Perhaps you have seen recent stories about the developing technical ability to map one person’s face onto another person’s body in video. This article details the unsurprising result of people mapping celebrity faces onto porn videos. Apparently the capital of the porn industry is moving from San Fernando valley to the uncanny valley. I’m hoping […]
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In case you don't know, the personal learning environment (or PLE) is the latest conceptual iteration of online learning, a replacement for the LMS or CMS (Learning or Course Management System). The notion of a "personal environment" is a little strange, is it not? In this context, personal would seem to mean individualized or customized […]
Slate reports on the continuing troubles with monetizing even the most successful social media apps like YouTube and Facebook. Basically, these sites have banked their profitability on the possibility of ad revenue. But even though many people visit YouTube, for instance, advertisers are reluctant to associate their brands with random. low-budget, often poor taste content. […]
Now following on the prior post in a more practical vein. Here’s a list of web 2.0 things I have used and/or will be using, with brief annotation. So here are things I have used. http://alex-reid.net/wp/PMB/washington-washington-dc-cash-advance.php Typepad for personal and course blogs Blogger for free personal student blogs PBwiki and Wikispaces for course wikis Delicious […]
Following up on my earlier post on microblogging, I saw a thread on the TechRhet listserv regarding this subject: essentially how might one use Twitter in the writing classroom? The general consensus in the thread was that there was a potential to teach concision in the 140 character limitation of the tweet. There was also […]
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disqus and seesmic
So I am trying an experiment right now making use of these two applications. It should now be possible for y’all to leave video comments on this blog. Now I don’t know if you want to, but I thought it might be cool. If it works I’ll probably try to integrate this into my online […]
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One more on suburbia: Walk Score 18.
Found this amusing Google mash-up following CogDog’s tweets, Walk Score. It searches for business, schools, libraries, etc within walking distance of any address and then hands a score on a scale from 1-100. Personal Loan Arizona My score? 18, which equals Driving Only. Well, you can actually walk to the Wal-Mart superstore from here, which […]
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A Second Education
Yes, I know. There’s been a lot of hype about Second Life. I am skeptical as well. I know there are some folks who never metaverse they didn’t like (cue rim shot). I find myself in a situation much like I did (and still somewhat do) with podcasting and video. That is, what does it […]
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virtually working or working virtually
I just finished reading Play Money, Julian Dibbell’s account of his time spent doing Real Money Trading in Ultima Online. It’s a quick read and interesting text that combines his personal experiences and thoughts are combined with a good discussion of a variety of intellectual foundations: economics, ludology, computer science, and so on. I’m looking […]
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Online learning and the academic union
Michael Feldstein has an interesting post about the Common Cartridge practice recommended at Educause. Basically the idea of the Common Cartridge is to develop a standards-based learning management system practice. That is, let’s say you’re a professor who moves from one job to another, or more pointedly, you’re an adjunct who teaches at three different […]
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