Posted in Daraja Academy on Dec 18th, 2008 No Comments »
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A Kenyan boy screams as he sees Kenyan policeman with a baton approach the door of his home in the Kibera slum of Nairobi 17 January 2008. Hundreds of police who had earlier clashed with supporters of Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga at the entrance of the slum moved into the shantytown and [...]
Posted in Flickr, Networking, Power of Web 2.0, Sharing Info on Dec 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
Just a quick post adding more fuel to the fire of my Flickr “ID-This” fever! I wrote at length a few posts ago, about how Flickr helped me identify a caterpillar for my daughter; well today Flickr was at it again! When the weather cools in Doha, Qatar, we sometimes see flocks of wild parrots [...]
Posted in Activism, Gen We, Intrepid Classroom, Sharing Info on Dec 14th, 2008 7 Comments »
I first came across the Generation We video through my Twitter network. I think it was Alec Courous who posted it first. The video, while a bit overly produced and polished, seemed to have an urgent and authentic message. I followed the links to the website, and eventual I ordered the print copy of the [...]
Posted in Collective Learning, Flickr, Networking, Power of Web 2.0, Twitter on Dec 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
Educators often talk about inquiry-based learning. We are always trying to inspire students to ask essential questions and find ways to answer their inquiries themselves, using innovative methods and new digital technologies. Find and build networks we tell them. Use the power of the new Web is our mantra.
Readers of this blog may have noted [...]
Posted in Art, Community, Identity, Networking on Dec 11th, 2008 5 Comments »
I am officially full. No more room for blog posts, news articles, or youtube videos. No more funny photos or heart breaking stories. No new bands, new sounds, new anything. I don’t want to contribute to the noise anymore. Not even sure why I am typing these words, perhaps to let out some of the [...]
Posted in Art, Community, Power of Web 2.0, Twitter, Writing on Dec 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
Earlier this evening, I was trying to get more out of my social networks by engaging in more artistic collaborative projects. I hatched the idea for the “live” poem. The idea is simple:
Send out a request on Twitter for participants.
Create a Google Document.
Find an image from Flickr (Make sure to pick one from the Creative [...]
