Prezi, Kimya Dawson, and a Long Goodbye to Powerpoint
A friend tipped me to Prezi, a new presentation tool that has severed the last feeble connection I had to Powerpoint. I have been experimenting a bit in recent years…
A friend tipped me to Prezi, a new presentation tool that has severed the last feeble connection I had to Powerpoint. I have been experimenting a bit in recent years…
In another instance of an item that could indeed be useful for education, at least self-education, I stumbled across an application called Layar via the excellent Ignatia Webs blog. Layar…
The Library of Congress is making good inroads into the realm of primary sources as instructional tools. This is a real opportunity area for institutions that have large collections of…
Great, great cause and one that seems fully committed to pushing out the word and leveraging online support. According to their website, “Camfed is dedicated to fighting poverty and HIV/AIDS…
I stumbled across a project called Vue recently through a friend’s Twitter feed and am intrigued by it. According to its website: “The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open…
On Tuesday, May 26th 2009, Dr. Siro Masinde the Regional Coordinator for Africa conducted a JSTOR/Aluka training workshop at Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal. The half day workshop…
I am totally fascinated by this 2.0 manifestation. Academic Earth aggregates lectures from the world’s top professors from universities like Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton. Want to learn about the beginnings…