Tod Baker
father, husband, teacher
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Boing Boing
via boingboing.net Imagine all of the unknown articles to come from the light blue countries.
December, 5 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Free Technology for Teachers: Google Sidewiki Makes the Whole Web a Wiki
via freetech4teachers.com Collect notes and share thoughts about a website. It's now a collaborative and transparent workspace. Note to self: Remember to tell David who was trying something similar with Diigo's social bookmarking. This is exciting news! Now let's see how well it works.
September, 23 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Got a Burning Question? Ask the Net - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
That’s the real breakthrough of Aardvark: its confidence that people will want to help out. Without that, the whole thing would break down. The site points out that there are lots of reasons people participate: “the satisfaction of helping someone out at just the right time, the gratification of having someone appreciate your opinion, the pride of being an expert, the fun of a non-obtrusive diversion,” and so on. And that’s my favorite part of the whole thing. The knowledge that despite all the ugliness and meanness...
September, 4 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
father • husband • teacher
