Archive for August, 2006

Rap Music in the South Pacific

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Annette Stock, a gifted educator from Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand is expected to give one heckofa presentation about rap music. Did I say “rap”? Yes — and here’s a wee hint on why you should tune in for something truly unusual. (more…)

Challenging Webheads — The Don King’s of GLD?

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

While this post is primarily directed to one of the most innovative and talented group of educators on the planet - a group called Webheads - it is also meant for Global Learn Day Ten presenters who especially want to shake up the audience with ideas and comments that are far outside the box.

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Interactive - Maps

Monday, August 14th, 2006

National Geographic, A wonderful source, including that for maps.

Another fine interactive map, provided by Intute

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Background For “Presenters”

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

The purpose of this post is to provide more context about Global Learn Day - Voyage Number Ten. It is primarily meant for those who have agreed to “present” or who are contemplating doing so. The ultimate goal is to help “presenters” craft a conversation which the audience will find compelling and which the “presenters” will find of long-term benefit for their own use.
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Bloodhoundsearch — Hello SIMS, bye bye RSS

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

In the last few weeks I’ve been looking at Bloodhoundsearch Technologies, a brand new company that offers something we all need — a very personal search engine. It’s still got some bumps to flatten out, and it needs some “human hands” (for dummies) like me, but today we made our first stab at an e-learning portal where Bloodhound does all the work. Please visit this brand new Portal. And, come back often; I’ve got a very smart guy working on improving it as we speak.

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HOW DO I TALK, LISTEN, BLOG, TEXT CHAT?
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START TIMES & SPEAKERS LIST
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RETURN TO GLD HOME PAGE -
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