Dean Groom is currently streaming the SICTAS Symposium in Sydney via Ustream.TV (or at least he was – the feed seems to have gone down) via http://www.ustream.tv/channel/edtechshedtech
This is a very interesting use case of how a collection of different technologies can be combined to present a fairly cohesive view of a live event. We are (or at least were) able to watch the even live via Ustream, read up on the background and planning via the wiki, hold discussions via Twitter with both local participants (such as Dean) as …

I’ve had an idea floating around in my head that I wanted to document – in a very raw way – regarding a presentation framework that encourages participatory engagement. This has been used extensively elsewhere already, and should be investigated further (by me).  This post is just to get my initial ideas down on paper.
The framework would incorporate participatory elements including exposure to network dynamics, backchannel communication and the notion of the presenter as just one node in the discussion.  Use of new media technologies would be encouraged to facilitate …

I ran across an interesting conversation on Facebook earlier today that’s lead me to reflect on the current debate about laptops and portable devices in the classroom, their effectiveness, and criticism by some of how much of a “distraction” they are to learning.

“Dude this guy is painful!”
Someone I follow on Facebook posted a pair of extremely insightful statements in which she confessed to being:
“…totally on facebook during class right now. hey, anything to stay awake and survive this pharm lecture.”
Shortly thereafter she received several comments of affirmation and agreement from …

Thanks to a tip on Twitter I’ve just discovered a new wiki plugin for WordPress that I’m in the process of testing.  WordPress Wiki enables nominated individuals to collaborate on pages or posts in a manner that closely resembles the common convention found on wikis everywhere.
When installed, a new option becomes available at the bottom of both the post and page creation forms.  Ticking this option turns the content from a standard WordPress post or page into one that is editable by the group.  You are also able to activate …

I’m opting to make this a 10-minute post only because time constraints are pretty substantial today, and yet the topic is important to broach.  Hopefully I’ll manage to come back to it later.
Via George Siemens, I’ve just run across a post by ReadWriteWeb (Lardinois, 2008) concerning a decision by RNA Biology to tie article publications into Wikipedia.  RWW indicates:
“RNA Biology has decided to ask every author who submits an article to a newly created section of the journal about families of RNA molecules to also submit a Wikipedia page that …