Del.icio.us this week

1. Welcome

   English site about Cesky Krumlof

   Cesky Krumlof Czech tourism

2. 24 fps - a photoset on Flickr

   film flickr movies images endings ... saved by 43 other people

3. predpoved_en

   For the weather in teh Czech Republic
   weather forecast czech

4. Share applications with Unyte

   collaboration conference Skype technology tools web ... saved by 23 other people

5. Panraven - Live Your Life, Share Your Story

   collaboration books images storytelling photos printing ... saved by 74 other people

6. Welcome to mosaickr - Create mosaics from flickr pictures

   creativity images photos flickr ... saved by 169 other people

7. FeedBooks: Food for the mind

   books ebook free mobile ... saved by 101 other people

8. The Internet Classics Archive | The Aeneid by Virgil

   literature classical aeneid virgil ... saved by 3 other people

9. Movie Mogul Fund > HOME

   alternative film collaboration ... saved by 4 other people

Pangea day

This looks like a greta idea - spread it around!

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1. Tasty Data Goodies - Swivel

   to collaboration community development data sharing statistics ... saved by 4045 other people

2. Kirix Strata: Access and Manipulate Data from the Web

   to development information statistics visualization web ... saved by 139 other people

3. PicoCool

   to blog design inspiration socialnetworking ... saved by 14 other people

4. Where The Hell Is Matt?

   It's an idea!

   to fun tourism Travel video ... saved by 3 other people

5. VCASMO - Home

   to audio video teaching tools sharing online collaboration ... saved by 170 other people

6. Welcome to The Big Picture Company

   to alternative children education creativity innovation learning school teaching ... saved by 31 other people

More stimulating educational models in practice

Here's another great post from Ewan, with a link to the MET school here. The models are out there to show the way our childrens' experiences of growing up, learning, growing etc. could be.

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A couple of environmental places and three geeky things ...

1. Jott.com - Mobile Note Taking and Hands-Free Messaging

   to audio blog Blogging socialsoftware ... saved by 674 other people ... just posted

2. Alastair McIntosh's Home Page

   to alternative community politics spirituality sustainability ... saved by 8 other people ... 22 hours ago

3. Gaia Coach Institute

   to alternative nature Conservation coaching gaia ... 22 hours ago

4. Soft Format: Delivering vision, Empowering success > Home

   to business web ... 1 day ago

5. Password Protector SD: Create a members area on your website and offer digital subscriptions

   to business tools web password ... saved by 18 other people ... 2 days ago

Moo from Flickr

I ordered a set of Moo cards from my Flickr photos recently, and they arrived a day or two ago. I'm pretty chuffed, but I think they're just that bit too small somehow. They look cool, and I'll be using them over the next couple of months. We'll see if people like them enough to keep them and use them ...

Amateur or professional?

Great debates are had about these terms. Rugby. Cycling. Medicine and Alternative Medicine. Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. This article by Ewan McIntosh gives another perspective on it in education, and some good links. I'm more and more convicned that the traditional definitions of professionalism are definitely getting wobbly. but also convinced that we mustn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. This shouldn't be an either or arguement, but a where next one.

Birds of a feather

I came across an old book of Harry Hargreaves cartoons yesterday, and fancy using one or two in a presentation I'm preparing. (Harry was born in 1922 and died in 2004.) It's proving hard to identify who holds the copyright to the ones I want to use, and to find out how I can get permission to use them. It hardly seems criminal showing them once at a one-off presentation with full credit, but it would be nice to be able to go through a simple process. Isn't creative commons great!

Communication ≠ Words

One of my blog sources wrote recently, what we need is more clarity, not more communication. I felt at the time there was something in this, but that it was based on a widespread misuse of the word communication, particularly in organisations. Organisational communication is often one-way; getting the message across, pushing the message out, using all the media. etc. etc. Nothing two-way about all that. yes of course communication means listening; but do we actually do it, or anywhere near enough of it, to approach two-way communication and mutual understanding. A real conversation. I don't think so.

Then there's this whole dimension of communication without words? Conversations wothout words? Evelyn quotes a couple of recent twitters today ...

"The best conversations require no words at all, and lead people to the same end point of understanding." - You Decide aka Matt Charron

And then:

"Art seems a conversation without words, reaching deep into our emotional well producing an indescribable reaction." - You Decide aka Matt Charron

Professional networking saves a life

This Wall Street Journal article shows the real life-saving impact of professionals working together on-line. There are lessons for one of my current public sector projects.

Up to date del.icio.us

1. BBC Wales - Education - Welsh at home

   to language wales learning welsh ... saved by 8 other people ... just posted

2. Green Therapy Global

   to alternative health green ... saved by 1 other person ... 1 day ago

3. Mahalo.com: Human-powered Search

   to community collaboration Search ... saved by 1681 other people ... 2 days ago

4. Bernie DeKoven, funsmith: Adventure playgrounds, again and again

   to creativity environment fun children ... saved by 2 other people ... 3 days ago

5. Deezer | Music on demand, free music without download!

   The first free and legal music listening website - no downloads.

   to audio blog free Music media online ... saved by 1940 other people ... 4 days ago

6. Learn Spanish with Coffee Break Spanish

   to blog coffee education e-learning language Spanish ... saved by 244 other people ... 5 days ago

7. Escher in LEGO :: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

   to design fun images learning perspective escher ... saved by 2 other people ... 5 days ago

8. Accueil

   some folks cycling round the mediterranean. chapeau

   to travel velo cycle mediterranean voyage ... on aug 25