Catching a Google Wave

Links and useful information whilst I wait for my invite to arrive (and celebrate four years of blogging – where did the time go?)…….

Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration which could have great potential in health improvement.

Mashable Google Wave: A Complete Guide

Knol – How long does Wikipedia have left?

Google’s latest service, Knol, has just launched, intended as a repository of knowledge for everything from literature to DIY writes the New Scientist technology Blog. In the words of its creator, it’s meant to be “the first thing someone who searches for this topic for the first time will want to read”…..

Source : New Scientist Technology Blog

Knol

Ain't It Cuil (apologies To Harry Knowles)

BBC News reports that yesterday former workers at the web giant Google launched a rival search engine. Called Cuil, from the Gaelic for knowledge and hazel, its founders claim it does a better and more comprehensive job of indexing information online. Initial use caused the inevitable glitches and net bad mouthing but it could grow to be an alternative search engine of note….

BBC report

UK Gizmodo Review

Cuil

Becta publishes Emerging technologies for learning volume 3 (2008)

Lots of good reading in here………

“The ‘Emerging technologies for learning’ series aims to help readers consider how emerging technologies may impact on education and learners in the medium term. The publications are not intended to be a comprehensive review of educational technologies, but offer some highlights across the broad spectrum of developments and trends. It should open readers up to some of the possibilities that are developing and the potential for technology to transform our ways of working, learning and interacting over the next three to five years.”

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