I like the simplicity thing, yes. Get a blog, write, publish, receive response. That'll work for awhile, but so will driving to Safeway in a Cadillac. Sort of a waste of resources. What's intriguing me now is how the early adopters of blogs can push things for the come-alongs, customizing the interface for particular users (see the new sfEa Summer Institute site and our own k12blogWrite) while at the same time, but more slowly, teaching those communities of users how to customize for themselves...
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More and more I think that's what is drawing me to weblogs, in my own teaching and for our students. Just the ability to chronicle our thoughts, our learning. I know I've said all of this a dozen times, but it's the metacognitive stuff that I find so interesting, and I'm proving it here...
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NPR forbids linking A disturbing development in the deep-linking debate: "National Public Radio (NPR) currently offers a policy forbidding anyone to link to their site - to any page on their site - without their express permission: "Linking to or framing of any material on this site without the prior written consent of NPR is prohibited... Please use this form to request permission to link to npr.org and its related sites." [via Mindjack] [[alterego]]
>> This is sooo crazy. Why would any organization want to follow such a policy?
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In a classroom setting, I can imagine a few scenarios right off the top of my head:
1) Single course, students in teams. Each team has a Manila site for their project, using the DG for async interaction and reporting on individual's tasks status. The instructor can subscribe to the DG rss feed of all teams' projects, and quickly determine where each team has progressed to, and which may need some gentle intervention or encouragement...
>> Greg Hanek shares some ideas of classroom applications for Manila and Radio over at Serious Instructional Technology
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