This old chestnut does the rounds every year or so – Stephen Downes and I appear to have views at opposite ends of the spectrum. This last round has given me fresh insight and an idea for a method to help decide when to use which creative commons ‘open license’ scheme.Stephen argues that cc:by-nc-sa *0 [...]
Entries from June 2008
Soccer with Stephen’s CONTENT Cat
June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Astonishing underwater shape-shifters
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
You MUST take 5 minutes and watch this amazing TED Talk. David Gallo shows some of the most amazing creatures o the deep.
Enjoy the arty bio-luminescence.
Chuckle as the male squid shows his sensitive side.
Gawk at the aussie cuttlefish changing shape and colour.
Watch in disbelief as the octopus appears out of nowhere, squirts ink, flees, gets [...]
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a Delicate Genius trumps Microsoft in coverage of REMIX08
June 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
THIS 8 minute video of a demo from REMIX08 is the best thing I have seen emerge from that event since Mark Pesce’s Keynote.
A quick and not too slick look at the back end of Microsoft’s ‘Deep Zoom’ technology in silverlight.
Much more interesting and informative than the ‘Hard Rock Cafe’ example crammed into the tortuously [...]
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Test CoverItLive post
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Nothing to see here, please move along.
[just testing coveritlive.com on edublogs]
Fang – Mike Seyfang
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LiveBlogging #acer DER – Digital Education Revolution, Adelaide
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Im here as a guest of education.au to blog, tweet, qik.com, podcast, flickr and whatever I can from the Adelaide round of the national Digital Education Revolution symposium.
Flickr Photos:Qik.com Video:Tweets: Yahoo Pipe: (*thanks to @dnwallace)
Very rough live notes, will publish at each break!
Gerry White kicked things off with a rousing call to action – Collaborate!
Sheila [...]
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