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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-05

Michael Rowe — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:22:00 +0000

the lost art of solitude http://zenhabits.net/2010/04/solitude/ #
@dkeats I use #hootsuite almost exclusively because everything I tweet is from the browser, so its already open. Besides, #AIR sucks #
RT @openended: Ubuntu 10.10 to be codenamed Maverick Meerkat – http://arst.ch/hyt #
RT @barrykayton: Just uploaded nine short video interviews about Cognician: http://bit.ly/9NIv77 #cognician #
The Teaching Profession. A comment in what makes teaching “professional” http://tinyurl.com/yk7z8mr #
Grades: An Acknowledgement That Schooling Is Insufficiently Rewarding http://tinyurl.com/yar4zet #
The scientist and blogging. Short post from Downes on why you should blog http://tinyurl.com/yhrgy9w #
The Difference between Lecture & Textbook? http://tinyurl.com/y8v66qp #
Just upgraded to #afrihost uncapped ADSL, so impressed with the service from these guys, would recommend if you’re unhappy with #Telkom #
@cristinacost Is there another platform we can use to share notes? I’d like to know more about how you’re using it, & share what we’re doing #
@cristinacost loving it, going to run workshops with 2 classes next week, & assignments for the rest of the term, we can chat #
@WhatAboutRob thanks for the tip, but I’m using Chromium almost exclusively now #
@mpaskevi thanks for that, it works well, just what I need #
Blown away that Print Screen + Paint is still the suggested method for screenshots in Windows http://ow.ly/1sYko. Any other suggestions? #
Attitude Affects Learning. Students with low self concept in subjects don’t do as well as those with high concept http://tinyurl.com/yg8at25 #
Just installed #WPMU and #buddypress for dept social network. Impressive apps, can’t wait to get students registered & assignments running #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-22

