After spending a week being super wired at Discovery Communication’s corporate headquarters, and then another three days in a much less tech-oriented setting, it gave me a great opportunity to think about different kinds of social networks.
First we have online networks. We like these people in part because we have a common interest that is [...]
It’s all about the network…
July 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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More from DEN National Institute
July 25th, 2008 · No Comments
First, we’re going to start off with the video interviews I did with various from DEN including Lance Rougeaux, Hall Davidson, and Scott McKinney and from the DEN Stars themselves:
The important ideas are about building relationships, and building integration between streaming and Web 2.0 to help us learn, and lead to students being engaged and [...]
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DEN National Institute Day One
July 21st, 2008 · No Comments
I did not manage to live blog because we were doing a “hands on project” making a movie for our regional DEN group to the “I Love the Mountains” song that is being used on the new Discovery Channel video. After listening to the song over, and over, it is pretty much stuck in my [...]
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More adventures with cell phones
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments
I have freely admitted to “smoking tech crack” when it comes to cell phones to Larry Ferlazzo (who as always is the voice of reason on new technology, thank goodness because I have no sense sometimes). I have really been exploring using cell phones for my own productivity, and connecting with others. I will be [...]
Tags: communication · fun · web 2.0
More Mobile Tools
July 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Okay, big thanks to Tony Vincent for this idea which he used to create a mobi website for checking up on stuff at NECC. It uses a site called Wire Node, to put in feeds and widgets. The site is easy to use to build pages, and works really well with my cell for viewing [...]
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Next up, a trip to the D.C. area…
July 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Well, I have crammed way too much into this summer. On the other hand, I’m miserable with all this smoke whenever I’m home, so the humidity of Silver Spring, MD (next to Washington, D.C.) may seem welcome (a girl can dream, can’t she?)
A week from now, I’ll be heading towards the DEN National Institute,which promises [...]
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