What it means to be Aboriginal - By Francine Couillinneur

Are you a procrastinator?

Moodle: Distance learning tools

Moodlemoot is coming this fall......


If you are a student you are probably thinking........so what? If you are a teacher and have never heard of Moodle you might have a passing interest.

If you use the internet to do things and learn things......... Stephen Downes has a lot of important things to say about the shape of things to come. We are shaping our own destiny by what we do with the tools available to us.
Stephen Downes will be one of the keynote speakers at the moodlemoot conference in August.

Find out about the moodlemoot conference. If you use moodle or some other tool for sharing information, managing online activities, this may be of interest to you.

Stephen has become a leading voice in the vast world of Web 2.0 tools, learning resources, and issues related to to digital content and rights.

Terry Anderson will also be present as a Keynote speaker.
Terry Anderson teaches and advises students at the world's largest Masters of Distance at Athabasca University.

Puppies

Here is the latest puppy video from one of the online learners at edcentre.ca.
A little something to lift your spirits.

Wayback Machine

Have you ever heard of the WayBack Machine? It is a site that archives Internet websites on a continuous basis. You can look up a website and see how it looked as far back as 1996. So - what does this mean for you? It means you always need to be sure of what you write online as it may come back to haunt you later!!

Try the WayBack Machine to see how different sites have changed over the years.

Link: WayBack Machine

voicethread.com

We need the ability to knock down the borders and connect with people/resources around the world. The Internet is your oyster. The resource people and ideas are limitless. Networking and collaborating is the key.
Here is a link to one of many tools that allow for connection..........why have arms when you can have wings? voicethread.com

Custom Search

In google, there is a tool called custom search. It can't be found using google.ca, so you have to use google.com.
You can create a search engine that is your own.
When was the last time you used Alta Vista? How do search engines work?
How critical are we about the information and pages that we are directed to?