I was conducting a little research on the Battle of Hastings by closely examining the Bayeux Tapestry. It is 270 metres in length and 50 centimetres in height. It is an amazing document and truly one of the great primary sources of history.

Can you imagine my shock when I found a reference to the term diigo! I captured the scene and I reproduce it below for your enlightenment.

The image was created with Historical Tale Construction Kit. Via Instructify. Neat, eh? I shall blog a little more on this online app in the future.

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Now playing: David Bowie – Kooks
via FoxyTunes

Well, what’s this video mean to you? I occasionally elicit replies like this at school. I definitely need to rethink my questioning techniques at times. A little more open ended.

Sort of ~ Dunno ~ Nothing by Peter Denahy

It is Sort Of Dunno Nothing by Peter Denahy. I want to make a joke about a popular online bookmarking slash social networking tool in relation to this song however I shall refrain.

This post popped up in my reader just then. Its from Intute in the UK. They provide resources for students among other activities. Well worth a look-see. This is their blog. Have you subscribed to it?

There are guides/booklets that are designed to improve the Internet experience for students. Many students just Google a term and often choose a site without applying serious critical skills. This has come up in blogs before: Intute. EduBlog Insights. There must be many more.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/subjectbooklets.html

These booklets (html and pdf) are targeted at HigherEd but our seniors and brighter juniors could handle them. Topics include:

Science and Engineering:

Internet resources for environmental science [March 2008]
Internet resources for materials engineering [March 2008]
Internet resources for environmental engineering [March 2007]
Internet resources for physics [March 2007]
Internet resources for chemistry [July 2006]
Internet resources for computing [July 2006]

Arts and Humanities:

Internet resources for film and theatre [March 2008]
Internet resources for philosophy [March 2008]
Internet resources for fashion and beauty [March 2007]
Internet resources for religion and theology [March 2007]
Internet resources for archaeology [July 2006]
Internet resources for visual arts [July 2006]

Social Sciences:

Internet resources for education [March 2008]
Internet resources for Olympic studies [March 2008]
Internet resources for law [March 2007]
Internet resources for social research (2nd edition) [March 2007]
Internet resources for social welfare [March 2007]
Internet resources for business and tourism [July 2006]

Health and Life Sciences

Internet resources for biological sciences [March 2008]
Internet resources for pregnancy and childbirth [March 2008]
Internet resources for animal health [March 2007]
Internet resources for physiotherapy and orthopaedics [March 2007]
Internet resources for agriculture, food and forestry [July 2006]
Internet resources for healthcare and medicine [July 2006]

There are also interactive guides at the Intute Virtual Training Suite designed to teach students how to research more effectively when using the Internet. They cover a diverse range of topics. They are easy to follow. http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/

[ Here I am cloning data. I shall try to blog something original or 'me' soon. I simply thought this would be useful news to share. ]

I use Jaiku. A while back I attended a gathering of like minded individuals in Singapore keen on using the net in positive and innovative ways. During the get-together Kevin Lim introduced Jaikus to the group. I thought it was a neat tool. Kevin Lim is an instructional technologist, studying for a doctoral degree at Buffalo University. His web site is well worth exploring.

The Jaiku takes in feeds from my blog, twitter, flickr, last.fm and other sources. It sits on my home page and acts like a What’s New? for my entire site. It is a miniature lifestream I guess.Last October, it was bought by Google. You now have to request an invite to get a Jaiku. It has been like that ever since. What is happening there?

The embed code does not work in a post strangely enough. WordPress strips out some of the code.

Addendum in the afternoon, after school. I added it to the sidebar instead. Looks pretty, eh?  That sidebar is chock-a-block full or crap. Need to clean it up a bit. What should go?

Google has introduced a Klingon interface for its search engine. Should intrigue all the Star Trek fans out there. Beam me up Scotty!

Via Google Operating System.