Media and pretty robots :)

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I am meeting with some research students later on today and that rather has me thinking about research type things. So first I’m going to write about some social media and research, some of it might be more interesting to researchers but there’s lots here for everyone else too

I started thinking about social media first of all and that brought me to this site where there is an infographic about how people in HE use social media as part of learning. Have a look, do you use social media like this or do you do something more? Here are two pieces from the BishopBlog, the first is how not to get a research proposal accepted and the second is on how to bury your research. Really good stuff and well written too. The final article is a discussion on the LSE blog about why blogging is important for academics. Sit down with a cup of coffee for this one it’s a bit long but very worth reading.

No for the fun stuff. The first thing I looked at was an article on Google Glasses. There is a great video at the beginning of this article which you must watch. My first reaction was, “why is it just the women doing the shopping”? Just look at the comments following the article – very good As most of you who are regular readers of this blog will know I love robots Asimo, dear pretty little Nao and now this very life-like one from Kokoro – fantastic! Are any of you robot makers? If you are send me a picture of your robot and I’ll put it on the site

I’ve decided that I’m going to try out Issuu, I’ll let you know how I get on

busy drowning!

This is "me"

Just a bit busy drowning at the moment – and here was I thinking I had things under control – huh! Now trying to catch up on a few things, like chatting to you lot. I haven’t had a lot of time for looking around but a few things have caught my eye as I’ve dashed past.

Have any of you heard of Memrise? I found a post about it on TNW. It’s a new website which supposedly helps you learn things like languages – not too sure about that but it is a bit of fun. I do think that people who have studied at university though should realise that learning is more than just memorising things.

For those of you who are thinking of doing your PhD here is a poster from Carol Haigh. It’s about the stages you go through when you undertake this type of study – have a look and have a laugh

Here is a post from the Educational Technology Guy blog. If you are looking for something to use for taking notes and keeping track of them, look no further. David Andrade has pulled together 10 of these apps for you to choose from.

Finally, I don’t know if I have provided this link for you before but it’s well worth repeating. The LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) run a fantastic blog. One of the things they have created is their, “The LSE Impact Blog’s new guide to using Twitter”. Scroll down the page a little and download this pdf guideline (I have already asked them if it’s ok to use it) – really good advice.