tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55938172012-02-06T18:31:54.615-05:00Across the MetaversePost-sabbatical, I'll be commenting on further forays into using Web 2.0 apps in my LCC classes.Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-26534652902737353332011-11-22T17:40:00.001-05:002011-12-31T14:17:48.393-05:00One-on-one conferencesA couple of weeks ago, I had one-on-one conferences with my students in the Writing the Novel class, where we met individually and discussed their proposals for chapter 3 of their novels. The week prior, students signed up for a ten minute period to meet with me, in lieu of coming to class.
Now of course, one-on-one conferences are nothing new, hardly worth a blog post. Writing faculty all over Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-86435496209795788302011-11-01T21:07:00.000-04:002011-11-01T21:07:11.738-04:00Another semester begins
Composition I chat
Well, starting this post on October 1st (and adding pictures on November 1st), I can't quite say that. But it's the beginning for this blog!
This semester has been a whirlwind. All four sections that I'm teaching this semester are online and using Second Life. Creative Writing I and Writing the Novel meet as a whole class weekly. Two sections of Composition I meet weekly Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-19860692773762490012011-05-30T14:15:00.000-04:002012-02-06T18:25:52.045-05:00Pixels or paper?The semester has ended with most of my students improving their writing and succeeding in receiving a satisfactory grade (many with very good grades).
But there were three events from the end of the semester (and a day beyond) that I wanted to share before slipping into summer.
1. Week 14, composition students were revising for their portfolio to be submitted for external assessment. During Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-57416909448603542852011-04-03T15:02:00.013-04:002012-02-06T18:20:43.752-05:00Bugs galore
Classes are going smoothly. My creative writing class meets weekly on Angel Learning Isle, and they all have mastered the basics of SL so that chatting, text and voice, watching web pages/assignments on the shared media board, and even getting into groups, teleporting to a sky platform and working together, reading drafts, planning an SL excursion to a writerly event, or jotting down notes Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-4466170246497749822011-03-12T11:00:00.001-05:002011-03-12T20:43:58.897-05:00Testing BlogPressOne of the things I want to be able to do is to be able to write blog posts on my iPad. However Google's iPad app doesn't play well with Safari. So I'm trying out BlogPress. I'm sure it works better with Android tablets!Which may be in my future. Don't get me wrong--the iPad is great. But I would much rather have Chrome as my browser. And really--not having flash is a problem. Too often I come Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-61585047742265041962011-03-07T10:33:00.008-05:002012-02-06T18:21:25.819-05:00Orientation 2.0Spring break gives me a bit of time to raise my head and reflect a bit. I've started a couple different blog posts the last few months, but abandoned as work, holidays, freezing temperatures and snow, a Criterion half-off sale, you name it, kept me away from finishing.
Spring semester began with some changes that helped stave off a mass exodus from my classes using Second Life. As you may Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-51230349124794660812010-09-30T14:45:00.014-04:002010-10-05T18:39:39.522-04:00Media Share on a PrimA lot has been written in the last several months about the new SL viewer, particularly nashing of teeth by old timers who detest all of the changes.Some of the whining is understandable. There are some tasks that take more key strokes than used to be so. But as an Angel user, I'm used to the philosophy of why use one keystroke when three will do.I've not found the new viewerDan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-15521421320260231502010-09-20T18:32:00.007-04:002010-09-26T15:23:59.010-04:00The power of placenessI was invited to submit a guest blog post at the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable website, which was published today. Some of what I discuss will already be familiar to those reading this blog, but clearly not all.Just click on the screen shot to read.Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-64844565139038705052010-08-28T17:51:00.011-04:002010-08-31T16:36:13.211-04:00Crossing over to the dark sideSchool has started. What happened to the summer?!!!!!So, besides balancing three storeys upon an aluminum ladder to scrape and paint the west side of my house, I spent some time exploring a couple of other MUVEs, Blue Mars and Friendshangout. I had tried Blue Mars last fall but could never get in with my old laptop. However, I got a new laptop from LCC this summer Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-75065199148569096952010-07-07T11:13:00.016-04:002010-07-23T16:03:01.901-04:00Roger and MeA couple weeks ago (to be precise, on 6/17), Roger Ebert tweeted the following: "Find me a person who would value any video game above 'Huckleberry Finn,' and I'll show you a fool." As you can imagine, gamers lit Twitter, his blog, and their own with a wildfire of responses (one of his blog postings had over 4000 comments!). And then finally, Ebert relented, admitting that he Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-31115522672670341752010-06-10T10:18:00.008-04:002010-06-11T15:15:04.818-04:00Dog Days of Summer?Although it's only early June, the brouhaha over