R:ED August 22nd to August 28th

  1. College Curriculum Requires Undergrads to Play Video Game “Portal”
  2. Seth Godin Gives Up on Traditional Book Publishing
  3. Skype Etiquette
  4. Why Social Media Projects Fail – A European Perspective
  5. Facebook Trademark Lawsuit Aims to Limit Use of “Book” by Others
  6. Hey Facebook, Here Are Some Other Companies You Can Bully Or Sue
  7. Guess Who Is Trying To Trademark The Word “Face”? (And Guess Who Is Trying To Stop It?)
  8. Kanji Amnesia And Why It’s Okay To Forget Kanji
  9. Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

The Edublog Awards 2009 – My Nominees

The Edublog Awards are in their sixth year already. And 2009 is my first time to set up a nomination list. Exciting!

And my nominees for the 2009 Edublog Awards are:

Best individual blog: Mixergy.com
Best individual tweeter: Seth Godin
Best new blog: JonBischke.com
Best resource sharing blog: Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day
Most influential blog post: A Manifesto for EduChange
Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion: #Edchat
Best teacher blog: LearnOverIP.com
Best educational use of video / visual: eduFire Videos
Best educational use of a social networking service: Classroom 2.0
Best educational use of a virtual world: LanguageLab.com

I would like to thank everyone on my nominee’s list for inspiring me through the year.