The ability to add video in Google Earth is one feature I’ve been waiting for for quite some time. This takes the idea of location based learning one step further. My first attempt in using this was to take 10 of my youtube videos and place them on the exact locations of their filming. Have a look in Google Earth. Or view them in Google Maps which is embedded...

I’ve blogged about this before and it’s not going away anytime soon. Today Clarence “twitted” this: That excites me and worries our IT guys. Our IT department is great to work with unlike many of the experiences I hear about. I challenge our IT manager and he challenges me.  So upon seeing the twit of Clarence, I immediately teased him...

Follow this conversation: Jeff Utecht writes about fear on the Tech Learning Blog David Warlick chimes in Gary Stager challenges both Stephen Downes challenges Stager This conversation is really a great read. Start at the beginning. Read the comments. Think about it. Write if you wish or leave a comment somewhere. I’m not sure if Stephen Downes is where this...

Gary Stager writes a short but challenging article on why spending money on a laptop is by far a better investment that glitter pens. The Last Back-to-School Sale Ever Now grant it, most who read this already agree with this but I try to consider the naysayers and doubters that one to one computing is really the nirvana for educational success.  Many argue that...

We’ve begun our third season of podcasting and I’m thinking this might be our best season ever.  In this episode  Rob Wall, Alec Couros, Heather Ross and I talk about twitter, moodle and more. There’s even a prize for listening! There’s more detail over at the posse site, or you can just listen here. [tags]twitter,moodle, uofregina,...