My Daily Bookmarks 12/24/2011

• Text Mining Wikipedia for Misspelled Words — Jon's View

  The author proposes that this consistent increase is the result of Wikipedia contributors using more complex language, which the test is unable to cope with. How do the results of this test compare to your own observations on the detail accuracy of massively crowd-sourced applications?"

  tags: wikipedia spelling

• #Twitteracy

  tags: blog twitter

• To Learn from Within | What Will I Do When Tomorrow Comes?

  tags: change

• Berkeley Explains Why Google Trumps Microsoft | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

  The University of California at Berkeley has chosen Google over Microsoft for its campus-wide email and calendar services, and it will tell you why — in great detail.

  tags: google

• Amazon Builds World's Fastest Nonexistent Supercomputer | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

  tags: cloud

• Free Technology for Teachers: Rubrics for Assessing Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts

  In the collection you will find rubrics for assessing student blogging, student wikis, podcasts, and video projects. Beyond the rubrics for digital projects there are rubrics for activities that aren't necessarily digital in nature. For example, you can find rubrics for writing, research, and oral presentations.

  tags: technology rubrics assessment

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