Archive for April, 2009
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Thing 23b
A certain unicorn’s response to the final survey piqued my interest on a few of the book 2.0 sites that I did not explore in depth (I spent my time on ReadingTrails, which was one that I quite liked). Of all the 23 Things blogs I read, I liked Erin’s the most for both its [...]
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Thing 23: Take This Survey
I took it.
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Thing 22: Staying Current
Here are some other things we hope you have learned: It really doesn’t take that much time. Ha. Ha. Ha. No, that is not something I learned. What I learned was that 23 Things does take a lot of time, even to give the Things a cursory look, and that Thing 20 in particular takes [...]
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Thing 21: Student 2.0 Tools
On the assignment calculator, I tried to set up a timeline for the separation of church and state. Since the establishment clause took effect in mid-December of 1791, along with the rest of the bill of rights, I decided I’d give the project a full year to be implemented. The calculator told me that I [...]
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Thing 20: Books 2.0
I believe you’re really reading online, simply because I had the idea that reading is looking at a series of symbols somehow representing sounds, converting them into words in your head, and then converting those sounds into sentences conveying meaning. Whether reading online is enough like reading a book to satisfy stodgy academics is another [...]
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Thing 19: Other Social Networks
On Diane’s advice, I skipped Gather altogether, though I did read the article about it (“Can Gather.com Get Book Lovers Online?”). The article set off my Spider-sense early on, and it continued to tingle throughout. I’m not sure why any industry needs to be “given a platform” by someone else; industries are quite capable of [...]
