Loving the EtherPad cloud computing software. I even have my own pad at http://etherpad.com/amsdiane. I only wish Google had done this first ...
Pros: Free, easy to use, intuitive, easy to add others,
Cons: no deletion, non-public use requires fee/person.
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Virtual Worlds: 20 Tools for 3D Creation
Earlier this week Google launched Lively, a new social network where anyone can create an avatar and virtual room that can be embedded anywhere on the Web. 3D services such as Lively are popping up more and more online thanks to the popularity of virtual worlds like Second Life, Meez
How to Stop Checking Email on the Evenings and Weekends
http://lifehacker.com/357666/how-to-stop-checking-email-on-the-evenings-and-weekends
I need to start doing this. Maybe my boss would be willing to do this, or at least address point #4 (Hint, hint.)
And I'm going to incorporate the good autoresponders to support my new action: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/02/21/the-best-and-worst-autoresponders-of-2007/
Wired Campus: Project Aims to Build Online Classroom With Latest Web 2.0 Features - Chronicle.com
The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Wired Campus noted that Howard Rheingold has won a grant in the Digital Media and Learning Competition to put all of the social-collaborative community tools (aka, Web 2.0) together in the classroom.
As Howard Rheingold commented back, "For those interested in a more complete description of the project, which includes the toolset, curricula (syllabi and teaching notes), resource repository (started here), video documentation and instructional material (in the vein of the first several entries), and the community of practitioners: the text of the award application."
50 Great Widgets For Your Blog
I've checked out most of them ... and about 10 to 15 of them are pretty great. The rest are ... er ... well, it depends on what you want to to do with your blog and how many other accounts you want to set up.
20 Tools For Creating Your Own Games
This is AWESOME! Forget Second Life! Make your own RPG or Flash-based game without any knowledge of programming necessary. I think I'm going to try to add this as an FDI workshop to the Spring/Summer roster.
The best part? The storyboarding and writing (because everyone knows that good games come from good writing).
How fun!
SECOND LIFE TOOLBOX: 50 Resources for Second Life
Here you go! A place that lists the places and faces of SecondLife who will help you do and build whatever it is that you want.
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