Steve Hargadon's Blog – April 2007 Archive (6)

The Web 2.0 and School 2.0 Connection

I gave the keynote address to the CVCUE meeting

in Fresno this past Saturday, and prepared a presentation on why Web

2.0 is going to be so important to education. When I was driving home I

made a connection that I hadn't fully made before: that the transition

between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 is very similar, if not almost… Continue

Added by Steve Hargadon on April 25, 2007 at 1:02am — 8 Comments

Web 2.0: A Personal Learning Renaissance

(Cross-posted on www.SteveHargadon.com)

Yesterday, on the Classroom 2.0 social network, Elizabeth Davis posted:

"Following and reading blogs, participating in ning, contributing to wikis,

writing in my blog, I haven't thought… Continue

Added by Steve Hargadon on April 17, 2007 at 11:15am — 3 Comments

Educational Blogger Conference on June 23rd in Atlanta

Edubloggercon2007

– This first-ever, international, all-day “meetup” of educational

bloggers will take place on Saturday, June 23rd, at the Georgia World

Conference Center in Atlanta just before the start of NECC.

All are invited–whether you yourself blog, are just an educational blog reader,

or even just want to hang out with an interesting group of people. The

event is free, and you can indicate that…

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Added by Steve Hargadon on April 13, 2007 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Interview with Gina Bianchini from Ning

(Cross-post from www.SteveHargadon.com)

Gina Bianchini is the co-founder and CEO of Ning, the "do-it-yourself" social networking site. Gina is no ivory-tower

entrepreneur--she is an active participant herself in several Ning

networks, and she demonstrates her passion (and her hands-on style) in

this fun interview. We… Continue

Added by Steve Hargadon on April 13, 2007 at 10:29am — No Comments

Amazing, Amazing Use of an Old Computer

(Cross-post from www.SteveHargadon.com)

I'm

having an incredible brainstorm about used computers and homeless

shelters, emergency shelters, low-income housing units, schools, etc.

This is our kitchen computer. Actually, it's just the monitor and our small

stereo. The computer is below, and pictured…

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Added by Steve Hargadon on April 13, 2007 at 12:34am — 3 Comments