Third Owl http://thirdowl.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:20:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Things Tweeted the week of 2012-02-04 http://thirdowl.com/2012/02/things-tweeted-the-week-of-2012-02-04/ http://thirdowl.com/2012/02/things-tweeted-the-week-of-2012-02-04/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:20:00 +0000 David http://thirdowl.com/2012/02/things-tweeted-the-week-of-2012-02-04/ Continue reading →]]>
  • ? #nowplaying (I Keep On) Rising Up by Mike Doughty http://t.co/GcIRl7ev #WPTweetThisSong #
  • Sweet! “@LouRamirez: listening to the new radio edit of "There She Goes" by the @thedirtdrifters in my office today. AWESOME! #proud ?? #
  • ? #nowplaying There She Goes by The Dirt Drifters #WPTweetThisSong #
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  • Can't say anyone should really be surprised by this. (cc @jhshannon) http://t.co/YU4TgZv2 #
  • Locked in the Ivory Tower: Why JSTOR Imprisons Academic Research
    http://t.co/b0gfTEVv #
  • Fantastic show RT @davewiner Highly recommended-Homeland Showtime Shows terrorism as a 2-sided story, not just good-bad http://t.co/tpaYS6oC #
  • I'm trying out @WPTweetThisSong on my #WP7 #
  • ? #nowplaying Always A Reason by The Dirt Drifters http://t.co/nT5rKlbS #WPTweetThisSong #
  • This song makes me think of @chimediaguy http://t.co/RxAelJBW E-Ticket Ride #
  • Loved practicing @xenstrengthyoga last night. Great combination of strength, flexibility and focus! Fun and challenging! #
  • Finally dev unlocked my phone and installed @CarbonWP. Seriously, @windowsphone, lets get this in the Marketplace. #
  • One if the best purchases we've made as parents, without a doubt. http://t.co/S94YDofW #
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  • Max got himself dressed for dinner. https://t.co/QfbQpbSA #
  • All day- Eldest: Can I have _____? Twin 1: Me, too? Twin 2: Me, too? Youngest? Me 3? #
  • Excited to be using Windows 8 on the Samsung Series 7 Slate! Thanks to @LindsayInPhilly for the direct and help. #Win8 #series7slate #
  • 8-10 RT @_Ant1_ How many apps do you use on your mobile on a daily basis? (or frequently) appreciate the response with an RT :) thanks! #
  • A bigger impact for Apple in education would be adjusting licensing and management restrictions. #
  • Me too! Have fun! RT @WhatTheBit @markguim i'm stupid jealous, have a blast! #
  • Interesting article, important for #edtech RT @Openattitude Apple's iBooks 2: an Attack on Educational Freedoms http://t.co/55KbhiyV #
  • This is Apple at its worst. Let’s hope this is just the work of an overzealous lawyer, and not their actual intention.http://bit.ly/yxnFQw #
    • ]]>     http://thirdowl.com/2012/01/things-tweeted-the-week-of-2012-01-21/feed/ 0     Food for thought http://thirdowl.com/2012/01/food-for-thought/ http://thirdowl.com/2012/01/food-for-thought/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:12:40 +0000 David http://thirdowl.com/?p=590 “Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr

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  • I would really like to find an FTP client for @windowsphone right about now. #
  • RT @_CMRI: Presenting with @middleda on Mobile Connections: QR and NFC in Higher Ed at #MARC12 tomorrow. http://t.co/nS65zV3Z #
  • Getting ready to present on using QR and NFC in higher education at #MARC12 w/ @mtaylor655. #
  • I can't go to Baltimore and not think of @drew_psu rocking the drums at Howl at the Moon. #
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    It was 60 degrees in northern New Jersey today. The sun was shining and the opportunity to spend the day outside couldn’t be missed. We spent the afternoon at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, and while a few of the attractions were closed for the season, the animals were all taking advantage of the relief from the frigid temperatures earlier this week.

    Turtle Back has gone through a major transformation over the past decade. It isn’t the shoddy, poorly maintained sadness inducing zoo I grew up with. Now it is a small gem in the midst of one of the most densely populated counties in the most densely populated state.



    As this new year begins, and people look for fresh starts and clean slates, it seems appropriate to have spent the day at a place that, for years, fought itself to prevent irrevocable deterioration. This year, while I too look for opportunities to affect positive change, I hope to remember that true, real and effective change takes time and perseverevence.

    ]]>     http://thirdowl.com/2012/01/a-warm-day-in-early-january/feed/ 0     52 in 12 http://thirdowl.com/2011/12/52-in-12/ http://thirdowl.com/2011/12/52-in-12/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:29:24 +0000 David http://thirdowl.com/?p=484 Continue reading →]]> I have self hosted and maintained this blog space for over five years, though the archives only reflect the time I completely wiped it clean. I have hosted and maintained multiple other blogs on this server apace for that amount of time as well. What I have never done, however, is consistently blog.

    Perhaps it is because the interwebs are so very cluttered with each and every voice it empowers that I often find myself researching and reading and never get to writing.

    Most recently this blog has played the role of an archive of my tweets.

    That will change if I commit to 52 posts in 2012. 52 in 12. Yup. That’s what I’ll do.

    In fact, I’ll start today.

    ]]>     http://thirdowl.com/2011/12/52-in-12/feed/ 0     Waiting patiently http://thirdowl.com/2011/12/waiting-patiently/ http://thirdowl.com/2011/12/waiting-patiently/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:39:53 +0000 David http://thirdowl.com/?p=481

    ]]>     http://thirdowl.com/2011/12/waiting-patiently/feed/ 0     English Instruction and Test Prep Through Cellphones in India http://thirdowl.com/2011/02/english-instruction-and-test-prep-through-cellphones-in-india/ http://thirdowl.com/2011/02/english-instruction-and-test-prep-through-cellphones-in-india/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:02:34 +0000 David http://thirdowl.com/2011/02/08/english-instruction-and-test-prep-through-cellphones-in-india/ Continue reading →]]>

    McGraw-Hill is building a mobile-phone platform to teach English and college test preparation to people in India, which the publisher hopes will help it tap into rapidly expanding cellphone use in emerging markets.

    The platform, mConnect, comes as textbook publishers are jockeying to supply learning materials on digital devices. If the software is successful in India, McGraw-Hill plans to offer it in other developing countries in Asia and Africa.

    The service will initially teach subscribers through text messaging and automated voice response, said Bruce D. Marcus, McGraw-Hill’s executive vice president. For instance, automated software will give Indians feedback on their English-speaking abilities, and a text-message service will offer test-preparation questions and grade the responses.

    via chronicle.com

    A bit late to posting this or, well, anything lately.

    What’s smart about this is the simplicity. Since SMS is the lowest common denominator, all students will be able to use the system regardless of device or carrier, and it can be ported to many other educational settings, schools, networks and so forth.

    Of course, since it is not an “app,” is not called iConnect and doesn’t appear to have a little green robot mascot, it hasn’t garnered much attention here in the States.

    Posted via email from David W. Middleton’s Posterous

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