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Category: EdTech

Slideshare adds audio

Slideshare is the YouTube of PowerPoint. Pretty nifty on its own. You upload the PowerPoint, then a flash-based version is created. This can be viewed on its own webpage or embedded in a blog. Just like YouTube videos. But presentation slides don’t make a presentation. So, Slideshare now allows you to upload an accompanying audio [...]

Conference

A very quick post to say that I’ll be in Brunei for a conference. I really should be boarding!

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Michael Wesch is a genius! He explains Web 2.0 compellingly and succinctly. Mind you, this is apparently a draft. But one part of the last bit is stretching the point. Rethink love thanks to web 2.0? I first posted this video here. Props to Ben Koe, whose blog is one of the many that featured [...]

Blogs & Feeds Presentation

Quickfire reflection on the Monday morning presentation to NUS Libraries staff: Pace quickened compared to the trial-run, participants responsive during blogs, not so during feeds (perhaps an after-tea break effect?) Didn’t get a chance to add more visuals, as originally intended. Will work on that for future presentations. Handout should have explanatory notes if the [...]

Words straight from my mouth (almost)

Have to preface this post: I am writing all this in a personal capacity. In no way does this post (or anything on this blog for that matter) reflect the position of my employers. I usually steer clear of mentioning work on my blog. Things are great, but they have the potential to be much, [...]