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Here’s a web application that’s potentially very useful. IFTTT lets you create your own automated actions using a range of social networking tools. I’ve been messing around with it only for about an hour, so I haven’t thoroughly explored all it has to offer, but already I can see it will prove to have been an excellent investment in time.
The logic of the way it works is as follows:
Here are 4 posts from about 18 months ago dealing with why schools cannot ignore Web 2.0.
ICTLT2010, Web 2.0 in From the Archives, Leading & Managing ICT, Web 2.0 What is so significant about an insignificant conversation between two cousins?
Flat world, Skype, Web 2.0, conversation in News & views, Using and Teaching ICT 10 things I’ve learned in a year of blogging | JAMES MICHIE
Very useful post, which succinctly suggests 10 things to consider when blogging. I think the author, James Mitchie, should have added a #11: create list posts. These always go down well, as exemplified here!
Thanks to twitterers @zoeross19 and @largerama for mentioning it.
David Andrade has been putting together some “top ten” resources lists over at his blog, Educational Technology Guy. These are well worth reading.
Here are three great resources I came across this morning. They are from Dan Roberts, Shelly Terrell and Doug Woods. Please read, enjoy and pass on to colleagues and friends.
Back in August 2007 I wrote the following article about Twitter:
When Twitter first appeared on the scene, I thought it sounded like a complete waste of time.
But as more and people I respect started singing its praises, I thought I ought to give it a whirl.
That was a couple of months ago, and here are my conclusions.
In case you haven’t heard of it, or just to remind you if you have, The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book contains:
Web 2.0 case studies, from classrooms around the world. Great examples of innovative practice, and an insight into hurdles encountered and how they were surmounted. And it's all free!
As featured in the TES!
Find out all about the book from here. It’s free!
In case you already know about it, I have a confession:
And now for some up-to-date stats:
The Myebook version has been read 2,759 times.
The Slideshare version has been read 625 times.
The Scribd version has been read 586 times.
The YouPublish version has been read 14 times. (Come on, be fair: I only published it there properly last night, and I haven’t even told anyone about until now!)
It has been downloaded 15,143 times.
The Amazing book.Since its publication in March 2010, the Amazing Web 2.0 projects book has been:
Read more about it here.
Download it by clicking on the link below:
Thanks to Nyree Scott, of the University of Canterbury, for pointing out an error to me: Year 1 is 5-6 year olds, not 6-7 year olds. Don't know how I came to make such a daft mistake, but it's all corrected now!
A couple of days ago I posted a short article about this free book, and where you can find it. There is now another location. Thanks to Peter Twining and his colleagues at OU Vital, it's now available online in HTML format (though you have to register -- free -- on the Vital website to access it).
Peter informs me that people can link to individual sections of the book within the vital community by copying the link for the section in question from the menu that is visible on the left of each page when you are looking at the book.
The Amazing HTML versionAmazing Web 2.0 Projects, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Projects, amazing in News & views, Web 2.0
