educational widgets and informal language

While going through all the great information that the College2.0 community has to offer. Marielle Lange send in a very interesting set of widgets that can be used for educational purposes for k12 students. Some of them are in French. She also bundeled some software to make presentations or sharing media which is very helpful.

The one I really liked the phonetic chart. Ever since a linguistic friend of mine told me written English is one of the best kept written languages, I cannot get that idea out of my mind. According to her, if you speak the words like you they are written, you will find a resemblence with other German languages and it really works.



Informal Linguistic Learning: so while I am reading an English book, I get the urge to spe-ak every word in its original w-ritten form and more than ones the resemblence with medieval Flemisch and Afrikaans words springs to mind.
But that reminds me, in 1906 there was an article in the New York Times that was pro-Dutch language and pleaded that it should be the official language in Washington and all official US departments.

But looking at this post... how do I ever think I can get structure in my blog, if I cannot even stay with one topic inside the same post? Memo to myself: stick to ONE topic per post, do not multi-think while writing.

tips for Search Engine Optimization from Google itself

In my quest to optimize my blog I came accross this SEO movie. It is over 1 hour of media, but worth it if you want to get some on optimizing your blog or site.

If you do not feel like watching the video, take a look at what Stephan Spencer wrote on CNET.

preparing for socialMedia training I need to give

In a few weeks time I need to give a training to the teachers and staff at our Institute. For most of them it will be the first time they get in (conscious) contact with social media and the possibilities it offers.

Because of the differences in knowledge on this topic, I am trying to find an easy access to start the training. Get them motivated to learn and jump into the social media water.

I found this one and it seems to hit the spot: getting people thinking about the future.



Thank you to walkinggal for putting me on this track.

thinking strategically about my blog

With the (indirect) help of Darren Rowse and his 31 days to Building a Better Blog, I will jump into my blog analyse it and get some strategy in it.

I have started making a mindmap of what I want to restructure and I look forward to the complete mindmap. The idea is that with that easy template I will be able to look for flaws in my blog and mend them more easily. Once the mindmap is finished in its draft version, I will post it and try to get some extra input.

Joe McCarthy: empowering people through mobile technologies

Nicola twittered this great presentation by Joe McCarthy.

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Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations

George Siemens is organizing an online conference on corporate learning. The conference will begin on 15 November and last untill the 20 November 2007.

Looking forward to it. The conference wiki is already in progress.

rethinking my blog: work sheet

Today I start with the dreaded 'rethinking of my blog' exercise. I was putting it off, could not stop thinking about it and ... well, there is a lot of room for improvement so I am starting it today.

Procrastination demands that I first google possible strategies or frameworks I could use:
be a more productive blogger/
or immersing myself in Building a Better blog
or why not stick to the thing I strive for? better karma: 10 ways to improve your blog karma

No matter how much I procrastinate, I will have to dive into it.

Things I will be working on:
- making a writer schedule;
- thinking in the long-term with blog posts;
- my info needs to be easier to access;
- structure, structure, structure!!!

Add-ons for Firefox (anything that can enhance posts):
post-wisdom (helps with checking post necessities)
Scribefire (an editing help)

vodcasting in education2.0 presentation

For the upcoming conference of Online Educa Berlin, I made a presentation on vodcasting in Education2.0. The presentation is based on a pilot project that ITM is running with international students this year.

The project is quite challenging because of the multimedia and technological demands, but if we can launch a couple of students into really making use of vodcasting, then it would add to the capacity building once they go back to their home countries.

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mobile learning powerpoint

My presentation linking mobile learning and social media that I gave in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Stephen Downes on education2.0

While working on my presentation on vodcasting for education2.0 I came accross an informative and enthusiastic slideshow of Stephen Downes ... very nice.

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