ah I think it's an echofon glitch #mscidel stuff I'm missing via echofon I can see on http://t.co/KGJnLgBb weird!

ah I think it's an echofon glitch #mscidel stuff I'm missing via echofon I can see on http://t.co/KGJnLgBb weird!

@claraoshea Anyone in particular that you know you're missing? I'll see if they show up for me #mscidel

@claraoshea Anyone in particular that you know you're missing? I'll see if they show up for me #mscidel

hm, I'm only seeing some people's tweets on #mscidel. Anyone got their settings on private? Or is it a me-glitch :)

hm, I'm only seeing some people's tweets on #mscidel. Anyone got their settings on private? Or is it a me-glitch :)

@eldilae 'turns back into a smile'. Is :) not just as representative as the .jpeg? My smile f2f is just a visual indicator too :) #mscidel

@eldilae 'turns back into a smile'. Is :) not just as representative as the .jpeg? My smile f2f is just a visual indicator too :) #mscidel

@eldilae I think emotes can be part of a combination of elements that convey tone just like physicality,voice,expression can f2f. #mscidel

@eldilae I think emotes can be part of a combination of elements that convey tone just like physicality,voice,expression can f2f. #mscidel

Links for 2012-10-01 [del.icio.us]

• swissmiss | Train in the Sky
  The story of a dad sending his son’s favorite train car into the stratosphere. What a seriously cool dad.
• Tinybop Inc. | Loves
  This blog is a side project where we’ll be spotlighting children's media that inspires us, showcasing our favorite apps, books, movies, music and websites.

What the SOLO Taxonomy means to me: Chris Harte

Links for 2012-09-27 [del.icio.us]

• BBC News - Missing children messages go on 404 error pages
  The NotFound project has been created by Missing Children Europe, Child Focus, the European Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children and several other European organisations. While there are standard ways of setting up a 404 Not Found page, increasing numbers of websites are customising the error page to redirect web users who go astray or who visit an old page. NotFound wants sites to add a snippet of code to those customised pages so they display data about missing youngsters.
• www.icicte.org/Proceedings2012/Papers/10-3-Moyle.pdf
  Countries differ in their policy responses to the question: “Should children’s access to the Internet be filtered?” Countries such as the UK, U.S. and Australia do filter online content with software on servers, and countries such as Denmark, Sweden and The Netherlands, do not. The differences between these respective countries’ school policies are philosophical and political. This paper discusses intersections between the aims and purposes of schools, the political economy and the use of electronic filters on the Internet, for educational purposes. The paper concludes with a reflection of the implications of these issues for school leaders.

Links for 2012-09-26 [del.icio.us]

• Streamweaver for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store
• Learning and Teaching with iPads: Evernote - digital portfolios in our schools
• Think Outside In » Six examples of brands doing great work on Facebook

Links for 2012-09-25 [del.icio.us]

