TED2008 – Opens with a Live Event for All to Enjoy
TED2008 opened yesterday and this evening is going to be streaming live for the world one complete free session. Dave Eggers, Neil Turok and Karen Armstrong will each be sharing their TED Prize wish (“One wish to change the world. No restrictions. Think big. Be creative.”) I’m so excited to be able to see one […]
Second Life made me motion sick.
So I finally have a computer capable of loading and running Second Life on. (thanks mom for crashing my old one) So I made my little character. Fixed her hair. Changed her clothes. Flew around a bit. Then suddenly I realized something…..I was getting a headache, I was feeling unwell, I was a little dizzy, […]
Top Five Emerging Trends in Learning Technology – SumTotal
I sat in on a great webinar today from SumTotal. I’ve captured some notes herethat I took during the session, but the slides from it will be available at the link below. I would definately recommend taking a session from Bill again as he was a great presenter. One more thing that I enjoyed even […]
EARTH HOUR 2008 – Help make a difference
Many North Americans remember the blackout we had in 2003. If you are like my family, we actually had fun when it happened. We actually got together as a family. We sat around and talked, played games, and went outside to enjoy the day. The blackout lasted in our area for most of the day […]
Want to know what Web 2.0 apps are out there?
Have you taken a look before (or recently) at It’s a directory for web 2.0 applications. It came to be in 2006 and as of today has 2033 logos on the site. Each logo will take you to a different application. There are hair make-over apps, personal radios, apps to create family trees, and tools […]
Looking for Types of Reports to Get From an LMS
One of the more useful fuctions of an LMS are the various reports and tracking of student features that are available. Unfortunately this is something I am lacking currently. We’re still working on getting our LMS up and functioning. One of the issues I need to solve is to come up with several different types […]
Too Many Feeds are Covering Up My Learning Path
I mentioned at the beginning of the new year that one of the things I wanted to try to do this year was get back into my regular routine of reading my various feeds to which I subscribe. However, over the last little while as my unread feed counter climbed from 500+ to 1000+ to….well […]
5000 Hits – That’s pretty cool!!!
Early this morning my little blog had it’s 5000th hit
Plato Describes Elearning
“Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren’s grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms – they will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.” – Plato 428BC – 348BC
When Did eLearning Start?
I read something today that suggested that eLearning started in the 40s with the US Army using training films world wide to train service people on everything from personal hygeine to weapons maintenance. I found this interesting because for some reason, even though in the back of my mine I know eLearning refers to learning […]