Sites that Caught My Eye Today 08/15/2008
The Code and The Challenge of Learning to Read It - Video Tour INDEX
13 video responses to "we have a problem." From Elizabeth Holmes via Twitter.
Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters | Edutopia
Suzie Boss writes a comprehensive overview of the growing use of twitter in education. I find it so interesting that many of the complaints about twitter are also the initial complaints I heard about blogging. This is a very nice overview of twitter for those who are wondering "what is the fuss?"
Baptism by Fire: 100 Essential Tips and Resources for Student Teachers | Smart Teaching
This extensive post has some amazing resources and links and is great for student teachers as well as for all of us. I enjoyed reading this and following some links. This is a great one to share in schools of education.
Twitter Blog: Changes for Some SMS Users—Good and Bad News
If you are using twitter and SMS in any other country other than Canada, the US, and India, you need to read the twitter blog update on sms changes in these areas!
I'm going to play w/ this service some -- it is glogster. Going to look at it -- lets you mash up video, text, audio, etc. Definitely a new app to look at.
DISQUS | Turn Blog Comments into a Webwide Discussion with a Powerful Comment System
The blog commenting platform that has so many talking. I'm going to tinker with it this week.
Drape's Takes: First Impressions
I really enjoyed this post from Darren Draper analyzing the first blog posts of many bloggers. I found it to be a fascinating read, knowing where so many have gone now!
