• RT @IanSchreiber: “New hires at SCVNGR memorize 50 game dynamics.” Anyone have any idea what list they use? http://tcrn.ch/caMOdA #
• Amazon releases free games for Kindle http://is.gd/eaEgS #
• RT @PCSTech Game Play Is Important for Learning - http://bit.ly/aDi9RX – #edtech – Something familiar about this…  #
• RT @Seriosity RT @ricardolucas Women Game Differently http://is.gd/e4oVI #
• RT @Seriosity RT @brynn: Yay, our #sxsw #gamification panel “Don’t Play Games With Me” is up http://bit.ly/aGsLbW” #

• RT @KoreenOlbrish “@zimmermaneric: Video of me, @aburak, et al on “games for change.” http://bit.ly/bmTlGe literacy, subversion, play #

Great Quotes …

• “The celebration of mere competence is the surest sign that incompetence is the rule of the land.” from On Hiring: When Competence is Heralded as Excellence in the Chronicle of Higher Education [via @chronicle]
• This from the NY Times Opinion piece, Down on the Social Farm: “we would like to invite the 60-some million FarmVille users to consider growing some actual plants.” [via @mathpunk and @judell]
• “I’m at my limit of usernames & passwords. Any site that requires me to register, I’m not doing it unless they show up and clean my house.” from @annmariastat on Twitter.
• “I think the fact that following in Twitter is asymmetrical, whereas friending in Facebook is symmetrical is a key difference.” from @derekbruff on Twitter. I’ve already used this quote in conversation to explain the difference – it took a mathematician to explain it so succinctly.

Random Stuff …

• Love that MAA, NCTM, AMS, and SIAM all have a Facebook presence and AMATYC does not. Whatever.
• The new sharpie liquid pencil writes like a pen, erases like a pencil, but becomes permanent after three days:  [via @sewsueme]
• Does an extra space matter in HTML?  It might if it’s inside the tag, but definitely not if it is outside the tags.

Great Links …

• Why women can’t sleep (aka what my brain looks like on a normal basis)  [via @kerisb]
• On the subject of ADA, here are two links about handheld devices and ADA, both from @john_larkin: Amazing Innovation: Mobile Apps for the Disabled http://tinyurl.com/25ukmbg # and Briiliant iPad Usability report by the Norman/Neilsen Group. App interfaces are inconsistent. http://bit.ly/bUelBt #

Blog posts from the MCC Math & Technology Workshop

• Monday Math and Tech Workshop, from @mathhombre
• Using Social Bookmarking (Diigo in particular) from @mathychick
• Tuesday Math and Tech Workshop, from @mathhombre
• Clickers in the Math Classroom from @mathychick
• Wednesday Math and Tech Workshop, from @mathhombre
• Thursday Math and Tech Workshop, from @mathhombre
• Friday Math and Tech Workshop, from @mathhombre

