Posted on April 10, 2008 by joanvinallcox
This video by Loic Lemeur is intimidating, inspiring and irritating.
Intimidating because he has such wide ranging use of the social media;
Inspiring because I get some idea what I want to spend more time with; and
Irritating because it pauses every few seconds and you have to wait for it to go on.
found through my Bloglines - [...]
Filed under: Internet_use, PLE, RSS, communication, digital economy, mindmap, organizing_information, share, social_web, web2.0 | Tagged: socialmaps, socialmedia | No Comments »
Posted on April 9, 2008 by joanvinallcox
People decide about what to read, on paper or on the web, before they de-code a single word. If the page looks dense and/or difficult, readers, unless they are highly motivated, will just move on. When people learn to write or to create a web page, they should, IMHO, learn about readability as the same [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by joanvinallcox
The web is a constantly changing space, and many people are afraid to dip their toes in the web stream for fear of being stung by a digital stingray. And rightfully so. In my experience, weaving through through the email flow, are false warnings and ugly offerings, fraudulent phishers, and identity thieves. The web is [...]
Filed under: Internet_use, communication, computers, e-learning, fraud, hacking, social_web, technology, tips, webtools | Tagged: online_safety, VirtualUniversity, web | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 11, 2008 by joanvinallcox
Recently I posted a comment on a blog and checked off the little box that okays email notification every time a comment is added. The blog post is on Will Richardson’s Weblog-ed: learning with the read/write web and it is an urgent call for educators, aka teachers, to get more knowledgable about the web [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2007 by joanvinallcox
I’m Canadian, and I’m pleasantly surprised to see the Canadian stats and apps:
from the Read/Write Web:
Canadians use the Internet more than anyone in the world. According to comScore, Canadians spend on average 39.6 hours per month on the Internet, followed by Israel at 37.4 and South Korea at 34, while the USA is in 8th [...]
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