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There are two ways to describe the design of this course, and both are equally valid. On the one hand, this course is a mix of direct skills instruction combined with project-based learning and collaborative problem solving. The course employs a progression of increasingly complex problems with supportive information, and requires students to synthesize hundreds of pages of literature, interview data, and their own design intuition to produce meaningful artifacts both individually and as part of highly inter-dependent teams. On the other hand, the course is a massively multiplayer role-playing game in which students select a character class, develop specialized expertise, complete a series of individual quests, join a Guild, and work with members of their Guild to accomplish quests requiring a greater breadth of skills than any one student can develop during the course. - Will Richardson

Take a look at the next thing: Flutter. I don't see any hope for Twitter when these guys get up to speed. - Jack Humphrey

"Be sure to spend some time on the skills matrix at the bottom. All in all, it’s an impressive suite of tools and pedagogies that did much to change learning at his school." - Claudia Ceraso

Tenderizing in black and white. - Janet from Bookmarklet

Ah! Until I read your comment, I couldn't figure out what it was. :-) - Ladybug Heather

i use this one: http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/ - onur özen

@ the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden, during the Dale Chihuly Glass Exhibit - Lindsay from Bookmarklet

Really nice! Very well done! - mafaldaq

The dogs caught my attention. - BeeLing from Bookmarklet

Congratulations @stevehardegon - Ruth Howard

Give your teachers time to “play” with Web 2.0 — to explore the use of Web 2.0 (blogs, wikis, Twitter, etc.) for THEIR professional learning BEFORE they attempt to use the same tools in the classroom with students. In fact, put a moratorium on classroom use of blogs and wikis for at least four months until teachers have used them weekly for their own learning by reading and writing and connecting with other edublogging educators… - Leena

Neon signs are cool. - Lindsay from Bookmarklet

Avynn is having a growth spurt... it's one of those times when one morning you wake up and look at him and he's suddenly "changed". You can't pinpoint it, but he just seems older somehow... I caught this one when he wasn't expecting it and managed to get a natural, non-grimacing expression which is a great feat. - Lindsay from Bookmarklet

Yay! I am finally caught up!!! Phew. - Lindsay

Disaster management specialists at the University of Colorado say managers should embrace rather than shun the online Twitter and Facebook sites' capabilities. Jeannette Sutton, research coordinator at the university's Natural Hazards Center in Boulder, Colo., said she and colleague Leysia Palen have tracked the dissemination of information in several recent emergencies and found civilians using the Internet sites were remarkable accurate. "One of the biggest concerns shared by those in emergency management is that there's going to be a lot of rumor in the information that's posted through these types of social networks," Sutton said in a release. "Instead, from what we've seen so far, the information is actually self-correcting." - Howard Rheingold

Open Everything is a global conversation about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, architecture, neighbourhoods, workplaces and the society we live in: everything. It's about thinking, doing and being open. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmar... - Howard Rheingold

Concepts at work in pull learning include: * Learning on demand, immediate reinforcement * Learning while working, not separate from working * Self-service, flexible delivery, convenience * Peer learning, communities of practice, collaboration * Small chunks, links for further discovery * Holistic, process orientation - Will Richardson

Good morning Orli :) - Matt Hooper

Good morning FoaF (friend of a friend) - denizoktar

The premise behind FreshBrain is that we need to enhance the technology education that our students are receiving today by providing a progressive environment where they can learn by doing. Few students today are getting the full educational experience - especially as it relates to technology. They are typically being provided a strong traditional academic education, and although most schools have some form of technology curriculum, they are not getting enough of an opportunity to explore, create and find their passion. - Will Richardson

A great overview of some of the features we have for Twitter users: 1) Find your Twitter friends on FriendFeed 2) Send @replies from FriendFeed 3) Publish FriendFeed entries to Twitter - Paul Buchheit

/me sheepish grin. Thanks Thomas, that beats using tweetreplies (which wasn't even working I think). Much better imported this way, but I still don't get the "also send as @reply" checkbox. MIght be easy to add to imaginary friends from twitter/statuses/replies.rss? Btw, is this discussion in FF News extremely bad form? - Edward Zwart