I was just thinking

Kent Brooks's Blog – March 2010 Archive (6)

Tweets with Purpose

I was just thinking of the people I follow on twitter and that not many post with purpose. I have seen many great applications of Twitter, such as when we had our Jan 28, 2010 ice storm which left us without power for 11 days (others were out longer) Twitter was one of the best sources of information available (if you had a cell phone with a data plan)

My Front Yard after the January 2010 Ice storm

I personally use it to filter… Continue

Added by Kent Brooks on March 21, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Extreme Note Taking, Virtual Teams and Collaboration??

Extreme Note Taking?

I was just thinking. Collaboration, Communication and Sharing are difficult under the best of circumstances. A great frustration of mine as conferences and workshops has always been getting all of the ideas and notes put together with enough detail that the information is useful. Myself and one of my staff members, Steve, tried a new approach to note taking and sharing at the Heartland eLearning. We set up a single mindmap… Continue

Added by Kent Brooks on March 11, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Textbook Evolution Notes from Tulsa OK March 5, 2010

I was just thinking. Mostly I have my favorite or most thought provoking quotes from the Textbook Evolution conference. Technology Proceedings are now online by the way. We took 2 faculty, myself, our accountant, Vice president for Business affairs to this conference which was hosted by Tulsa Community College and sponsored by the Oklahoma regents for Higher Education.… Continue

Added by Kent Brooks on March 10, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

2004 Redo Thoughts from the Wiche Conference 2004 The beginnings of Moodle at WOSC

I was just thinking while I was cleaning out my mailbox and ran across this info. What as difference 6 years makes. However it was this meeting that really propelled us to our search for Moodle which has been as close to a culture changer for an institution as I have seen.

WICHE conference notes 2004:

In summary this was the best conference I have been to in a long while. Very

much worth it and full of info we can use and apply. I would be happy to speak

with you… Continue

Added by Kent Brooks on March 9, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Heartland Elearning Conference 2010 Unplugging from the Commerical Software Grid Presentation Materials

I was just thinking is there such a thing as Extreme Note Taking?

Myself and one of my staff members, Steve, tried a new approach to note taking and sharing at the Heartland eLearning. We set up a single mindmap in MindMeister and then both added ideas and key points throughout the sessions we attended.

Kent and Steve's Heartland eLearning Collaborative Note Taking… Continue

Added by Kent Brooks on March 9, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Open Software Movement And The Software for Starving Students Project At Western Oklahoma State College

I was just thinking. Rising educational costs are in the news nearly every day and we encounter more students and families who are having and ever increasingly difficult time making ends meet. This project, born of the free software movement is for students who are unable to buy software because they do not have financial resources.…

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Added by Kent Brooks on March 9, 2010 at 1:30am — 3 Comments

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