Projects…(Cartoon Image) via Anders Jacobsen < Love this!
Amplify Needs You!
I noticed this evening that there were no Amplify mentions on Jane Hart’s 2010, ’100 Tools for Learning’ list; thought it a bit strange…
Amplify needs you!
Add your top ten tools to the list via the link, and if you think that Amplify is a great tool for learning then include it in your line-up.
Closing date – October 2010. This is an ideal opportunity for people to let others know about Amplify. I added my list below earlier – we need action Ampsters.
Help build the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010
Since 2007 I have been building an annual Top 100 Tools for Learning
list based on the contributions of learning professionals
worldwide. If you are a
learning professional (e.g. teacher, academic, trainer,
consultant, developer, practitioner, analyst, etc) and
active in the field of e-learning, please share your Top 10
Tools for Learning to
help build the
Top 100 Tools for Learning
2010.
Paul Simbeck-Hampson
Amazed nobody has mentioned Amplify! On the other-hand that’s pretty exciting…
…ahem, Try Amplify.com, So to the top 10…
1, Google Suite
2. Amplify
3. Twitter
4. Facebook
5. Skype
6. Screen-o-matic
7. Apture
8. Ping.fm
9. Second Life
10. Ipadio
Internet: Great Expectations …going beyond children’s self-generated enthusiansm #education #socialmedia
I thought this extract should have it’s own post.
A clipping added to a comment in a conversation sparked from this post, started by Eric Goldstein, entitled, ‘A quick thought on all the “addicted to social media” talk…’ – http://bit.ly/cu5eLF
What is Social Media? by @lavrusik, Mashable – (HT @nancyrubin)
I like no.14…
“Social Media is the instantaneous aggregation and creation of content by the people, of the people, for the people, on the social web.” – Eric Pena
Click through to read a short statement about each item listed.
“What is Social Media?”
1. Collaboration:
2. Network:
3. Conversation:
4. Sharing:
5. Relationships:
6. Multi-dimensional:
7. Inclusive:
8. Information:
9. Community:
10. Personalization:
11. Empowering:
12. A Radical Shift in Communication:
13. Real-time:
14. People:
15. Content Distribution:
16. Self-expression:
17. Unity:
18. Dynamic:
19. Discovery:
20. Power of the Crowd:Read more at mashable.com
A Brief History of the Power of Pull (HT @jclarey)
Leading on from my earlier post today about serendipity (http://bit.ly/cDbeln) – I was guided to this post by Janet Clarey. I’m pretty sure that all of this is a real-time example of serendipity in motion. An earlier comment from Eric about his belief that serendipitous collaboration was at the heart of Amplify’s development confirms that social computing and the creation of communities of practice is indeed the most effective way for creativity and innovation to flourish in the 21st century.
A Brief History of the Power of Pull
a foundational insight: that digital technology was setting in motion a shift in market power from the makers of goods and services to the people that buy them, and to talented employees from the institutions that employ them
Pull allows each of us to find and access people and resources when we need them, while attracting to us the people and resources that are relevant and valuable, even if we were not even aware before that they existed. Finally, in a world of mounting pressure and unforeseen opportunities, pull gives us the ability to draw from within ourselves the insight and performance required to more effectively achieve our potential.
The power of pull puts each of us, individually and together, in a position to collaborate in a complete re-imagination of our biggest private-and public-sector institutions, one that may eventually remake society as a whole.
the only sustainable edge in the future will come from accelerated capability building — creating the conditions to enable people to learn faster by working together.
So how to structure these learning environments?
communities of practice to drive learning and performance improvement.
deep personal relationships were a key to driving capability building. In addition to those essential relationships, it’s key that members of this community represent diverse backgrounds–critical for the creative tension that often arises from confronting different points of view. We’ve found through our years of research and writing that this mix greatly increases the potential for innovation.Read more at blogs.hbr.org
Why is Generation Y Different? #teachers #edtech #lrnchat #education #edchat #elearning #parents #addiction
This morning I watched a video clipped by @amishare (great find!). The lecture by Philip Zimbardo, a longtime Stanford psychology professor, was animated by RSA (great job) – I re-clipped the YouTube video around 5:20 to emphasise what I’ve been discussing of late. The entire video 10:08 is more than worth watching, but if ‘time’ doesn’t permit, try to watch the clipped version I’ve made below. I was not able to include the video here, so you will need to click the image or the link below it.
This five minutes of narration and imagery is nailing the whole premise of schools, education, learning, knowledge, kids today and why they are fundamentally different and why we need to understand this.
This is a must watch for teachers, trainers, educators, psychologists, parents and anyone who is trying to motivate Generation Y to learn. (Please RT this, thanks…)
http://www.safeshare.tv/v/A3oIiH7BLmg?b=05:20&e=10:00
Sad but true… (HT @chrisbrogan)
I repost this with tongue in cheek… but perhaps there is some deeper truth to this simple imagery – certainly some food for thought.
