February 1st, 2008
12:37
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2007, 2008, blogging, books, calendar, conference, meme, predictions, rss, web2.0, wiki, wordpress
In case you’ve missed any of these great posts from my first full month of blogging, here’s a roundup of the most popular posts from January. Enjoy!
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- Choosing The Best Wiki For Your Needs
- Education, Technology, and Design Conference Calendar
- Best of 2007 & Predictions for 2008 Roundup
- Web 2.0 Apps I Use Meme - 2008
- Book Review: Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
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I saw this today, and I thought it deserved its own post, instead of just a link:
“When considering innovations in e-learning for 2008, it is tempting to focus on advances in technology—such as the use of games, virtual reality, and pedagogical agents. However, the most important innovations in e-learning will involve advances in our understanding of how to design e-learning environments that help people learn—such as how to design serious games, VR environments, and online agents that promote appropriate cognitive processing during learning. Basic research on learning and instruction will provide new guidance for instructional design, including which instructional features promote which kinds of learning for which learners.”
—Richard E. Mayer, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Found here: eLearn Magazine - Predictions for 2008
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January 1st, 2008
14:59
Education, Lifehacks, Social Media, Technology
2007, 2008, elearning, mashable, predictions, social networking, software, techcrunch, twitter, year in review
It’s that time of year, when all the blogs do a “best of” post for the year, and set some goals or predictions for the next year. Since I’ve been reading these like crazy, I thought I’d distill down the list to a few great ones relating to Ed Tech. Enjoy!
Education
TechCrunch - “Top 2007 Education Apps: Learning 2.0”
What makes this a great list isn’t the article itself, but it’s call to readers to list their own best educational apps. A strong response in the comments provides a great list of educational resources online.
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day - “The Best Web 2.0 Applications for Education - 2007”
The blog post that inspired the TechCruch post (above). Another wonderful list of resources for online learning.
The Rapid eLearning Blog - “Your 10 Most Popular Posts of 2007”
An excellent roundup of this blog’s best posts - if you’re wanting to jump on the rapid elearning bandwagon, here’s your reading list!
Technology
TechDigest - “20 Trends Defining Virtual Worlds in 2007”
Virtual worlds are rapidly becoming a part of online learning - here is a great analysis of how far the technology has come, and directions it could go in the future.
Ars Technica - “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Best of 2007 and Predictions for 2008”
A great overview of the top tech stories of 2007, with some well thought out predictions for the year to come.
Google Earth Blog - “Top 10 New Google Earth Features 2007”
Many educators are starting to use Google Earth in the classroom - here’s a list of new features added to the software this year.
Lifehacks
Lifehacker - “Best of 2007: Twenty Top 10’s of 2007”
Earlier this year, Lifehacker started a “Top 10″ series - here are the 20 most-viewed of the year.
Lifehacker - “Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps”
The list you can’t live without - software for every platform and some wonderful online apps - all free!
ReadWriteWeb - “Top Web Apps & Sites of 2007”
A roundup of the best web software this year.
Social Media
Logic+Emotion - “2007 was the Year of Social Media. 2008 is the Year of Mobile Media.”
Very good insights on how the ways people interact with technology are changing.
Mashable! - “Best of 2007: Trends That Shaped the Web”
Highlights of the year in social media, including social networking, politics online, open source software, and more.
Twitter - See what other bloggers are saying by following predictions08 on Twitter!
What did I leave out?
Did I miss any spectacular 2007/2008 lists? Did you write one of your own? Let me know in the comments!
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