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  • 7 things about Facebook

    It seems that EduCause has been on the ball with Facebook and they have one of their “Seven Things” documents available (thanks to Bill for the entire list). The crux of the document – points 4-7 basically come out to be: Creates identity and sense of belonging to a community Has addictive qualities (it’s Crackbook…

  • Bryce 5.5 Free

    It’s been all over the ‘net already, but there might be a chance that you are looking here first – so go and get it (you need to register online to get the activation code for the app, if that fails – check in the “Your account area” use this one.).

  • Soda Play

    One of my colleagues on campus sent this out and it seems to be really “playing on constructivism” to say the least. Soda Play is a manner of simulation that lets the user create a robot based on intelligent points. It would likely take a fair while to play with to create something truly “fun”…

  • txt 2 lrn 4 evr stp n g.o.

    One of the stories that I heard a few years back when I was just finishing up my MEd was that students in England were doing their final exams using SMS. I tried many times to try to find that article, but I never could. Now several years later, I have a North American example…

  • Engagement and Motivation

    Mark over at edtechlife is working on his dissertation and he’s made part of his lit review available.  I think he’s certainly on the right track with what he’s saying (I’ve linked to pt2) in terms of engagement and motivation.