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edu.blogs.com | 07/19/08 0:00

UK shoppers spend £145m a day online - Scotsman.com News A DOWNTURN in the economy has seen shopping on the internet rocket over the past 12 months, with more than £145 million now spent online every day.

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John @ Sandaig Primary | 07/19/08 0:00

Creating Lifelong Learners » Blog Archive » iMovie ‘08 Bootcamp Links Video in the Classroom.com -- Integrating Video Production in the Elementary Classroom and Beyond

  A Summer Haul of Reading

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John Connell: the blog | 07/18/08 14:51

The bookshops have been good to me again this summer. A visit to Ashbourne in Derbyshire compelled me to purchase George Elliot’s Adam Bede (Ashbourne became Oakbourne in the novel). I have never read it through before as I have always been put off from the start by Elliot’s (accurate, I presume) rendition of the local [...]

  Daft names syndrome

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John Connell: the blog | 07/18/08 9:20

Steven Maher makes a good point regarding the names chosen for many Web 2.0 tools. Is it possible that the sheer silliness of the names given to many of these tools mitigates against their wider acceptance? Thanks to Doug Johnson for the link. Technorati Tags: steven maher, doug johnson, web 2.0

  The shortening tail of scientific expertise?

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John Connell: the blog | 07/18/08 8:19

Following on from Anita Elberse’s questioning of the Long Tail thesis, the Economist outlines the work of James Evans, a sociologist at the University of Chicago - Great minds think (too much) alike - whose work seems to indicate that: “…as more journals become available online, fewer articles are being...

  Cloud Computing: some way to go?

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John Connell: the blog | 07/18/08 7:25

George Siemens suggests we add cloud computing as a tag to our del.icio.us feeds, given that it is: “….the terminological heir of web 2.0.” Stacey Higginbotham, at Gigaom, kind of agrees, but she’s tiring a little of the noise around the concept at the moment. As she writes: “Cloud computing...

  Preaching from TED

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John Connell: the blog | 07/18/08 6:52

This is not what TED should be about. Technorati Tags: ted talks, billy graham

  The Dark Knight and Darker Questions

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::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon | 07/18/08 6:25

This is not a review of the movie I just saw. And I promise not to give much away. However, seeing The Dark Knight tonight has got me thinking about some stuff and I’m actually inspired to write more than 140 Characters on Twitter about it. What I did write on Twitter was: Wow. Being a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:...

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edu.blogs.com | 07/18/08 0:00

AifL - Assessment is for Learning - What is an AifL school?

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John @ Sandaig Primary | 07/18/08 0:00

Creating an Interactive Whiteboard using a Nintendo WiiMote at dougbelshaw.com doug's instructions for making a wiimote whiteboard, links to uk components, maplins PowerPoint Presentation - Green Monkey Game powerpoint eco game example for class Bob Sprankle podcasting with a purpose presentations at BLC 2007,...