Recently bookmarked ...

There's been no time to blog over the last few months but I have bookmarked some interesting sites, which I thought I might share, in lieu of actually saying something.


Blogging (macro & micro):

• 10 Quick Tips to Boost Your Blogging Skills http://bit.ly/A7TeM
• 10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists http://bit.ly/24mq6U
• 5 Ways to Get Your Blog Indexed by Google in 24 Hours http://bit.ly/3lBuEz
• Twitter vs blogging [Learning with 'e's]: Is Twitter killing blogging? http://bit.ly/15rUkZ

Related tags: blogging, twitter


Get Googling:

• Google Lets You Customize and Curate the News: custom Google News launch. http://bit.ly/2dT6zx
• The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave http://bit.ly/1ZZTsp

Related tags: google, googlechrome, googledocs, googlereader, googlewave


e-Learning 'tips and tricks':

• Make Your eLearning Suck Less http://bit.ly/DwsO7
• Embedded Media HTML Generator: Select your media type, fill out form, submit, copy and paste generated HTML http://bit.ly/Ija2D
• Discussion Management Tips for Online Educators http://bit.ly/x36cy
• How Tiny Camcorders are Changing Education http://bit.ly/9aOgW

Related tags: e-learning, onlineteaching, tools


General interest:

Social networks and social class (CNN story) - http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/13/social.networking.class/index.html

The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd http://tinyurl.com/ll6q8t


...What are these tags I speak of?

'Tagging' is web 2-speak for adding metadata so that bookmarks added are searchable and findable again. I tag and then share my bookmarks via delicious (and then 'tweet' them via twitterfeed) - here are some examples of tags I use often...

blackboard, podcasting ,presentations, web2.0 , socialnetworking.