Using Apture to add contextual content blog posts

Skimming through my RSS reads today I stumbled on Mashable’s post about Apture. No doubt you’re wondering what the new link types are here in the text. They’re Apture links.
Here’s what it does…once you’ve created an Apture account, added the plug-in to your site, and activated it, Apture lets you quickly link to multiple forms [...]

Blog Indiana Conference Coming Soon!

Local bloggers from across Indiana will gather at the IUPUI Campus Center on August 16-17th, 2008, for Blog Indiana 2008, a 2-day blogging and social media conference that aims to promote education, innovation and collaboration among Indiana’s fast-growing blogging community. The conference is sponsored by the IU School of Informatics.
Yours truly will be giving a [...]

Sick and Tired of Ill-informed Tech “Journalists”

I know I’m an early adopter and that I tend to try out new web apps that other people don’t quite see as useful so I admit that I have a certain amount of bias. Regardless, I have to rant a bit about the so called “tech journalists” who begin half their columns by admitting [...]

Institutional Education vs Social Media Learning: What’s the future of learning?

Lately I’ve been giving talks about the potential conflict between formal, institutionalized learning and the kind of informal, self-driven learning that social media supports. At the Sloan-C conference, and more recently at EduComm, I tried to get folks thinking about the difference between the way we learn in school and the way we learn on [...]

Dinner in Sao Paulo

Dinner in Sao Paulo, originally uploaded by intellagirl.

When the food came is was awesome. Slices of steak, chicken, incredible sausage, and lots of veggies with couscous and bread. Yum! We took a chance and it turned out well.

We ordered what?!

We ordered what?!, originally uploaded by intellagirl.

It’s very humbling to be in a country where you don’t speak the language. Mark and I headed out to a restaraunt last night and basically said “We’ll have what they’re having” pointing to a nearby table. We weren’t really sure what we were going to get.

Brazil - Trip to the Art Museum

If you’re ever in Sao Paulo DO NOT miss the art museum! It’s truly amazing. It’s the only building I’ve ever seen that doesn’t have a ground floor. The main exhibit area is on the second floor and below ground is a beautiful space with a few pieces of modern art and a cafe where [...]