Dave Cormier

EdTechWeekly #193

Mon, 2011-05-02 09:40 — JenM

52:27 minutes (24.02 MB)

EdTechWeekly #193

May 1, 2011

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John

This week's topics of discussion:

Big tech bumpy ride: http://gigaom.com/2011/04/30/hey-apple-sony-and-amazon-crisis-response-i...

Phone tracking ... big deal or no biggie?

Amazon's wild ride:

Gearing up for the cloud: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/us-amazon-earnings-idUSTRE73P6...
Why the cloud rained on Amazon's parade: http://aws.amazon.com/message/65648/
In related Amazon news: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/21/kindle-borrow-ebooks-librari...

What's this about Sony Playstation data?

No evidence anything was stolen: http://mashable.com/2011/05/01/sony-kaz-hirai/
And the lawsuits have already started: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20057921-260.html

Yahoo sells Delicious to Avos

What's this? http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/yahoo-sells-delicious-to-youtube-founde...
What do I need to do? http://www.delicious.com/help/transition
Implications for the future of the service?

The changing publishing industry:

What happens when people stop believing the marketing hype? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870383800457627481396360978...
"When I saw that highly successful authors were charging $9.99 for an e-book, I thought that if I can make a profit at 99 cents, I no longer have to prove I'm as good as them," says Mr. Locke. "Rather, they have to prove they are ten times better than me."

Would you pay $10-20 a month for a laptop subscription? http://mashable.com/2011/04/22/chrome-laptop-subscription/
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EdTechWeekly #192

Sun, 2011-04-24 00:00 — JenM

52:10 minutes (23.88 MB)

EdTechWeekly #192

April 17, 2011

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John

This week's topics of discussion:

A moment of silence for the passing of Flock -> http://www.flock.com/faq.html ... and Flip -> http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Cisco-Restructures-Consumer-Busi... ... and Google Video -> http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/990586-google-video-hosted-content-to-...
A moment of reflection for this ...

http://www.donorschoose.org/hacking-education ...
including related links: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hacking_education_with_the_donorsch... ... and ... http://www.donorschoose.org/blog/2011/04/12/hacking-education-a-contest-...

... and ... getting all feminist on you on my first week back ... only one gal-pal on this list? http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1820 Are we chicks poor at creating or voicing profound thoughts / messages?
Links to things about which we'll probably not have anything to say:

Ebook sales surpass paper book sales: http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/15/e-book-sales-triple-in-february/?utm_s...
Yale Rolls out 10 New Free Online Courses: http://www.openculture.com/2011/04/yale_rolls_out_10_new_open_courses.html 20 Best Websites to
Download Free E-Books: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/
60 Minutes says Greg Mortenson is a liar: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/15/60minutes/main20054397.shtml

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EdTechWeekly #191

Mon, 2011-04-11 09:10 — jschinker

47:31 minutes (43.5 MB)

EdTechWeekly #191

April 10, 2011

EdTechWeekly #190

Mon, 2011-04-04 08:53 — jschinker

44:10 minutes (40.44 MB)

EdTechWeekly #190

April 3, 2011

Hosts: Dave Cormier and John Schinker

John and Dave started with a discussion of a recent research report that shows that professors who tweet about personal stuff in addition to their course content are seen as more credible by their students. From there, the discussion meandered around social networking and online identity.

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