What would a classroom look like if it were set up for dialogue rather than monologue? What would a syllabus look like if it’s goal was to connect things rather than to arrive somewhere? Will we know learning is happening if we don’t measure it by where it ends?
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👓 Elon Musk drops surprise rap single about Harambe | The Hill
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission asked a judge to hold him in contempt, has dropped a surprise rap sing
Because I’m reading it on April Fool’s Day, it could be insane, but then again so is Elon Musk, so we’ll have to do some research to see if this is actually true. Though it is also most likely an Elon Musk joke that’s getting widespread attention.
The tune is kinda catchy though…
👓 IWCNHV19 Keynote: Connected Learning & the IndieWeb | Kimberly Hirsh
Kimberly Hirsh (kimberlyhirsh.com)Where are we going? Who am I? What is Connected Learning? How can the IndieWeb support Connected Learning?
👓 The Comparator | the first splot ever | splot.ca
the first splot ever
👓 If All You Have is the Web, Everything Looks Like a SPLOT | CogDogBlog | Alan Levine
I tried really hard, really hard, to turn make cleaver use of Maslow’s Hammer as this post’s metaphoric title “if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” And…
👓 Take a SPLOT Test Drive or… Instant SPLOT? | CogDogBlog | Alan Levine
Are SPLOTs becoming a thing? Spotted this tweet this morning… I’m thinking about this kind of request as I get stuff ready for the Staking Your Claim on the Open Web workshop I am doing…
👓 About | splot.ca
What mean ye SPLOT?
Smallest/Simplest * Possible/Portable * Open/Online * Learning/Living * Tool/Technology
Yeah, we still have some work to do on tightening up that catchy acronym…
SPLOT comes from the conviction that there is great value in learners and educators sharing their work on the open web. All too often, doing so gets derailed by two problems. First, open web tools are perceived by users as difficult to use, and by organizations as complicated to support. This is why most organizations direct or even restrict activity into a consolidated Learning Management System (LMS). Second, online identity and privacy concerns (and laws) scare people off. Not every learner is ready to share their work with the world on a medium that “never forgets”. We know that most free online communication tools capture and exploit the data of their users.
So the tools on this site are designed with two core principles in mind:
- make it as easy as possible to post activity to the open web in an appealing and accessible way
- allow users to do so without creating accounts, or providing any required personal information
We are mindful of Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence, that tools will tend to become more complex and LMS-like as they are more widely used. SPLOT tools are deliberately limited in scope. They try to meet a single need, and to do so as simply as possible.
The tools here are built utilizing the WordPress platform, and should be readily sharable to other WP installations. If you would like to use a SPLOT tool in your environment, please let us know.
But there is no reason that the problems that SPLOT tools try to address cannot be addressed in other frameworks. If this approach appeals, we hope others will find better ways to support more accessible, sustainable, and user-friendly ways to get publicly-engaged learning happening on the open web.
👓 The SPLOT? Billboards for the Mystery of the Internet at #PressEdConf18 | CogDogBlog | Alan Levine
It’s one of those things to keep your attention on long drives. From hundreds of miles away are billboards enticing you to check out The Thing in southern Arizona. From a piece in Vice: The T…
👓 Home-brew | Benjamin Parry
Benjamin Parry (benjamin.parry.is)Home-brewing - Adding @clagnut’s hyphenation and other offline enhancements
👓 Network Heuristics | Hapgood
There’s a story going around right now about a “reporter” who was following people shorting Tesla stock and allegedly approaching them for information. I won’t go into the w…
A great piece on the low cost of being a fake and how to judge sources on how expensive it is to create authenticity.
👓 If You’re Using The Storefront Theme For Your ECommerce Site, There Are Some Accessibility Improvements In Store For You | Customer Servant Consultancy
Amanda Rush (Customer Servant Consultancy)After a user of the Storefront WordPress theme, (WooCommerce’s default theme), reported accessibility challenges with the theme’s focus outlines and text decoration with regard to links, the Storefront theme has been modified to address the issue with focus outlines by modifying the default outl...
👓 Help us host WordCamp for Publishers 2019! | WordCamp for Publishers
We’re already starting to plan WordCamp for Publishers 2019, which means we have one very important thing to do first – pick a new city! Unlike most WordCamps, our organizing team is distributed across the US, so it’s important for us to have a local organizer to help facilitate venue coordina...
👓 An Alternative to the Corporate Web | Cathie LeBlanc
Cathie LeBlanc (Desert of My Real Life: Media, Technology, and Education)I’ve written about why I think we need the IndieWeb before. I’m going to the Popular Culture Association Conference in April and will present about this there as part of the Internet Culture track. I’ve been talking to friends about what they might want to know about the IndieWeb as a way of getting a sense of what to present about. I realized that I have additional thoughts about the importance of the IndieWeb community so that’s what this post is about. Once the presentation is complete, I’ll make the slide deck available as a supplement to this post.
A great article and good overview, particularly within the broader context of several of her recent pieces on the broader topic.
I have heard some who think that POSSE is difficult and only worthwhile for the additional reach. I hope that one day when we’ve got some better readers and discovery options people will flock to more IndieWeb-centric solutions. If enough eventually do, then the silos may be forced to open up to be able to continue competing.
👓 Three teaching habits that support active learning | Robert Talbert
Teaching is behavior and behavior is founded on habits. How can teachers build good teaching habits for active learning?
👓 Economics is uncovering its gender problem | The Economist
The dismal science has a dismal record