• High-tech fashion: Burberry goes digital | The Economist
  A huge new store in London’s Regent Street, near the tourist hub of Piccadilly, has a 22-foot-high screen, beaming images of the latest collections, with sound pumped out through 500 speakers. Garments are fitted with interactive screens and RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, which mean that customers can flash clothes in front of interactive screens to see how a handbag detail or raincoat lining is made. More potential buyers are browsing online, then coming into the stores to make their purchase, so it makes sense for the two platforms to have the same stock organised in the same way (an organisational feat that has defeated many retailers). Far from being too high-tech, she argues, the industry has to keep pace with a generation of shoppers who download images of coveted items rather than tearing pictures out of a magazine. “I’ve seen what has happened to brands like Kodak that did not keep up with digital change,” she says. “That’s a lesson in what to avoid.”
• Easy Button Musical Interface
• American Express and Harvey Nichols launch Sync 'n Save deal
  Upscale UK department store chain Harvey Nichols is the latest company to partner with American Express to offer Sync ‘n Save deals at their stores. Customers can currently unlock a £25 statement credit when they check in on foursquare and spend £25. Like all American Express deals, your card must be synced to your foursquare account. Once you’ve checked in, a “Load to Card” button will appear. Tap that, then spend your £25 as you normally would, being sure to charge it to your synced Amex card. Within 3-5 business days, the statement credit will appear on your account. There’s no need to show your phone to anyone at the Harvey Nichols store to unlock the deal, which means there’s no chance you’ll encounter an untrained employee with no idea what you’re talking about.
• BBC News - Young children's ambitions 'hint at emotional strength'
  They found ambitious children from poor homes had fewer behavioural problems than those with lesser dreams. "Their ambitions may reflect their sense of hope for the future," said lead author, Prof Eirini Flouri. "Early aspirations may therefore be a very good indicator of a cluster of characteristics associated with resilience - or the lack of it - such as self-perception of competence or a feeling of hopelessness," said Prof Flouri.
• Wanna Build a Supercomputer? You'll Need Legos and Raspberry Pis... | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
• 1 | Watch: The Most Epic Lego Contraption Of All Time | Co.Design: business + innovation + design
• Design Thinking in Educational Environments | Noodleplay
• SCH hosts 250 educators for Design Thinking Studio | Chestnut Hill Local Philadelphia PA
  More use of design thinking to improve school services and environments: The result was a series of very exciting possibilities. One group of teachers in Lower School for Boys plans to use design thinking with students to create a more relevant social service experience on the Willow Grove Campus for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Another group of teachers in Lower School for Girls plans to use it with first through fourth graders to redesign classrooms to better meet student needs. In Upper School, yet another group of teachers may have students use d.thinking to create an ideal space for poetry writing or to redesign commencement.
• SCH Academy ~eSCHift.UAE, a nine-day program held in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi
  "The program will be held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi over Thanksgiving break to minimize the number of days that students miss school." - design thinking as a separate "bolt-on"?

Links for 2012-09-24 [del.icio.us]

• 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Generate New and Great Ideas | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement
• Terms of Service; Didn't Read
  Grading terms of service for you
• Audioboo / Do we need a national intranet?
• Formula 1 drives low-carbon technology innovations | Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine
  Our business relies on the world’s best engineers, with the skills to constantly innovate technologies that will help us win races. Another by-product of that is a steady overflow of innovation making lighter, more aero dynamic, and fuel efficient vehicles. That intellectual property then filters down to the automotive sector. Turbocharging, fuel injection, variable valve timing and kinetic energy recovery systems have all been developed within F1. McLaren simply cannot afford not to be in F1. If we dropped out, we’d miss out on the uncompromisingly high levels of innovation that the F1 competition provides.
• Doctors use Formula One pit crews as safety model - amednews.com
  Hospitals in at least a dozen countries, including the U.S., are learning how to translate the split-second timing and near-perfect synchronization of Formula One pit crews to the high-risk handoffs of patients from surgery to recovery and intensive care. The racing crews can refuel a car and change all four tires in seven seconds, and no F1 driver has died at the wheel in a Grand Prix race since 1994.
• 20 Examples of Innovative Technology Designs | inspirationfeed.com
• Trend Tablet
• ALPS: Teaching for Understanding: Generative Topics
  Determining what materials to teach in a course can be one of the most challenging tasks a teacher faces. Our students have so much to learn - and so little class time in which to begin to learn it. How do we make decisions about what to include in a course? What material is going to be the most fruitful? In teaching for understanding, the answer is "generative topics".
• Red Rocks Amphitheatre
  Wow. Here's a place I wouldn't mind performing in

Links for 2012-09-21 [del.icio.us]

