Author Archives: Michelle Lamberson

Muddling about in the PLE space

In the ever-expanding search for ways to visualize the “new” PLE environment, I ran across Scott Wilson’s latest visual (posted back in Nov 2007). I have to noodle on this a lot more, but it sure points out the “murky … Continue reading

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Far too long….

Its been far to long since I visited my own weblog and got comfortable again here… Time to (re)start! Michelle

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Creative Commons +

Will Kraft, “Creative Commons Introduces CC+ License,” Campus Technology, 1/3/2008, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=57103 Will Kraft reports on the ins and outs of a modified Creative Commons licensing option that enables copyright owners to release their work for free for non-commercial, but charge … Continue reading

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50 2.0 Ways — Nice!

Emerging from a long, couple of seasons sleep… I was looking over my RSS feeds and noticed Alan Levine’s “50 Web 2.0 Ways to tell a Story”. That Alan! Always doing amazing stuff! He describes the inspiration & history behind … Continue reading

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PollMappr – Intriguing tool

I saw a reference to “PollMappr*” on the Google Earth Blog (who saw it on the Free Geography Tools blog). What an intriguing little piece of software! The software allows you to set up a poll then track where the … Continue reading

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Geo Lesson Tip?

As I perused my bloglines this morning, as usual, I look at the earthquakes feed first (the USGS makes a variety of feeds available at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/catalogs/. As usual, there are names of places I have never seen before. I never … Continue reading

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Why use a VPN

One of the points we covered in the podcast interview with Sally Taylor was the importance of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection. I’m not sure, but I suspect that the importance of this type of connection is not well … Continue reading

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Podcast Interview with Librarian

I have likely mentioned before that I teach an online course each year – EOSC 311 – The Earth and its Resources. The course is designed for students who are not majoring in science. I focus on geological processes that … Continue reading

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Online Conference: Assessment in the Digital Age

I received this via Jeremy William’s weblog notification… I’m not sure who I might tell of this interesting conference that is coming up… so that type of event seem to be a good candidate for a targeted e-mail (done) and … Continue reading

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BC 2007 Innovation Awards in Educational Technology

Thought I would pass this along… a good opportunity to have good work recognized! CALL FOR NOMINATIONS BC 2007 INNOVATION AWARDS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY The 2007 Innovation Awards in Educational Technology honour and recognize BC public post-secondary individuals who test, … Continue reading

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