After my previous post on three web-based word processor software, here are three web-based spreadsheet software: Num Sum, iRows, and Number. My first impression give iRows a vote!

Num Sum is advertised as easy, sharable web spreadsheets. With it you can (1) track your records, lists and data online, (2) share with other users you decided, (3) connect with other users who have similar interests. Example uses of Num Sum are: team schedules, home budgeting, online stock portfolio, and recording project progress.

iRows is the Web based online spreadsheets. With it you can (1) manage your data online, access it anywhere, anytime, (2) share your data others, (3) display your data on any web site, change it here, and all sites change automatically, (4) compute, chart, and analyze your data online.

Number (Beta) is the web based spreadsheet that enables instantaneous collaboration with anyone on your project team. With it you and your-invited users can work with a spreadsheet, view changes in real time, and discuss changes.

Google has just launched a new service called Google Page Creator. It is still in an early testing phase. I quickly spare a few minutes to give it a try. Here is what I do within five minutes:

My first page made by Google Page Creator and hosted in a Google’s Web server

Create your own web pages, quickly and easily.

Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes. Selling points: no technical knowledge required, what you see is what you’ll get, and don’t worry about hosting.

Via my colleague KC, I learn this website that documents some research about online community of inquiry: Research into Online Communities of Inquiry (associated with University of Calgary).

Central to the research is the model of a community of inquiry that was developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer in 2000. The model has three elements: social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence. These three elements are essential to an educational experience and must be considered when planning and delivering an online learning experience. (more…)

To my brother:

I had a read on Paul Graham’s article “How to Make Wealth” (written May 2004, posted December 2005) several weeks ago. Here is what I got from it.

A job means doing something people want, averaged together with everyone else in the company you are working for. However, that averaging is affected by many factors and the process is sometimes not fair; there is no way to get paid more by contribute more. If you want to earn more, you need to be in a position where your performance can be measured, and you have to have leverage. The key to measurement is smallness and the key to leverage is technology. Therefore, starting or joining a startup is a good way to get rich.

So, young man, are you serious to consider it? The following are recommended readings.

• Small Biz 101: How to Get Started - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
• How to Start a Startup (Paul Graham, March 2005)
• Ten Rules for Web Startups (Evan Williams, November 2005)
• Nick Denton: Startup kit (November 2005)
• Dot Tactics: 9 must reads before you launch a startup

I looked for some refereed academic journals on educational technology. My selection criteria was open-access, peer-reviewed, currently active, and publishing articles in educational technology and related areas. After some work of searching and filtering, here lists what I got.

(1) Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Brief description: It is a refereed journal publishing research and review articles in educational technology, instructional design, educational applications of computer technologies, educational telecommunications and related areas.

Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

Others: Submission Guidelines ::Quick link to a sample paper

(2) Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology

Brief description: It is a peer-reviewed journal that welcomes papers on all aspects of educational technology and learning. Topics may include, but are not limited to: learning theory and technology, cognition and technology, instructional design theory and application, online learning, computer applications in education, simulations and gaming, and other aspects of the use of technology in the learning process.

Publisher: Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada

Others: Information for authors :: Quick link to a sample paper

(3) Educational Technology & Society

Brief description: It is a quarterly journal that seeks academic articles on the issues affecting the developers of educational systems and educators who implement and manage such systems. The articles should discuss the perspectives of both communities and their relation to each other.

Publisher: Published By International Forum of Educational Technology & Society; Endorsed By IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology (IEEE Computer Society)

Others: Authors Guidelines :: Quick link to a sample paper

(4) Journal of Interactive Media in Education

Brief description: It is an interactive journal for interactive media. One of its aim is to foster a multidisciplinary and intellectually rigorous debate on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education.

Publisher: Open University, Knowledge Media Institute, UK.

Others: Submission Guidelilnes :: Quick link to a sample paper

(5) e-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology

Brief description: It is an International peer-reviewed electronic journal. The Journal is an multi-faceted publication with content likely to be of interest to policy makers, managers, investors, professional staff, technical staff, and academics within education and training.

Publisher: University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Others: Submission Guidelines ::Quick link to a sample paper

(6) Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Brief description: Articles should address educational technology and may address assessment, attitudes, beliefs, curriculum, equity, research, translating research into practice, learning theory, alternative conceptions, sociocultural issues, special populations, and integration of subjects.

Publisher: Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

Others: Submission Guidelines :: Quick link to a sample paper

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Do you know some open-access refereed journals on educational technology that I do not list here? I appreciate it if you also let me know.