Linden Lab and their downsizing makes it sound like we're in the throes of a miserable heat wave. All over Twitter and the SLED list, proclamations of the demise of Second Life are being proclaimed because LL has cut their work force by 30%, including the disbanding of the Singapore office, and most disturbing for educators, the Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-45889471352186409132010-05-28T14:11:00.015-04:002010-05-28T21:19:22.870-04:00Swamped by the semesterWow, where did February, March, and April go! I checked my notes and found I had started a couple new blog posts but never finished. That's what happens when you teach four writing classes a semester!Now that I've had some time to decompress from the semester, here are some highlights for the middle part of the semester:VoiceThis semester, I've required students to use Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-40372118897893846872010-01-30T18:12:00.021-05:002010-09-16T13:26:35.300-04:00New Semester in Second LifeSpring 2010 is well underway. As you know, last semester, I taught one WRIT 121 hybrid course using Second Life. This semester, I'm teaching two WRIT 121 courses (combined as one in Angel LMS) fully online and with Second Life. I'm also teaching a WRIT 260: Creative Writing I course online and inworld.So what's different this time through?Well, first off, with fully Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-80916041684536994002010-01-08T11:19:00.003-05:002010-01-08T11:27:37.813-05:00Wish You Were Here: Learning in Second LifeHappy new year! I gave a presentation on my forays into teaching in Second Life this week for the spring 2010 professional development days at Lansing Community College. It went well, though the PowerPoint on the classroom computer was rather stingy in showing pictures, and the remote clicker I received from Center for Teaching Excellence died after two Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-50762227981756085832009-10-30T16:28:00.008-04:002009-10-30T17:43:34.679-04:00Whole class meeting in SLA couple weeks ago, I met with my WRIT 121 class in Second Life as a whole. In other words, instead of meeting f2f on a Tuesday evening, we all met at Angel Learning Isle.As you know, up to this point, I had met with students only in small groups on the balcony of my office.Now we would meet in the classroom area.The purpose of the class was for students to read/review Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-81648669597890611862009-09-17T11:31:00.010-04:002009-09-18T17:50:17.124-04:00Chatting with students in Second LifeThe last two weeks I've started holding chat sessions in Second Life on Angel Learning Isle on my office balcony.For online classes, I usually require students to attend at least one chat a week, no more than an hour, based on times they send to me. For each class, I'll then set up 3-5 chat sessions (obviously more for double sections), usually from Wednesday Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-14536723504349593082009-09-03T20:43:00.004-04:002009-09-04T18:21:52.184-04:00Orientation for First Year Composition studentsThis last Tuesday, I held my first orientation session for WRIT 121 students on Second Life. After going over some reasons why we're using SL, I had them all visit the Virtual Ability Island sign in web site. One of the problems I find with helping students start up a new account in any online application is that in order to be familiar with the Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-78167346853710341222009-08-21T18:37:00.016-04:002009-08-31T20:35:06.033-04:00Back to schoolFirst week back at Lansing Community College. Along with the other three classes I'm teaching, I've been working on the WRIT 121: Composition I class that will be using SL for the first time.As I've been thinking through this class, and what I want to accomplish, I came up with some principles I want to operate from.Simplicity: I want to make sure that my approach is simple both forDan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-56498122543621381742009-07-27T15:50:00.010-04:002009-08-08T13:17:27.884-04:00Building in Second LifeIn July, I took a class through Ball State University entitled "Building Blocks 101," a beginner's course in building stuff in Second life, taught by master builder SunQueen Ginsberg. Here she is with some robots she created.Some of what was covered I had already learned through a course offered at TLE and by Kevin Freelunch on building some furniture. It was very helpful Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-7029567568643890242009-06-27T11:54:00.003-04:002009-07-03T19:11:59.078-04:00Twitter, Iran, and Michael JacksonOn June 25, I was online and a tweet flashed across Tweetdeck. "Michael Jackson dead?" Soon other tweets popped up about Jackson being rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest, and then soon after that he had died.We all know what happened. But what I found interesting about that afternoon is that the announcement of his death spread all over the world in a Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-10094119560990544152009-05-29T15:30:00.004-04:002009-06-22T17:24:06.309-04:00End of semester musingsWell, it's a couple weeks out from the end of the semester (actually a month out by the time I finished this blog posting!), and two long distance graduations completed (Sarasota, FL for Jonathan graduating from Ringling School of Art and Design and Berkeley, CA for Rebekah graduating from Graduate Theological Union/Pacific School of Religion--congratulations, kids!!!!).I Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-18465496838680035002009-04-23T17:58:00.003-04:002009-04-23T18:01:16.600-04:00Across the Metaverse: A Web 2.0 PrimerHere's a link to the slides I used in a presentation at the CTE I did last month. I'm planning to do another version for the Writing Program in May.Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-87993280439411278522009-03-11T10:43:00.003-04:002009-03-26T08:49:57.625-04:00A quickie on TwitterA couple of observations:1. Students helping each other after a chat. I have students chat in Angel (or AIM if the LMS goes down) in small groups, usually once a week. I'm beginning to find students extending the chat into Twitter, giving further suggestions about issues and sources a day or two later.2. By essay 3, students are really beginning to interact, asking questions,Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-87225199155964624702009-02-24T16:33:00.001-05:002009-02-24T16:36:18.253-05:00Sabbatical reportHere's a link to the report I sent off to the LCC HR department: http://web.lcc.edu/personal/holtd/sabbatical%20report.pdf.Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-49817220924097603252009-02-04T10:37:00.003-05:002009-02-23T18:45:34.259-05:00Twitter and Diigo and AIM, oh my!A month into the new semester. In my comp II classes, I introduced the use of Twitter and Diigo. I started with Twitter in the very first week, as a very simple assignment. Sign up, log in, and tweet to me, "@danholt, [student name] in WRIT 132 is all set to use Twitter." Here's a link to the assignment. Among the 50+ students I had, only one had been using Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-1761356090923854872008-12-12T17:17:00.013-05:002008-12-16T20:08:31.245-05:00So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!This will be my last posting for my sabbatical, though not my last posting. One of the values, I see, in sabbaticals is the opportunity to start activities that can then be incorporated into one's professional life. So my goal is to continue this blog next semester.But before that happens, I thought it would be good to do some summary and reflection on Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-71306244929565195222008-12-09T17:41:00.014-05:002008-12-10T16:07:39.105-05:00Netscape 1995My sabbatical basically ends this week. I plan to do two more blog entries, this one and then a wrap up at the end of the week (or Monday).One of the primary benefits that I've found with exploring Second Life is that of professional development, both in the sense of online conferences as well as more informal though periodic discussion groups.For example, this last couple weeks, Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-16321851684954424222008-12-05T12:27:00.009-05:002008-12-05T17:46:33.549-05:00Web 2.0 assignmentsI've been working on possible assignments to use next semester with Web 2.0 applications, focusing so far on Composition II, using Twitter, Diigo and Pageflakes.The first two are part of what I hope to have students do in the spring on their first essay. Twitter will be used as a research/writing log, where students will be asked to jot down "What are you doing?" concerning Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-49908014224139890242008-11-25T15:38:00.011-05:002008-12-16T15:46:07.663-05:00CC in SLThe third event I mentioned in the last post was a meeting of the Community Colleges in Second Life group. I had attempted to attend a meeting with them several times, but kept missing the meeting, either because the SLED calendar was wrong, or I misunderstood the time of the meeting. Finally, last Wednesday I met with several community college instructors, the discussion led by PipsqueakDan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-76970343878011060362008-11-20T12:57:00.011-05:002008-12-16T15:42:12.714-05:00Second Life Is Real LifeThis week, I've been working on a couple assignment ideas, one with Twitter and one with social bookmarking. A Twitter assignment for WRIT 122 students, using the microblog as a research/writing log is close to ready, and another on using delicious or Diigo is in planning stages.I did hit a snag with using the social bookmarking. It works great for Web resources. However, Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-40347617564010932792008-11-14T14:48:00.018-05:002008-12-16T14:02:38.239-05:00Notes from a conferenceEarlier this week, I attended the East Carolina University conference, "Virtual Worlds in Education," which took place in SL. What follows are some notes I took while participating, notes in various states of development and commentary, along with a few snapshots.11/10--first session on Digital Cinema, waiting for it to start 16 minutes in. Finally someone shows up and Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-71425459664022456992008-11-06T16:30:00.006-05:002008-11-06T17:49:50.164-05:00Back up plans in the metaverseAnother simulcast meeting, this time through UCLA--part of the Mellon seminar inDigital Humanities series. The focus was on scientific visualization and the humanities, a project to bring both together, using science-oriented grants with humanities content. The focus was on a 3D iteration of the Roman Colleseum. However, I didn't get much out of it because of a Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-32443265717037510742008-10-31T12:45:00.007-04:002008-12-16T13:48:44.785-05:00PD kerplunks in SLThe last few days I've been concentrating on participating in educational events taking place in Second Life. For example, the Educause conference that took place this week in Orlando, Florida had a couple sessions