Category Archives: PLE

The Web is a Creativity Generator generating a Culture of Creativity

Posted on July 31, 2009 by joanvinallcox

Photo by Tabea Dibou, from Flickr We can see more people creating more works than ever before in history. And it’s because of the web and because the web is social. On the web, much is possible. Whether you are finding the right beautiful photo (with the right Creative Commons license) to illustrate metaphorically the View Post

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Why I Use More than One Social Bookmarking Service

Posted on July 30, 2009 by joanvinallcox

Not that I’m paranoid (or maybe I am but I like to call it cautious skepticism) but I am always aware than any of the free web services that I use, or even ones I’ve paid for, could go belly up and my stuff on it (them) could vanish into a black hole. So when View Post

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The Web is a Bottomless Toy Chest

Posted on July 29, 2009 by joanvinallcox

I like to play on the web, and my biggest problem is my “I-can’t-catch-up” anxiety. There is always more to explore. And for free, either for the basic version or for a month. I can never try everything out. I can’t catch up. Ever. I make things even more intense by following people who suggest View Post

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Always Beta, Never Done

Posted on April 27, 2009 by joanvinallcox

The most fascinating thing about the web is that there is no end; there is always more and new. The most frustrating thing about the web is that there is no end; there is always more and new. Everything is always changeable. My website – jnthweb.ca – is not the same now as it was View Post

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An Autodidact is Social

Posted on April 14, 2009 by joanvinallcox

Seems like a contradiction in terms, but autodidacts are social; we have to be. When I learn from the web, I access websites, support people, books, friends, and the wonderfully generous denizens of the web. I’ve spent much time over the last couple of weeks trying to get on top of creating the website I View Post

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An Autodidact Learns From the Web

Posted on March 27, 2009 by joanvinallcox

An autodidact is someone who learns outside of regular school settings, someone who teaches herself (or himself). It used to be a kind of demeaning label, meaning someone who had spotty and uncertified knowledge. I claim the label “autodidact” as a badge of honour! I used to learn from books, even sometimes from tv, but View Post

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Personalizing Web Access

Posted on June 6, 2008 by joanvinallcox

Sometimes a bunch of experiences mash together and inspiration results. A couple of day ago I received a comment on one of my posts – #2 by Virginia Yonkers where she said “Try working on another’s computer! Just as we have idiosyncrasies in the speech, how we do math, writing (think of handwriting), we develop View Post

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Social Maps: How the Digital People Keep Connected

Posted on April 10, 2008 by joanvinallcox

This video by Loic Lemeur is intimidating, inspiring and irritating. Intimidating because he has such wide ranging use of the social media; Inspiring because I get some idea what I want to spend more time with; and Irritating because it pauses every few seconds and you have to wait for it to go on. found View Post

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Web 2.0 and Responsible Educators

Posted on February 14, 2008 by joanvinallcox

If you read this blog regularly, you will know that I believe setting up your computer as your own PLE (Personal Learning Environment) or as some call it, your PLWE (Personal Learning and Working Environment) is a basic step in being efficient on the web. When I have research time, and sometimes just because I View Post

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Following The Thread – my Ph.D. Thesis

Posted on February 10, 2008 by joanvinallcox

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