Monthly Archives: June 2009

Scribe Posting

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Using Scribe Posts on Class Blogs | The Edublogger Sue Waters, in Edublogger, writes about Scribe Posts in educational blogs. Since the idea of Scribe Posts is just like the way I ask each student to post, in turn, an … Continue reading →

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Seth Godin on textbooks

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Image byhttp://www.prestonlee.com/archives/67 via CrunchBase Seth on why the textbook industry deserves to die {from edu.blogs.com}. Seth Godin (author of Tribes, among others…) writes an interesting argument favoring the disappearance of textbooks. Yes, textbooks, as those used in classes, he says, … Continue reading →

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Newsrooms & classrooms

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

{From elearnspace}George Siemens adds some metaphor to the cry coming from US newspapers. It is well known printed newspapers are facing a crisis they never experienced before. He quotes Dan Froomkin: Why “playing it safe” is killing American newspapers: “But … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-06-08

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Real Time Search – Social Mention Think Google Alerts but for social media. Receive daily email alerts of a developing news story, a competitor, or the latest on a celebrity. (tags: social tools web2.0 socialmedia search)

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Freedom from the Clown!

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

It is sad, these days, to see El País, Spain’s major international newspaper, publishing not only the “innocent” photos of Berlusconi’s nude parties in Sardinia, but a full section in Italian. The section in Italian means only one thing: in … Continue reading →

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