TESL-EJ June 2007 -- Pedagogical affordances of syndication, aggregation, and mash-up of content on the Web
Good article on how syndication, aggregation, and mash-ups can be used in education.
Dan
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TESL-EJ June 2007 -- Pedagogical affordances of syndication, aggregation, and mash-up of content on the Web
Barbara Dieu and Vance Stevens are two VERY active and very smart players in the field of CALL. This is a great article that gives an overview of popular technologies. Some we are using and talking about and some others that we are now (we only have so much time).
If you have time (I know, probably not now), I suggest taking a look at this. It will give you a lot of food for thought.
Dan
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Microsoft Popfly
I was a little weirded out by the top-level domain .ms, but this seems to be a legit development project by Microsoft.
I couple weeks ago, I posted about Yahoo! Pipes, which is a really cool service that I have yet to even scratch the surface of. Well, it seems that Popfly will be Microsoft's answer to this. However, given their descriptions it looks like it's going to be much more (though there's nothing new about Microsoft hype on products that fall flat).
Right now, they are just starting the buzz. It's currently in private alpha testing (meaning they haven't hit beta testing yet, which would give more of us non-employees access). Stay tuned.
Dan
How has it taken me this long to use this. I've heard about it numerous times in recent months, but I didn't think much of the descriptions.
This might make your eyes roll back when you see the interface, but the possibilities are incredible and it is well worth learning if you are interested in being a couple years ahead of the game. I only tested if for filtering so far, but it could be done for so much more.
One thing that this does is to create an RSS feed (even from a group of other feeds) that is SUPER customized.
I've been thinking about using an approach like this to deliver individualize feedback and tools for learners in both the CALL class and my EFL courses. I see some real potential in this tool (which is still in Beta).
All I can say is Wow!
Dan
This one was just too cool for me not to pass on to you all. This is an extension of Google Earth. Wikimapia allows you to make notes on areas (and even individual buildings). All of this in a Wiki-type format that allows editing from the masses.
Just imagine what you could do with this in your classroom. Those boring "My Hometown" reports really could be juiced up. I suppose you'd want to guard against them adding their homes in there (I was tempted to do so for a minute), but otherwise, how neat would that be!
Check out my brief entry on Festa Plaza in Ilsan. Unfortunately, Google doesn't zoom in that far in this area. I'm assuming that its proximity to North Korea (about 25km north) might be a reason. However, you can see what's possible. It would be nice to get someone to modify it with a Korean entry. I'll have to wait and see.
