Learning is Change

What I'm Learning: Creattica

I am so rediculously inspired by all of the designs on this site. This and Dribble make me want to stop whatever I’m doing and do site designs or make something new. I like that.

About Creattica – Creattica:

“About Creattica

Creattica is a gallery of great design and inspirational imagery. Anyone can submit their work for consideration and voting on items is open to one and all. The best work is accepted and featured in the gallery which receives thousands of visitors every day.

To start submitting your work simply create an account and then go to the Submit Form.Submissions take up to a few days to review depending on the volume of work coming in. To vote on other people’s work you’ll also need an account.

We hope you enjoy the site and find the inspiration to make some brilliant work of your own. And when you do, don’t forget to submit it to creattica!”

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, this seemed like a good beginning for everyone. We learned that to make a stylus, we first had to find some soft, conductive material.  A Google search informed us that we could use conductive foam (the kind that is used to pack electronics), conductive thread, conductive yarn (we thought this would be PERFECT for our pens but couldn’t get any delivered fast enough), or a Scotch Brite sponge.  I was a little skeptical of the Scotch Brite (it just seemed TOO easy) but it worked like a champ!”

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

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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 get started? How do I make plans, achieve goals, and hold myself accountable without traditional courses or grades?

In this group, based on The Edupunks’ Guide, we’ll write personal learning plans and try building relationships with people who can help us. “

Get Notified Whenever a Google Doc Changes

So I have trying to figure out a good way of receiving notification whenever a Google Doc is updated for a long time (I know you can set it up for spreadsheets, but even with the new commenting features, I still have trouble knowing when things are being edited and when I should jump in).

Well, here is something I stumbled into earlier this week:

1. Sign up for Synchronicity

2. Enable Google Docs syncing

3. Put the Google Docs folder that Synchronicity is using within your dropbox folder

Now, anytime that someone edits one of your docs and it syncs, you receive a Notification (Growl). Even better than that, I can click on the notification and preview the document to see what is going on in there without even having to open up my browser.

That is pretty cool.