Pop Goes the Scuttle

When I first saw Scuttle, I wasn’t impressed. It’s essentially a replacement for del.icio.us. It allows you to store and manage bookmarks. You can tag the links, and then sort and filter by those tags. You can grab RSS an feed for any tag or any user. You can share links with other users. You [...]

Posted on April 27th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Feed Me

RSS takes three tries before you start to understand it. The first time, it goes completely over your head. The second time, you start to get some kind of idea what they’re talking about. The third time, you start to really understand what’s going on. It’s a lot like photosynthesis, or trigonometry, or irregular verbs [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Marco Polo = Thinkfinity

Remember Marco Polo? I still have a couple training binders for it on my bookshelf. Back in 2000, the WorldCom Foundation partnered with renowned educational organizations to create a collection of Internet resources for teaching K-12 content in every academic discipline. They did everything right. For the math resources, they partnered with the National Council [...]

Posted on April 24th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Keeping Up

I thought I was finally getting it. After spending the last eighteen months working with Web 2.0 tools, I finally have a good understanding of how technology can change education. I’ve become part of several communities online. I regularly communicate with people all over the world. There are even a few people reading my blog. [...]

Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by John Schinker
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WordPress Themes

During the EdTechWeekly postshow last Sunday, we ended up looking at my blog. A few people commented on the theme, and I explained that I had it custom designed for use in our district. Many of our teachers have expressed an interest in blogging, but were frustrated by the theme choices available. Especially at the [...]

Posted on April 19th, 2007 by John Schinker
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