that were simulcast in SL:With the first session, which was on assessing the efficacy of SL for educational purposes, there were some serious voice problems where Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-88696515484978554092008-10-27T14:24:00.008-04:002008-12-16T13:36:21.836-05:00"like the early days of online learning..."Last Thursday, I attended a gathering of educators hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) in SL.As you can see, there were about a dozen teachers from around the world discussing education in SL. In particular the focus was on SUNY Live, a consortium of New York colleges and universities that participated in a six month Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-27938198179957000382008-10-20T16:50:00.002-04:002008-10-20T17:07:48.061-04:00Map of the MetaverseA delightful map posted in 2007 by xkcd:Obviously, even now the size of these countries/islands are shifting and expanding. Especially the Bay of Angst!!!!Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-8458680762937631442008-10-20T12:35:00.011-04:002008-12-16T13:30:51.320-05:00Deja vu in SLI've been exploring educational sites in SL the last few days, including several community colleges and libraries. I've also visited the Sistine Chapel, a Renaissance village, a timeline of earth, an Edgar Allen Poe exhibit, and the broadcast of Science Friday.The colleges are at various levels of development, from just starting, to quite fully realized campuses, such as Winding Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-58524140660594513692008-10-14T13:23:00.007-04:002008-10-14T16:20:43.381-04:00Entry point in Second LifeAdding 2 gig of RAM made a big difference in roaming around SL. I am now able to move around, watch buildings rez (appear) in reasonable fashions, listen to live music at the Blarney Stone pub in Dublin,explore some education sites, such as Angel Learning Island and Terra Incognita, without any interruptions, get roasted slowly on a rotisserie at the West of Ireland Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-82117475028458765472008-10-09T12:15:00.013-04:002008-10-09T14:21:46.441-04:00Walkabout in Second LifeThe last few days I've been doing a bit more research about Second Life, especially in comparison to Google's newly released Lively. I'll return to the comparison in a future blog posting. However, this time through, I'd like to describe my initial experiences with Second Life (SL).Actually not my initial experiences. I tried Second Life a year and a half ago but didn't Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-53014419817228837622008-10-03T15:34:00.003-04:002008-10-03T16:24:55.256-04:00Myspace and FacebookI've been playing with the two titans of social networking sites the last couple of days. I've avoided both for several years basically because they've seen remarkably adept at slurping down rivers of time, at least that's what seemed to be the case when watching my children using the services.And I was right. I've just scratched the surface of building profiles, adding Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-85529947486391312742008-09-30T15:36:00.003-04:002008-10-01T15:31:02.508-04:00Aggregators and MashupsAs my overarching schedule suggests, October will be focused on playing with Second Life and other Web 2.0 applications. Of course, I've actually been playing with apps all along, such as this blog, social bookmark apps delicious and diigo, microblogging with Twitter, and just yesterday, starting up Facebook.So, I'll also be mixing this month of exploration with more Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-27234956951408879182008-09-25T13:17:00.007-04:002008-12-16T12:58:11.288-05:00Second Life and TwitterI've been researching the two ends of the social networking spectrum this week. On one end is the one-note wonder of Twitter, a form of microblogging that does one thing--allows users to broadcast their response to one single question, "What are you doing?" And in 140 characters or less.On the other end is Second Life, the 3D immersive world where users can explore an Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-26815109353662447172008-09-19T12:58:00.003-04:002008-09-19T15:27:43.860-04:00Creepy Treehouse IIILast post on creepy treehouses. I think that course management software falls into creepy treehousedom when it does two things:1. keeps users from accessing applications from outside of its walls.2. offers services that are so obviously more effective elsewhere.I'll use some examples from my experience with three CMS's we've used at LCC.ChatIn AltaVista Forum, one could chat Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-80648586218187078912008-09-18T17:41:00.003-04:002008-09-18T17:46:26.337-04:00Social Networking videoVery funny video I found on Vodpod. Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-57484045978111168472008-09-18T16:01:00.006-04:002008-09-19T13:31:53.998-04:00Creepy Treehouse IIHere's another criticism on creepy treehouses.Are Institutional Portals and VLEs Really “Creepy Treehouses”? @ UK Web FocusI particularly found the following quotation from a commenter (Phil Wilson) insightful concerning what makes treehouses creepy:"The creepy treehouse (which has been around for years and years, and started with video games I think) is, classically, about an Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-51690074769970262842008-09-17T14:50:00.010-04:002008-12-16T12:49:45.962-05:00Creepy Treehouse vs. Functional MallI've been exploring web 2.0 in a scattershot manner this week (I warned you!), reading about Facebook, exploring ning, comparing delicious with diigo and playing with goodreads.com. But I do keep coming back to the issue of social networking. I at some level understand the use of social network sites, such as Myspace.com and Facebook as a pastime, or a way to Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-22051301361723301102008-09-11T12:41:00.004-04:002008-09-11T13:52:56.152-04:00Web 2.0 categoriesI've found several attempts to categorize web 2.0 applications. Some are interesting but unmanageable, such as 50+ categories found at Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. Others seem to leave out quite a bit, such as that found at ReadWebWrite:Blogging (briefly includes wikis)PodcastingMedia sharingSocial networksAnd some seem to include services that seem web 1.0ishDan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-66001132707154708772008-09-09T10:35:00.009-04:002008-09-09T12:01:09.871-04:00Social LearningTwelve years ago, when I was first approached to develop a FY Comp class for online delivery, I agreed on one condition: that it could be as interactive--between students and between instructor and students--as a f2f class. I was assured that such would be the case, and generally administration and techs have been cooperative, though our campus has been rather cool and even hostileDan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-214106756661242642008-09-05T12:05:00.007-04:002008-09-08T15:29:13.501-04:00Web 2.0 in EducationThe differentiations between web 1.0 and 2.0 have been primarily focused on business--how to capitalize on the evolution of the web, taking advantage of social networks and prosumers (a conflation of producer/consumers, or active consumers who participate in production--See Toffler's Third Wave page 5 or the ubiquitous Wikipedia discussion on the term).However, web 2.0 has Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-82719509090913086002008-09-04T11:49:00.004-04:002008-09-04T11:55:30.837-04:00Chrome comic bookHere's a comic/graphic novel description of the development of Chrome: http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/. The beginning description between how browsers were used ten years ago (static web pages) and today (dynamic interaction, audio, video), though simplistic, highlight the shift described as Web 2.0.So in other words, the idea behind designing Chrome is to start from Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-67184410654318001502008-09-03T10:03:00.002-04:002008-09-03T10:08:55.483-04:00ChromeQuick note on my initial tooling around Google's new browser, Chrome.First off, very fast. Opens about three times faster than Firefox 3, which is quite a bit faster than 2. Granted, I have a good number of plug-ins with Firefox that slows it down, but still. And it's quite quick in opening pages.Love the movable tabs. You can click on drag a tab to a different position, or to its own Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-39991847187317540492008-08-28T14:38:00.009-04:002008-09-09T12:17:52.971-04:00Definitions and criticismSo Web 2.0, what is it? In one sentence, Web 2.0 is the fruition of interactivity and production online, where the focus or the foundation of online work and play is social production, rather than individual information gathering. As I mentioned in my rationale, it's a term coined by Tim O'Reilly to describe a shift he was seeing in Internet usage, one that he as an Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-55441653399620619152008-08-26T15:52:00.001-04:002008-08-28T15:42:28.575-04:00Schedule of activitiesHere is the proposed schedule of activities I proposed in my sabbatical application.Month 1: research Web 2.0 for educational purposes, sifting through the hype and the reality of the communities and applications currently being used. Month 2: begin to explore Second Life, especially Angel Learning Island and other virtual campuses. Also, choose a few web 2.0 applications, Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-35020061919861554342008-08-21T11:18:00.001-04:002008-08-28T15:41:27.404-04:00Sabbatical statement of purposeHere is my statement of purpose that I used to explain/justify my sabbatical for the sabbatical committee (with a couple alterations):In 1996, I went to the League of Innovations in Atlanta, Georgia. In visiting the vendors, I kept hearing the same thing over and over: “Well, six months ago we were working on this CD, but today, we’re redesigning to place it online.Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-40395800155774540272008-04-25T17:55:00.001-04:002008-04-25T17:55:49.557-04:00It's time to ramp up my blog for use during my sabbatical this fall....Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-1175182898164127332007-03-29T12:41:00.000-04:002007-03-29T12:41:38.173-04:00Can't believe it's been three years since I've played with this blog.Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-1074493613906987992004-01-19T01:26:00.000-05:002004-01-19T01:28:18.483-05:00Google NewsDan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-1068762149976982072003-11-13T17:22:00.000-05:002003-11-13T17:22:48.996-05:00Not much to say--lost my hard drive several weeks ago, so trying to recover what I've lost, including the settings for this blog!Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593817.post-1058591111741439582003-07-19T01:05:00.000-04:002003-07-19T01:05:11.770-04:00Just trying out blogs for the first time. Just saw Monsoon Wedding and loved it. I'm now checking out imdb.com and ifc.com to find out more about Mira Nair's work.Dan Holthttps://profiles.google.com/101983771324306103767noreply@blogger.com0