive links and commentary on the definition, role, and process of developing online communities elearnspace blog Good Resource on a challenge for educators to develope communities online. Like it has been said, a community of practice is a way to start.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/14.html#a616 Its about the Benjamins!!!- May 7, 2003 Analysts and pols are hemming and hawing about the propriety of Halliburton being given the oil industry of Iraq. Come on, this is too easy. Even if it had been put up for bid, Halliburton shouldn't have been considered because the vice-president was the CEO of the company before running for office. And it wasn't put up for bid, they just gave the contract to Halliburton. Here's strike three -- they still haven't found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This is a scandal. Scripting News .http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/07.html#a615 Say no to the digital robber barons- May 6, 2003 Media conglomeration. On 2 June 2003 the FCC proposes to remove laws that prevent any single company from owning every TV channel or newspaper in your city. Learn more and fight back. Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report Say no to the digital robber baronshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/2003/05/06.html#a614 |