Posts Tagged ‘ RSS ’

Netvibes.com in the classroom

August 19, 2009
Netvibes.com in the classroom

0Netvibes.com has been my aggregator of choice for years now. So much so that thinking of changing to another platform at this point makes my head spin. I’ve tried Pageflakes.com for a time and even Google Reader/ iGoogle. To each their own and I’m obviously a netvibes guy. Last summer I wrote a post...
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Connecting People or Connecting Content

March 25, 2009
Connecting People or Connecting Content

0aaahhhhh……I sit here in the open air lounge of the Magellan Resort, a soft breeze is blowing off the ocean as I over look the pool below and out across the bay to three islands. It’s gonna be a wonderful sunset tonight. I’m telling you overseas conferences are really hard….I mean it. I’m...
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RSS is about content, Twitter is about people

March 23, 2009
RSS is about content, Twitter is about people

0I leave tomorrow for the EARCOS Teachers Conference (Twitter hash and web tag #ETC09) where I’ll be giving four presentations. My first one is on Networks and Communities and although my Twitter Network has pointed out to me this is not a new presentation for myself…I do feel like there is something different. I’ve pushing...
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My aggregator of choice

July 9, 2007
My aggregator of choice

0Pat Kennedy left a comment yesterday on the RSS in Plain English post. Which aggregator is conducive to a classroom environment Bloglines or Google Reader? Organizing feeds by disciplines is important to me. Are they advertisement free? There are a lot of great aggregators out there finding one that is right for you and your students...
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Offloading Knowledge

December 7, 2006
Offloading Knowledge

0As I’ve been reading the book Knowing Knowledge the concept that George Siemens presents of offloading content and information into the network is finding a place with me. I’ve been thinking about this for days now and how my netvibes page has become my network of information. No longer do I have to learn something...
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