Michael Rowe — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:22:00 +0000

Google and Wikipedia — Separated at Birth? http://tinyurl.com/yzxj3az #
@patrickkayton I liked the cartoon look #
YouTube – Students Helping Students. A video by Michael Wesch http://bit.ly/cE7aDL #
I know it’s ridiculously early, but I’m already looking forward to SAAHE ’10 at Wits in July this year http://bit.ly/9CGOA6 #
@Sallykenyon12 Not on it at all, just saw a random tweet and followed it up. Don’t know if I have enough voyeur / time to watch other people #
How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow (part two) | theVARSITY.ca http://bit.ly/awIOZX #
Race Shapes Teen Facebook and MySpace Adoption, says danah boyd – ReadWriteStart http://bit.ly/c55Brc #
Mohamed Amine Chatti’s ongoing research on Technology Enhanced Learning http://bit.ly/bPCgyp #
Gumption: Clinical Wisdom: Knowledge, Experience, Compassion, Creativity and Honesty http://bit.ly/d8S9lF #
Kevin Smith’s Plus-Sized Predicament : NPR http://bit.ly/axsayt #
Chatroulette – only mildly disturbing http://bit.ly/bRdeWy #
@cristinacost thanks for the offer, i’ll think about it and get back to you #
@cristinacost at this point, a #diigo educators account is all I want. I’m tired of asking them for one #
RT @pgsimoes: Building a #PLE – 15 Must-Have Web Apps for Students – http://ow.ly/197p0. Didn’t know about most of these…thanks #
RT @acedtect: Don’t just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening! http://www.shadyurl.com/index.php. This is awesome #
Filesharing is illegal, but not wrong. Winning essay by Canadian 12th grade student http://tinyurl.com/****** #
RT @openednews: News: OpenCourseWare Consortium Panel Recap http://bit.ly/aVkMia (apologies for the shameless self-plug) #
School Accused Of Spying On Kids In Their Homes With Spyware That Secretly Activated Webcams | Techdirt http://bit.ly/c6Wn4e #
xkcd: Science Valentine. This is awesome http://bit.ly/9nbXs9 #
The tool for the 21st century classroom. I use Docs, I collaborate with Docs, but this lady is way ahead of me http://bit.ly/cBRrB8 #
I really like using KJots and it seems as if it’s going to be getting some very cool new features http://bit.ly/bZr2Lc #
♻ @pgsimoes: RT @antoesp: RT @Czernie Interesting: ‘A #Research Revolution: The Impact of Digital Technologies’ http://tinyurl.com/ydr63lu #
@amcunningham he is, my comment is “saved, awaiting moderation”, it’s only short one, sent from phone between shop and office #
Public Collections Empathy in Medical Education – Anne Marie Cunningham | Mendeley http://bit.ly/b5o2xV #
@patrickkayton I think that’d be a great use of #cognician why don’t you whip something up for us quickly #
@amcunningham done, exciting stuff, we’ll have to come up with a cool name for this type of project…extreme writing or something #
@amcunningham If you mean lit. rev. online with docs, etc, I’m super-keen #
Arin’s Blog: How to write a literature review using only the web http://bit.ly/cVn4S2 #
@marlonparker complete loss of speaker’s credibility #
RT @clebe05: @wesleylynch did a cool interview on #TheDigitalEdge podcast – have a listen and share your thoughts – http://ow.ly/17OPS #
Journals as Filters and Active Agents | Virtual Canuck. Make sure to read the comments as well http://bit.ly/b7CxPk #
@cristinacost I like Carrington (http://bit.ly/bBhPef) on my WP site (www.mrowe.co.za/blog) #
Great interview with Salman Khan (khanacademy.org) on his response to a crisis in education http://bit.ly/cPcLIb #
Siemens – Teaching in Social and Technological Networks http://tinyurl.com/yknuclq #
Developing a Pedagogical Framework for Web 2.0 and social software http://tinyurl.com/y9zsddj #
@wesleylynch thanks, finding the stuff I’m working on at the moment quite a challenge #
Aligning outcomes, content and assessment to more accurately measure competence and facilitate meaningful learning…this stuff is hard #
@sharingnicely I’m pretty happy with my coverage from Vodacom, haven’t been anywhere yet that doesn’t have it. Can’t speak for US tho #
♻ @p2pu: Breaking News: The new http://www.p2pu.org is live, and beautiful. Sign up for your course today! Congrats Bekka, it looks great #
A critique of Tapscott and William’s views on university reform, in Educause Review (see previous tweet) http://bit.ly/bUDcP2 #
Innovating the 21st-Century University: It’s Time! (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE http://bit.ly/bkMYbo #
Getting excited about the upcoming SAFRI (medical education) session in a few weeks http://bit.ly/99ULI7 #
Just upgraded to #Kubuntu Lucid running #KDE 4.4 – better stability & nice new features, enjoying it so far http://bit.ly/ayygg0 #
Facebook Driving More Traffic Than Google. Hard to believe & only 1 metric but is it a sign of things to come? http://tinyurl.com/ybxcwol #
Peer-To-Peer Recognition of Learning in Open Education by Schmidt in the IRRODL journal http://bit.ly/bFVpMd via @addthis #
Alternative Grad School: creating a do-it-yourself higher learning experience http://bit.ly/cBuCVM #
Mobile platforms are proliferating. Check out MeeGo (merged Moblin & Maemo) http://bit.ly/d69pLv #
Thought Leader » Eve Dmochowska » The web’s unavoidable sharp learning curve. Interesting comments http://bit.ly/9OPmrE #
RT @maggiev: TESSA – Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (lovely resources here) http://bit.ly/dtb6rU #
RT @patrickkayton: About to present Cognician to postgrad students and academics at CPUT. Smart crowd! #
♻ @cshirky: RT @pomeranian99: Length of Britannica’s entry about Wikipedia: 913 words. Length of Wikipedia’s entry about Britannica: 6,804. #
Finalising details of collaborative project with Irish physio students on Physiopedia #isp1 http://bit.ly/dz2UGb #
21st century literacies (HASTAC), 10 additional literacies over and above the 3 R’s http://bit.ly/dtFcJt #
Effective Pedagogy – rubric based on the structure of observed learning outcomes http://bit.ly/bV6dvv #
OpeningScholarship Project | Centre for Educational Technology at UCT. Lots of interesting content http://bit.ly/brrRKk #
UCT OpenContent portal now live. Congratulations to all involved http://bit.ly/dfAeCH #
I’m on the #microecop programme committee (http://ow.ly/176eM), but sadly not on the list yet #
For The Love Of Culture – post by Lessig on issues around copyright and rights clearance http://bit.ly/bxsNCn #
@gsiemens I’ve been using Chromium for a few months and now find FF slow and clunky #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-14

Michael Rowe — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:22:00 +0000

“Universities 2.0″, from SAIDE Newslettervol.15, no.6 2009 http://bit.ly/8Eg1L1 #
Another Hyper Definition Image of Cape Town | – http://bit.ly/72Ro4G #
@dreamingspires didn’t use those extensions much, but occasionally miss others. Chrome extensions being released often though in reply to dreamingspires #
@dreamingspires agreed, have pretty much switched to chromium purely because of speed, hardly use cd anymore in reply to dreamingspires #
The history of grading in education -> more about industry, less about learning http://icio.us/bqfrle #
Grading 2.0: Evaluation in the Digital Age – elearnspace http://bit.ly/7k7Pdo #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-23

