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WordPress Diigo Plugin
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I have tried out a WordPress Diigo Plugin which automatically inserts my bookmarked sites from a Diigo group, via feed, into WordPress as a daily post. It is a fine idea and works seamlessly, so why consider removing the service?
For me it is a style preference more than anything; the visual difference between the text blocks of blog posts and a feed’s long list of links. I have noticed that the post and feed combination (from Diigo or Twitter) makes it difficult for me to skim other blogs. I believe the combination creates the same readability problems in this blog.
One solution is to set all feeds into a separate column.
Another solution is to create a separate Diigo group to insert just a few daily top picks. A feed that is a similiar length to blog posts, matching visibility style, could make it easier for readers to digest the combination of links and posts.
The third solution is a separate blog just for feeds, like the examples at Alltop or MoMB.
For the next week or two I will test out using a daily short list of top picks from my Diigo bookmarks in combination with posts.
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Semantic Links Turn Blog Into PLE Start Page
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From EcontentMag.com, I took Ron Miller’s advice: “Want to get to know the inner workings of the EContent team members’ minds? Then check out their blogs, which are well worth bookmarking.”
I’ve inserted the list under the “Trend Watch” link heading.
With the help of the semantic links provided via Zemanta add-on, my WordPress blog site serves an added purpose of being a personal learning environment start page for select interests.
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My Next Questions
Is it possible for people to develop skills in more than one style of online learning (searching and reading ebooks); just as many people are bi-lingual at different skill levels?
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The Eide Neurolearning Blog presents opposing viewpoints regarding the impact of Google on learning: Google is changing your brain Monday, January 26, 2009.
Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide reflected upon articles from Discover and Atlantic Monthly magazines:
From a brain-based perspective, our bias is that expertise often comes at a cost. As more brain resources get devoted to particular tasks, others shrink and weaken.
My next questions:
How is expertise measured for this statement?
Mastery of a craft is often said to take ten years of focused study, which usually means that the person has selectively filtered out other learning opportunities. Yet, some people do become highly skilled in multi-talents. Are there not numerous shared brain resources between learning tasks?
Could the shrinkage and weakening be decreased by intentional efforts to learn more than one area of expertise?
Would it be more effective to develop high levels of skills in different modalities in order to utilize the brain resources at peak performance, or is it more effective to learn a cluster of similar highly developed tasks?
Follow-up:
Discover: The Brain: How Google is making us smarter by Carl Zimmer 02.15.2009
“Humans are natural born cyber-borgs and the Internet is our “giant extended mind.”
The good Drs. Eide also posted a response in the comments on their blog: The Eide Neurolearning Blog. Thanks!
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Sproutbuilder @ Schools
Sproutbuilder’s blog reports that “Farmington Public Schools Creates Web Presence” by embedding sprouts into the school’s webpages. (November 20, 2008 – 7:41pm, Trudy)
Link to the Farmington training wiki: http://techfarm.wikispaces.com/Sprout
Link to Farmington’s Faculty Webpages: http://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/woo/facultywebpage.html
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