Archive for December 2007
Google Search Tips on YouTube
Posted by: gimster on: December 30, 2007
Thinking of playing these videos in class for both GP and Project Work.
Click here for the complete playlist. Found via Teaching Hacks.com
The video also references penmachine.com which provided the music through a Creative Commons license. Sounds like a good idea for people who want to add music to their videos and [...]
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: December 30, 2007
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
Baron Henry Peter Brougham, British politician, reformer, and lord chancellor, (1778-1868)
Introducing the General Paper Wiki
Posted by: gimster on: December 27, 2007
I was actually ‘cybersquatting’ on Wetpaint, a free wiki hosting service, since August 31. But I have just created the main page for it. You might want to be among the first to leave your erasable mark on the wiki, which can be edited anonymously for now. Go to http://generalpaper.wetpaint.com
So why a wiki and why [...]
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Posted by: gimster on: December 27, 2007
Stephen R. Covey wrote the book in 1989 but I never got round to reading it. Just recently a friend mentioned him and his book and I thought I’d look it up on Wikipedia. Here’s the summary of the seven habits from Wikipedia:
Be Proactive. Here, Covey emphasizes the original sense of the term ‘reactive’ as [...]
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Global Voices Onlines >> Breaking News
- Egypt: German Justice for Marwa El Sherbini
- Egypt: Nidal Hassan - Psychiatrist or Psychotic?
- Japan: A message to Tatsuya Ichihashi
- Sri Lanka: The General Resigns
- Lebanon finally has a government
- Thailand-Cambodia diplomatic row heats up
- India: Barring Foreign Journalists
- Russia: Officer Exposes Police Corruption Using the Web
- Cuba: Details of the Sánchez detention emerge
- Yoaní Sanchez & other Cuban bloggers detained, beaten
