Gliffy

Now that the semester has ended, I’m going to try to establish a daily routine (starting tomorrow) of reading blogs and commenting on what I find there in my own blog.  Having recently inherited a 14-year-old Cocker Spaniel who suffers from separation anxiety, I’m am very much house-bound for a while.  That circumstance may be [...]

Wikis in the Blogroll

I’m trying to put a link to each of the 7 wikis created by groups in my grad school class at UB.  This would seem to be an easy way to check on their progress.  I have discovered that if they have not “published” their wiki, I can’t do that, even though there seems to [...]

Connectivism

On Friday George Siemens gave the first presentation in an online conference on Connectivism. I’m going to summarize some of his ideas in the form of answering some relevant questions and then focus on two ideas whose implications made me reflect the most.
What has changed lately? There has been [...]

Peace

  I had a chance to express my political opinion  yesterday.  It’s great living near Washington, D.C. because there are so many opportunities to get involved in things you care about.
Here are the steps to upload pictures to a Word Press blog:
1.  Click Write on the dashboard.
2.  Below where you type a message, click Upload.
3.  [...]

Identities

This morning on the Skypecast of the Electronic Village on-line, Bee Dieu said,  “Kids form thier identities through their friction with the world.”  (I hope I am quoting Bee correctly).  Actually I prefer, “Kids form their identities through their contact with the world.”  This probably has the same meaning but “friction” seems to imply rough or [...]