Still uncategorized …

• RT @PCSTech Online Lectures That Will Make You A Better Teacher – http://bit.ly/91yeyC #edtech #
• RT @opencontent Great article on the pains of #writing – sounds like dissertation, thesis, journal article writing! =) http://bit.ly/aO1r1F #
• RT @mathhombre Does http://bit.ly/ct95cM work from the hashtag? #mccmathroom #
• The ‘premium’ chatzy room failed after 37 users for 8 min. Considered all posts spam after that. #epicfail #
• I need a good free or cheap option as an alternative to chatzy that can host 40 people simultaneously chatting without claiming spam. Thx! #
• Reminded tonight of @mathfaery‘s great OneNote videos and wishing she was at #mccmath with us. http://is.gd/eaOGV #
• RT @shamblesguru Added “Second Life in Edu” Elluminate archive webinar from #rscon10 to http://bit.ly/9fiQy0/ #
• Tablet PCs, clickers, Mathematica and Second Life #mccmath #
• RT @wiredcampus Web Site Lets Students Bet on What Grades They’ll Earn http://bit.ly/9NSxbL #
• RT @andykemp RT @googleos: Gmail’s Streamlined Interface and Better Contact Manager http://goo.gl/fb/DWocV #
• RT @bschlenker Army has selected Android 2.1 platform moving to 2.2 for mobile learning #
• RT @marcparry RT @openculture: In case you missed, Harvard offers free open courses http://cultr.me/aUxKqn #
• RT @WendyDrexler Interesting copyright news http://bit.ly/dnNoqp/ #
• learned some great features of OneNote from our crowdsourced TabletPC crowd today at #mccmath #
• Used Google Moderator to handle questions about teaching math online at #mccmath … which worked VERY well. #
• The most valuable thing I learned today (for OneNote TabletPC users): http://screencast.com/t/MGIwZDMzY #
• Second great OneNote tip of the day: You can scratch out something you’ve written with your pen tool, and that will erase it. No kidding. #
• I wish I had gotten screenshots/photos from some of the OneNote users to show how they had organized their course files. #mccmath #
• Planning meeting for #gale2011 tonight … looking forward to a new kind of #STEM conference (free … and online) #
• Chat plan for tomorrow: Sign up for several free chat room services. Every time we break a room, move on to the next. #mccmath #
• Thought we might use http://todaysmeet.com but it has 140 char limit and doesn’t handle long URLs well. #
• If you need a “twitter simulation” for non-tweeters, http://todaysmeet would be a good one to use. #
• Thought we might use http://tinychat.com, but it won’t automatically make URLs into hyperlinks (need that) #
• I guess it’s just links longer than one line that don’t work in tinychat. #
• Has anyone tried using tinychat with a large number of participants all using the same IP? (this is what crashed chatzy) #
• I’m so bummed about not being able to use chatzy … it worked SO WELL at ICTCM in the spring. #
• Just tried bravenet … hyperlinks don’t work AT ALL in this one. Also, Ctrl+V doesn’t work. Lame. #
• Parachat might work for the chat problem but I need 37 simultaneous users and can’t afford $45/month. #
• Grrrr… URLs don’t go live in everywherechat either. #
• I guess we’ll use tinychat with no URL shorteners and no backup. We already know chatzy will fail in our lab. #
• RT @MathyChick: RT @JingTips: @jdornberg @keisawilliams: Embed Jing Video in PPT? You bet. Here’s how: http://bit.ly/Up47B good for #mccmath #
• Help! SMARTboard question: If the pen tray does not appear to be on, how do I turn it on? Is there a battery somewhere that I’ve missed? #
• Anyone know of research that debunks the old “PowerPoint 7×7 Rule”? #
• Photos from #mccmath (attempt #2 : http://bit.ly/cCLFo6 #
• Photos from this week’s #mccmath workshop … 40 math instructors from 30 different colleges meet to get a crash… http://fb.me/GNVXzU9w #
• RT @john_larkin: This is so ridiculous it could almost be an April Fool’s Joke. is it? http://bit.ly/d5CL4H / Digital drugs? iDoses? #
• RT @republicofmath Will #universities become irrelevant for many, as #employers increasingly take over role? http://bit.ly/8Y3IOl #
• RT @johnfaig 50 Free Open Courseware Classes About Psychology and the Human Brain – http://bit.ly/9R2zHv via http://bit.ly/9Imadf #teacher #
• RT @BryanAlexander RT @rschon: Helpgul short overview RT @keithhampson: Why Does College Cost So Much? – Forbes.com http://bit.ly/akA8B6 #
• RT @courosa “Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech” http://is.gd/egXc6 #
• RT @mathhombre blogpost: Math and Tech: Fri http://goo.gl/vBGF Last day of #mccmath with beaucoup resource links. #
• RT @sahana2802 RT @DesignMagTweets It’s About the Design Not the Tools http://bit.ly/asHAjA #
• RT @Tim_M_Martin RT @web20education: Gmail Gets an Unofficial Snooze Button http://t.co/SkpXlRp via @mashable #
• RT @CarnivalOfMath Don’t forget to submit your articles to the upcoming Math Teachers at Play Carnival http://bit.ly/91txdH #
• RT @aschouten603 enjoyed working at #mccmath I got to learn some useful things while I was there too! #
• RT @Wolfram_Alpha Where are Wolfram|Alpha Widgets? http://bit.ly/bU6pXA #
• RT @agregory Attendees of #mccmath here’s the link to a HootCourse I created for us! http://bit.ly/dBHxvH/ #mccmath #
• RT @barrydahl RT @mfeldstein67: New post: Xplana.com: Is This a PLE? http://bit.ly/csLOmR – Great post by Michael. Lots to chew on here. #
• RT @tonnet: Why good jobs are going unfilled – http://is.gd/ehC4B #
• My illustrator is awesome – here’s the background for the next @prezi http://screencast.com/t/MDE4OTI1OT #
• RT @Chronotope: Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It) [Lifehacker Top 10] http://ff.im/-pfo4n #
• This Pew Internet survey makes me want to move … http://is.gd/ehK8i I’m afraid that the have-nots are a little too happy having not. #
• Chrome overtakes Safari for number three browser spot in the US sez StatCounter http://t.co/85KwS9M via @engadget #
• RT @michael_rowe Social networking and loneliness. See this in some students…the pressure of living for an audience http://bit.ly/d1HQOM #
• One of the GREAT slides from yesterday about TechSmith from @chirpdeb http://screencast.com/t/ZDU0ODEyZTc #
• What do dogs and education have in common? Swear I had this conversation a month ago w/spouse. http://goo.gl/6dPs via @mcleod #
• RT @rossdawson RT @kcarruthers: OMG brain wiring is like teh internet: New Study Examines the Brain’s Wiring http://bit.ly/dsRaI5 #
• RT @erikretallick The internet: is it changing the way we think? http://bit.ly/coiCdj < Article from The Guardian about Nicholas Carr #
• RT @simbeckhampson If you use Gmail you may want to add http://bit.ly/bnOaxj “shows you everything about your contacts inside your inbox.”

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