• How can Formula 1 be useful for healthcare? - Nesta
  Great Ormond Street's head ICU doctor, Allan Goldman, and heart surgeon, Professor Martin Elliott, were watching a Formula One race in the hospital's staff common room having completed a 12-hour emergency transplant operation. As a car pulled into the pit stop, they noted that a 20-member crew changed the car's tyres, filled it with fuel, cleared the air intakes and sent it off in seven seconds in a manner that was coordinated, efficient and disciplined. Assessing old problems with a fresh pair of eyes Recognising the similarities with the handover disciplines visible in the pit of a Formula One racing team, they invited the McLaren and Ferrari racing teams to work with them to examine how their processes could be more structured and effective.
• A Rare Look Inside Pixar Studios - Video - The New York Times
• Cuttlefish Clothing Could Create Cutting-Edge Camouflage | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
  Taking a cue from the skin of the underwater disguise artist, scientists are getting closer to making fabric that can change color at will. Your wardrobe just got a lot more interesting. Oh, and there might actually be important applications, too.

Getting started on Week 3 Readings for #mscidel: area of interest is 'moorings' with a focus on Twitter. Now that's a mooring I know. #mscel

Getting started on Week 3 Readings for #mscidel: area of interest is 'moorings' with a focus on Twitter. Now that's a mooring I know. #mscel

RT @hamacleod: RT @hamacleod: The Crisis in Higher Education http://t.co/a9SradU1 (via @TechReview + @NIglobal) / the MOOC phenomenon. #mscel #mscidel

RT @hamacleod: RT @hamacleod: The Crisis in Higher Education http://t.co/a9SradU1 (via @TechReview + @NIglobal) / the MOOC phenomenon. #mscel #mscidel

Where am I? Dennett argues I am where I act. Like Avatar, http://t.co/87aKB1kT I'm two places at once? #mscidel

Where am I? Dennett argues I am where I act. Like Avatar, http://t.co/87aKB1kT I'm two places at once? #mscidel

RT @hamacleod: RT @hamacleod: RT @openeducation2: e-Learning 3.0: http://t.co/lMXeyezB #mscidel #mscel

RT @hamacleod: RT @hamacleod: RT @openeducation2: e-Learning 3.0: http://t.co/lMXeyezB #mscidel #mscel

RT @hamacleod: RT @hamacleod: Coursera to offer courses in Chinese - University World News: http://t.co/vreu4mMA #mscel #mscidel

RT @hamacleod: RT @hamacleod: Coursera to offer courses in Chinese - University World News: http://t.co/vreu4mMA #mscel #mscidel

Coursera to offer courses in Chinese - University World News: http://t.co/vreu4mMA #mscel #mscidel

Coursera to offer courses in Chinese - University World News: http://t.co/vreu4mMA #mscel #mscidel

Win friends and influence people to boost research productivity http://t.co/nDNGGyoK via @timeshighered #mscel #mscidel

Win friends and influence people to boost research productivity http://t.co/nDNGGyoK via @timeshighered #mscel #mscidel

Welcome to all those members of #mscidel who are new to Twitter.

Welcome to all those members of #mscidel who are new to Twitter.

RT @sgrant14: #mscidel Just got schooled by my 7 year old on the use of Twitter...

RT @sgrant14: #mscidel Just got schooled by my 7 year old on the use of Twitter...

RT @openeducation2: e-Learning 3.0: http://t.co/lMXeyezB #mscidel #mscel

RT @openeducation2: e-Learning 3.0: http://t.co/lMXeyezB #mscidel #mscel

#mscidel Just got schooled by my 7 year old on the use of Twitter...

#mscidel Just got schooled by my 7 year old on the use of Twitter...

#mscidel looking forward to this week : loved last week's topic - new thoughts on "Millenials" : now seeing how the mediums differ.

#mscidel looking forward to this week : loved last week's topic - new thoughts on "Millenials" : now seeing how the mediums differ.

RT @lconnelly09: New TED Book: Mind Amplifier: Can Our Digital Tools Make Us Smarter? Howard Rheingold http://t.co/jwvpkWmp #mscidel

RT @lconnelly09: New TED Book: Mind Amplifier: Can Our Digital Tools Make Us Smarter? Howard Rheingold http://t.co/jwvpkWmp #mscidel