Category: <span>What I’m Learning</span>

What I'm Learning: Enquiry Blog Builder

This is a really amazing WordPress plugin project from The Open University. I can’t wait to hear about folks using this in their reflective practice. WordPress › Enquiry Blog Builder « WordPress Plugins: “MoodView – This displays a line graph plotting the mood of the student as their enquiry progresses. …

What I'm Learning: Bloggers Circle

Really interesting Concept for creating a community of writers within a wordpress environment. WordPress › Bloggers Circle « WordPress Plugins:   “Similar to a traditional writers circle, but with a work-flow optimized for bloggers. This helps you get and give constructive criticism of your drafts, without annoying your friends. Creative …

What I'm Learning: Tools at Schools

This is just too cool. Tools at Schools: “Design studio aruliden, together with Bernhardt Design, conceived Tools at Schools as an initiative to teach eighth graders the value of design as a problem-solving tool at The School at Columbia University. Forty-four eighth grade students were immersed in the entire design …

What I'm learning: Make your own iPad Stylus for less than 10 cents! (via iLearn Technology)

This is just too cool. I want to make one right now, in fact. iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Make your own iPad Stylus for less than 10 cents!: “One of our first-week of school activities was creating our own iPad stylus.  Since we are a one-to-one iPad environment, …

What I'm Learning: P2PU (beta) | DIY U: Getting Started With Self Learning

This is going to be a fantastic course for actually becoming a life-long learner: P2PU (beta) | DIY U: Getting Started With Self Learning: “Create and share your personal learning plan with others who can help you. So many great learning resources and communities out there, but how do I …

What I'm learning: Launchpad-Control (For OS X Lion)

I love launchpad for Lion, but until now I was unable to really use it because it had way too many applications in it. Now, it works just the way I want it to. Awesome! Launchpad-Control v1.1 | chaosspace.de: “Launchpad-Control Launchpad-Control is a small tool which allows you to easily …

What I'm learning: cloudHQ for Dropbox -Sync Google Docs and Dropbox

So, I have been looking for something like this for quite some time. It works pretty flawlessly for folders of documents. Use Dropbox to sync across all of your machines, use Google Docs to edit. Nice! cloudHQ for Dropbox – Basecamp, Dropbox and Google Docs: ” Will continuously synchronize Dropbox, …