Monthly Archives: October 2009
1 Billion Views per Day
1 billion views per day. Yes, per day, not per week or month. That should make YouTube the biggest broadcaster on this planet, right? They even changed the logo to make sure, we notice it I don’t have exact data … Continue reading
WiZiQ introduces Vanity URLs for Premium Members
If you don’t know yet what a vanity URL is: http://www.facebook.com/kirstenwinkler is one as well as http://www.twitter.com/kirstenwinkler Vanity URLs allow you to chose your own name as link to your profile and are a very important factor in Social Media. … Continue reading
#Edchat 10-06 Engaging and Preparing Students through Technology
There are again two topics for tonight’s #Edchat which are very close on the votes but also very close from the topic itself. If lessons aren’t engaging students, shouldn’t we address that, as opposed to blaming the Internet or Technology … Continue reading
First Look At… – Edoboard.com
Another virtual classroom enters the ring. Edoboard.com‘s tagline is “The tutor’s Online Toolbox”. “Oh, great. Another virtual classroom. Who needs another one?”, I hear you say. Well, the answer is simple: maths and science teachers. And I think they will … Continue reading
Which Language should one learn?
This is a very popular question I get from people who know that I am a language teacher. Today I took a final decision for myself and I would also like to share my priority list of languages for the … Continue reading
Twitter is Dead, here comes Squeaker
Just wanted to say that I will move to Squeaker now. Reading all those 140 chars Tweets cuts too much off my working day. I simply cannot stay on top of all that. Squeaker finally offers the nanoblogging: 14 chars … Continue reading
Second Life – The Revelation
First of all: thank you to all participants who took part in the lively discussion about my last post. This brought up another point of Second Life I haven’t had on my list before. However before I start to give … Continue reading