And the goal of a lifetime is…
I’ve been working on my website today, preparing a new service, ‘Software Tours’. The front page has also been changed to reflect a key message… If you get a chance, let me know what you think, your opinions, good, bad or indifferent would be greatly appreciated.
“And the goal of a lifetime is continued growth, not adulthood. Recapture—or prevent the loss of—such child-like traits as the ability to learn, to love, to laugh about small things, to leap, to wonder, and to explore. It’s time to rescue ourselves from our grown-up ways before it’s too late.” ~ Rene DubosRead more at sites.google.com
Are You Ready for the 21st Century? (Video) HT @CharlesJennings
An excellent video and accompanying article helps to give insight into where we’ve been and where we’re heading.
Charles Jennings
The Web and its uses have been evolving rapidly during the past decade. The widespread use of social media is now common, and is associated with the use of collaboration platforms, social networking applications and web services, personal publishing and search tools, blogs, wikis, video clips, podcasts and other forms of interlinked interactivity. This is is having deep and widespread impact in key areas such as business, education, politics, news and entertainment.
In an increasingly interconnected world, a new organizing principle is emerging …
“Wirearchy is a dynamic two-way flow of power and authority based on:
- knowledge,
- trust,
- credibility,
- a focus on results
enabled by interconnected people and technology“
Ning Update: Introducing Ning Pro, Ning Plus and Ning Mini – Creators
Just got an email from Ning Creators… time to see what their new deals are.
Google Reader for Mobile – Missing Share with Note #google #reader #rss
As Amplify are gearing up to launch their mobile version I thought it appropriate to tidy up my applications in preparation. While setting up the new Opera 5 beta browser I was once again reminded of a niggling issue with Google Reader for mobile.
The MOST important missing feature is Share with Note. The ability to add your take is very important Google (should anyone from Google read this 
Just posting and reposting posts to the net adds no real value, actually it’s hurting the net. People with similar interests are highly likely to stumble across a shared article anyway, especially as we’re all using similar networks ie,
I’m actually guessing it’s not that easy or it would already be there, anyway, fingers crossed that Google can sort this one out. If your have a clever solution to this problem would love to hear it.
Ping.fm Integrates Google Reader Shared Items
Joy!
What’s New
Read It, Feed It
Thursday, April 22nd 2010
Hello everyone! We know it’s been a bit since you last heard from the Ping.fm team. So this is to help make up for lost time!
First, we want to let you know that everything with the Seesmic merge is going great! We’re adapting well and working very hard integrating the products. It’s been a tough year so far, but it’s all been so worth it! Thanks again to everyone supporting us through the transition. You guys rock!
Now, let’s get on to the goodies!
We’ve added two new features to the Ping.fm line-up; Feeds and Google Reader. We’ve had these requests sitting on the stove for some time now, and now we’ve whipped up the feature monster and are giving you access!
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The Power of Amplify Connectivity (VIDEO) #amplify #sl #twitter #facebook #blogger #posterous #edtech #lrnchat
First in a series of engaging videos from Simbeck-Hampson Consultancy.
Today’s video shows how Amplify connects your posts to multiple networks with just ONE click. I’ve used Second Life as a backdrop as it adds an important engagement factor, fun
If your company, organisation or non-profit would like to discuss how Amplify, or indeed, other software I’ve connected, can improve communication, collaboration and simplicity then make contact via this link – http://bit.ly/du92IS.
Enjoy Amplify, the Swiss Army knife of conversation & information sharing.
New Blog Post: Does the Amplify team ever sleep?
It seems highly probable that the Amplify team may not sleep, every time I revisit the site something new has appeared!
This evening I noticed that you can now autopost to multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook pages, which will surely excite the community once they get wind of this change.
I’ve been cheering for the introduction of Ping.fm for sometime now, but as it seems Amplify have almost covered all the bases. Ning was one of the platforms I was hoping to reach, but their recent news to remove the free service quite likely means I will decide to move fully across to Amplify.
Two other services I would like to have as an Autopost option for are Buzz and LinkedIn. Currently I get around this by adding #in to the title of posts I want to appear on LinkedIn and manually click the buzz posting option once the post is published; I did notice on HelloTxt yesterday that they have an official Buzz option, so it must be now possible without having to wire it via Google Talk status (as is the case with Ping.fm).
My final joy of all joys would be to see Apture available on Amplify; Eric has already commented on this and if it’s possible it could happen in the not-so-distant future; in the meantime I guess I will have to manually add links like in the old’en days.
Finally, I’ve been playing around with Google Reader this evening and managed to get posts sent into Amplify via custom “send to”, it’s pretty basic linking and in reality it’s actually easier to use the Amplify clipping option – but I can see future potential for this relationship, especially with mobile.
Gone Ning (Update) > Ning Now Gone
Dec 2009 > I’m taken by Ning. It’s simple, its open source and I think it has huge potential. I’m still developing but welcome your comments…
April 2010 > Update: Funny how 4 months can change one’s opinion. I still like Ning and for certain clients it may be useful, but I’m disappointed with the removal of the free service, so, for own needs, I’ve moved to Amplify.
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