Michael Rowe — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:22:00 +0000

Just installed Seesmic for Android on HTC Hero, think I prefer it to the default Twitter client, Peep #
Data Liberation Front, an internal team at Google who want you to own your data http://j.mp/53wy3L #
The Data Liberation Front, internal team at Google concerned with data ownership – http://j.mp/53wy3L #
RT @tombarrett: 28 Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom http://bit.ly/47s20S #
An amazing start to what should become a global trend…stop buying bottled water http://j.mp/7JXdar #
After reading this, I might be changing my mind about Starbucks http://j.mp/5jz2hC #
Sorry…Tomorrow’s Professor – Learning in 140 Character Bites. Twitter IN education (http://j.mp/103slB) #
Tomorrow’s Professor – Learning in 140 Character Bites. Twitter is education (http://j.mp/103slB) #
Educational tips on plagiarism prevention – http://j.mp/15z7Mw #
@pleasefindthis Thank you in reply to pleasefindthis #
Digital Inclusion or exclusion? Does technology amplify divisions in society? http://j.mp/3HboHe #
just voted “Yes” on “If #edchat was held on Google Wave, would you participate?” vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/N1zmw #
@jimgroom Actually, Jesus was almost certainly of Middle Eastern descent. He was probably also darker than the man in your picture in reply to jimgroom #
Professional Development Module on Active Learning (http://j.mp/xgINz)…”Learning is not a spectator sport…” #
Towards Scholarly HTML. The need to change research dissemination infrastructure http://j.mp/3Grcg9 http://ff.im/bAvIS #
Article of the future? Let’s talk about scholarly communications. Thought provoking post http://j.mp/uY5iw http://ff.im/bAvIR #
Towards Scholarly HTML. The need to change research dissemination infrastructure http://j.mp/3Grcg9 #
Article of the future? Let’s talk about scholarly communications. Thought provoking post http://j.mp/uY5iw #
@paulscott56 Isn’t that a bit like saying you can’t compare Ubuntu and Windows because they are totally different?… http://ff.im/bA033 #
Twitter feed inside Google Wave (& other extensions) http://j.mp/3CyzVX http://ff.im/bA035 #
@paulscott56 Linux = better security, stability, speed, UI…this isn’t an opinion, it’s a fact (didn’t mention Mac,… http://ff.im/bA036 #
@paulscott56 Ah, well in that case i guess it’s only the UI that differentiates them http://ff.im/bA034 #
@paulscott56 Linux = better security, stability, speed, UI…this isn’t an opinion, it’s a fact (didn’t mention Mac, so confused about that) in reply to paulscott56 #
Twitter feed inside Google Wave (& other extensions) http://j.mp/3CyzVX #
@paulscott56 Isn’t that a bit like saying you can’t compare Ubuntu and Windows because they are totally different? One is clearly better in reply to paulscott56 #
@paulscott56 Ah, well in that case i guess it’s only the UI that differentiates them in reply to paulscott56 #
@paulscott56 here’s some test results of Chromium vs FF, http://ow.ly/CX6q & http://ow.ly/CX6W. Also, Chromium also… http://ff.im/bzUBi #
Emerging issues in the practice of University Learning and Teaching (free book in PDF) http://j.mp/mPUYt http://ff.im/bzUBj #
Emerging issues in the practice of University Learning and Teaching (free book in PDF) http://j.mp/mPUYt #
@paulscott56 here’s some test results of Chromium vs FF, http://ow.ly/CX6q & http://ow.ly/CX6W. Also, Chromium also has extensions now in reply to paulscott56 #
@paulscott56 chrome/chromium loads faster, renders faster, is more responsive and has a better interface than any other browser (imho) in reply to paulscott56 #
Corporate Bullshit Generator (http://j.mp/17RhOl). I feel this way when some people talk about “social media” #
@adfig What if people use SideWiki to post hate speech on my site, and I can’t delete it because Google controls that content? in reply to adfig #
100 Excellent Open Access Journals for Educators | Online College Tips – Online Colleges – http://j.mp/2kq2IB #

Chromium: changing the default keyword search

Michael Rowe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:41:30 +0000

I just came across a pretty cool feature of Chromium…keyword searches. I know that this idea isn’t new, and now that I know about it, it’s clearly documented in the Google Chrome help pages, but I’ll put up some screenshots anyway.

You begin by typing the URL of the site you’re going to (Chromium will suggest the search you might be looking for):

Press Tab to bring up the site specific search option in the address bar:

Chromium will a few suggestions that might be useful to you:

I noticed that Chromium tells you it’s using a keyword to make the suggestion, which made me think that there must be a way to edit your preferences for what the keyword for each site should be. A short search later showed that it’s actually pretty easy (although not necessarily intuitive) to edit the keywords. Right click anywhere in the address bar and choose “Edit search engines”. In the screenshot below you can see that I’ve changed my keyword for a Wikipedia search from en.wikipedia.org, to wp.

You can find some more useful tips on working with Chromium at The power users guide to Google Chrome, from Lifehacker.