I’ve given up on attempting to explain Twitter, if you’re someone who wants to understand something by reading about it instead of using it, then you’ll probably never understand it.
Using Mind Manager flow charting software to create a diagram detailing how information flows through the social networking and media sites - mapping a PLE.
Disruptive technologies, pedagogical innovation: What's new: Findings from an in-depth study of students use and perception of technology. Computers & Education 2008 50 (2): 511-524.
"The smart thing to be doing online these days is tumblelogging, which is to weblogs what text messages are to email - short, to the point, and direct."
How are blogfolios different from e-Portfolios? They aren't exactly, they're more of a subset of e-Portfolios, or another way of looking at the traditional e-Portfolio.
When you count words rather than edits most of the content in Wikipedia does indeed come from contributors outside the core, but Wikipedia does have a lot in common with traditional publishing organizations.
APML allows users to share their own personal Attention Profile in much the same way that OPML allows the exchange of reading lists between News Readers.
The simplistic view would be to see the long tail in curricular terms: the interactive Web means that, in theory, every learner should be able to learn what they want when they want, without having to worry about the structural constraints that are inhere
Reader's friend list comes from the list of people you can chat with on Google Talk or Gmail chat. To invite friends to see your Reader shared items, simply invite them to chat. To remove them, delete them from your Gmail contacts, or from your Talk list.
A mechanism for publishing comments from people or organizations who were participants in the story in question. The long-term vision is that any participant will be able to send in their comments, and we'll show them next to the articles about the story.