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Visual Thinking and History

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

In this brief video, Dan Roam – http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/ – shows us a wonderfully visual way to think about history.

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Advice for Reluctant Web Learners

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

Good advice for anyone trying to encourage people to learn more about how to use the web – Richard Byrne, Free Technology for Teachers, shares his tip for helping teachers see the value of technology in their classrooms.

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WikiLeaks, Journalism, & Secrecy

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

WikiLeaks is the first real change in journalism in the web age. Newspapers and tv news going online in web and streaming formats were simply the old media moved into the new medium. The practice of adding the entire interview … Continue reading →

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Learning Online: Google & Twitter

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

After taking a course on WordPress online, I am trying to learn how to use GIMP so I can have interesting headers and graphics. Again, I took a brief course on GIMP from Angela Wills of MarketersMojo – http://www.marketersmojo.com/ and it … Continue reading →

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Taking an Online Course

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I’m taking a six week online course on using WordPress to create websites, and I’m an awful student. I almost always delay looking at the material (videos and documents) till the end of the week, and sometimes even into the … Continue reading →

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Aphasia – Reading and Writing are Separate!

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

This brief video is about how Howard Engel’s stroke affected his reading but not his writing.

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Playing with Prezi

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

I kept reading about a new presentation tool called Prezi, and I was really impressed with the ones I saw, so I decided to try it out. Here’s my first effort, on the social bookmarking site,  Diigo. Diigo on Prezi … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Not Quitting Facebook

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Joan Vinall-Cox

Today is Quit Facebook Day, but I’m not quitting, even though I think Facebook is handling the whole privacy issue badly, as many have pointed out – http://www.pcworld.com/article/197621/its_quit_facebook_day_are_you_leaving.html There are three main reasons I’m not closing my Facebook account: Facebook’s … Continue reading →

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