Twitter is mobile blogging (and web), but limited to 140 characters.

Jaiku is an alternative…

• No limit on characters
• More of a social networking site
• Can accept MMS as well as SMS
• Can follow/be followed in Jaiku
• Can link into Last.FM, etc
• Can syndicate feeds

Anyway, uses for e-learning?

• Instant feedback
• Syndicating feeds, giving people an idea of useful content
• Alternative to instant messaging? Especially across different campuses
• Useful for courses where short/concise messages are ideal. eg. Journalism, literature, etc.

Whoops, we just broke Jaiku!

Uses for Flickr:

• Using copyright free images in teaching (http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net)
• Media courses
• Building communities in a multi-campus universities
• Research (phone based pictures could be used for reasearch)
• Engineering, Architecture, Art, etc. courses. Especially with GPS tagging in phones
• Portfolios (Art, not CPD or PDP)*
• Portfolios (CPD, PDP)*

*Flickr’s access restrictions could come in useful for portfolio based work.

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I’m sitting here at ALT-C 2008, in one of the parallel sessions – Hood 2.0.

Having seen seesmic, we’ve just been asked to think of examples where it could be useful.

So, here goes:

• Peer review
• Feedback
• Reflective diary/PDP
• Media courses (Journalism, fism making, etc.)
• Where an event may not be repeatable, due to environment, location, etc.
• Where face-to-face communication is important (Language, acting, etc).
• Research (eg, videoing locations, etc.)

So here I am, typing this whilst on the train to London, again, for another Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) training course. This time one about SharePoint administration (I think I forgot to mention last time, that I was on a SharePoint developers course).

This is really my first time in using a laptop ‘in anger’ whilst on the move. In the past I’ve normally carried the laptop to friends houses for the weekend, or off on conferences, but used it as a desktop replacement once there. Being able to type out this blog entry without the use of a thumb pad or stylus (as with my TyTn II) is a welcome break. Albeit a welcome break with my man-parts being slowly roasted.

I really should look at getting my own laptop, rather than steal my wife’s every time I leave the house.

I am now back in the UK from my trip to Japan. I was back about two weeks ago, but I had to attend a SharePoint Developer training course in London. I am now completely competent in creating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) features and webparts (yeah, right!).

As you can see, I’ve adjusted one or two things on the site. Notably I am now using a dynamic sidebar, which took me a little while to figure out. I’ve also uploaded a few more header images.