My reflection on online identity, persona, and presence
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social computing
There is one legal me, I have an online presence (that includes teacher, social, cognitive, and maybe more), I have many identities due to all the things I belong to and I can foster a variety of personas based on the situation I find myself in....all of this, hopefully leads to Julia the Brand, where you might recognize/realize my faves, my values, my academic and personal interests, etc.
Just wanted this somewhere...
;)
~julz
Scoble interviews Fab Young Man
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Robert Scoble interviewed an impressive young man named David Brusilovsky. You have to see it to believe it, is all I gotta say:
Who's on 1st...
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fun
We have so much going on with our online programs right now that we have been double-booking ourselves and feeling rather confused. I found this oldie but goodie for a bit of comedy relief...
Saving the Earth
I enjoyed some Live Earth concerts on Saturday. Nunatek, the scientist band in Antarctica was just so cool.
Check out more on being green - http://liveearth.msn.com/green and take the pledge to do your part to save the earth.
I took the pledge and for this week I need to go pick up some of those light bulbs for my house and I plan to bike to work on Friday.
Be Green My Friends!
:)
~julz
p.s. Here's a special performance by my favorite green friend...
Some Star Wars Love
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I'm looking forward to the Episode II with Darth Vader. Thanks to Random Fun Stuff for this fun feature.
:)
~julz
Web 2.0 Adventures
A few cool things have come my way recently.
- Josh Catone at Read/Write Web pulled together a Web 2.0 Backpack which is great list of Web 2.0 resources for students (and teachers).
- I'm enjoying a cool elearning resource called edu2.0.
- And I'm having too much fun creating yet another group space at grou.ps.
- Oh yeah, scroll all the way to the bottom of this blog to play in a Meebo Chat room.
Plantable Packaging
I was reading a magazine called Natural Health and came across a really cool concept that I hope companies and consumers will take seriously - plantable packaging.
Plantable packaging is made of 100 percent recycled post-consumer fiberboard, which begins to decompose within a few days of being placed in wet dirt. Plantable packages are embedded with seeds such as sweet basil, amaranth, and wildflowers that sprout after just a few weeks.
According to the article, we could save 90 million trees a year in the United States if just 10 percent of American companies switched to post-consumer fiberboard not to mention the transformation of landfills that could occur.
Check out Pangea Organics and Cargo Cosmetics for companies that support this concept.
Ning
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social computing
K, I am having way too much fun with Ning. I had no idea it had come so far as a do it yourself social networking tool. Thanks to Classroom 2.o and Steve Hargadon for showing me the light. Anyways, I have started my own private social network for friends and family called JulzWorld. I think I will use this for the Fostering Online Learning Communities course I teach as well. It really is very fun times at Ning...
:)
~julz
RETAzen PD Workshop
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We had about 30 teachers from New Mexico here at NMSU for RETA Professional Development 2007. I enjoyed providing a workshop that was requested called Web 2.0 for Learning 2.0. Of course since my mom is The Chocolate Lady in Old Mesilla, I had chocolate incentives.
One of the more important things to come out of the workshop was the discussion on technology and ethics we had and an activity we did - RETAzen Blog Norms. To see the list of our norms, go to the RETAzens Blog. The list is on the left. I plan to see if there might be a more fun way, like with Flash to display them...
:)
Happy Blogging!
:)
~julz
Thiagi, Moodle, and eLearning
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Thiagi is one of my favorite educators though his focus is more about business training. I received one of his newsletters today and did a bit of exploring of his resources because I had the vague memory that he uses Moodle and I will be a serious Moodle user soon along with some of New Mexico's eteachers. I found it and one of his courses is called The Four-Door Approach to Elearning.
To check it out:
- Go to http://4d-elearning.com/, I like the Wikipedia widget on the entry page :)
- Click on The Four-Door Approach to Elearning
- That’s it, explore and enjoy!
I Love Widgets!
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As you can tell by my blog, I LOVE Widgets! I just added a couple of widgets recommended by Read/Write Web. I'm also working on an explanation and widget resources for my RETAzens at the current RETA Wiki.
Happy Birthday Star Wars!
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Star Wars came out when I was 7 (yes, I'm 37) and my dad was a huge fan. Those were exciting times waiting for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. I was quite saddened when Han Solo was put into deep freeze, repulsed by Jaba the Hut, and of course, loved the Ewoks. So it's all things Star Wars for a while.
CNN story, Thirty years later, 'Star Wars' force still being felt, provides a nice historical perspective and some upcoming events.
TheForce.net has tons of great links to stories about Star Wars turning 30.
I'll be keeping an eye on the Star Wars site to see if anything special goes on there.
The TechRepublic has some fun videos and trivia.
I wonder if there's going to be anything going on in Second Life?
Waste a Few Minutes w/ Guess the Google
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fun
Two cool things to waste a few minutes on:
Guess-the-Google
Montage-a-Google
Have Fun!
Second Life Update
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second life
Recently we started a Second Life initiative here at NMSU, currently referred to as NMSU Aggie Island. So you'll be seeing my SL updates. To see all SL updates that I post, there's a nice feature in new Blogger that allows you to label/tag your posts, so find my "blog topics" and click on "second life".
My SL update for today is a two-part special:
1. My Pepperdine CadreX-Mate Cheryl is a rockin' SL specialist. I had the opportunity to attend her NACOL presentation, Social Networking and Second Life: Uses for E-learning. You'll want to check out ED Tech Island in Second Life, 3D Learn, emilychang.com, nicenet.org, SL Conferenc 2007, and CXKnowledge.com.
I've also added an SL VodPod with some cool SL vids, I'm going to try and add them to this post.
2. Robert Scoble and James Au converse and present us with Second Life 101 videos.
That's it for now.
May your first and second lives by happy ones!
:)
~julz
Mobile devices in Second Life
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second life
Bethany and I were chatting the other day about streaming video and wondering if there are mobile media devices in Second Life. And now I just came across a Cruxy, a cool portable music player widget for Second Life.
NY Children
Danny Goldfield is working on his project NY Children. He plans to photograph a child from every country on earth with the criteria that they must all live in New York. He has photographed 148 with 46 to go. It's quite beautiful and a refreshing look at beauty in the world.
Adding Avatar and Video
We've been playing with some fun tools. My Voki (avatar video) is added on the right, my BubbleGuru should pop, and for this post I am doing a wee demo of Flixn. These tools post easily into my WebCT course as well...
In honor
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This day shall unite us all about this unbelievable painful & shocking event and show some respect and love to those who lost their loved ones.
On April 30th 2007, the Blogosphere will hold a One-Day Blog Silence in honor of the victims at Virginia Tech. More then 30 died at the US college massacre.
All you have to do is spread the word about it and post the graphic on your blog on 30th April 2007. No words and no comments. Just respect, reflect and empathy.
Spread the word about this event:
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