Nsyght - skoch's last updates http://nsyght.com/rss/users/skoch Nsyght is a search engine powered by you, your bookmarks,and your friends. en-us 50 Venice Best Western Hotel Olimpia - Official Site - hotels Venice - 3 three star hotels Venice - Venice hotels The Best Western Hotel Olimpia is ideally situated in the very heart of the romantic city of Venice, just a short walk from Piazzale Roma. Charming hotel, quiet and clean. Not close to the sites, but I didn't mind the walk. I stayed here in April 2008.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.venice-hotel-olimpia.com http://www.venice-hotel-olimpia.com Sokos Hotel Viru - Tallinn nice location close to the old town, great breakfast, very nice modern rooms and good service. There is a shopping mall in the same building and several restaurants. I stayed here in May 2008.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.viru.ee/?language=3 http://www.viru.ee/?language=3 Restoran Ribe, Tallinn Excellent restaurant in Tallinn's Old Town. Great service and exclusive food at affordable prices.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.ribe.ee/index.php?id=33 http://www.ribe.ee/index.php?id=33 La Province Two restaurants under one roof: On the ground floor, experience the true atmosphere and authentic specialities of a Parisian Brasserie. Downstairs, enjoy the romantic surroundings of a top-notch Provence style French restaurant. The location is perfect, right next to Old Town Square. I didn't try this one myself, but it was recommended by a riend.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.kampagroup.com/en/restaurant.php?rid=5 http://www.kampagroup.com/en/restaurant.php?rid=5 Hergetova -- Fine Dining in Prague Very nice restaurant by the river. Great location in romantic surroundings<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.kampagroup.com/en/restaurant.php?rid=1 http://www.kampagroup.com/en/restaurant.php?rid=1 Cowboys -- Fine Dining in Prague Coo restaurant in historic building with splendid view -- located just below the Castle<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.kampagroup.com/en/restaurant.php?rid=8 http://www.kampagroup.com/en/restaurant.php?rid=8 Hotel Messner 3 hotels in one (one to three stars). Located at the tip of Dorsodouro, close to the Guggenheim Collectionand Accademia. I found this on one of my walks.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.hotelmessner.it/index.php?lang=en http://www.hotelmessner.it/index.php?lang=en Hotel Al Sole Venice hotels Hotel Al Sole is located in a noble palace built in the beginning of the Fifteenth century, a short distance from Piazzale Roma. It is in the vicinity of lots of nice restaurants, yet on a quiet street. I found this hotel on one of my walks.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.alsolehotels.com/en/index.htm http://www.alsolehotels.com/en/index.htm hotel agli alboretti, venice Cozy hotel close to Accademia and the Dorsodouro promenade. I found this hotel on one of my walks.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.aglialboretti.com/index_eng.php http://www.aglialboretti.com/index_eng.php LOCANDA-SANBARNABA.COM very nice location by the grand canal, san barnaba and academia. I found this one strolling.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.locanda-sanbarnaba.com http://www.locanda-sanbarnaba.com Lilly K Feminine laptop bags<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.lilly-k.no http://www.lilly-k.no iAquarium III: the final My friend Luke made an aquarium out of a Harman Kardon subwoofer<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://alge.anart.no/blogs/blog/2008/05/19/iaquarium-final http://alge.anart.no/blogs/blog/2008/05/19/iaquarium-final Samui Institute of Culinary Arts Internationally acclaimed Thai Cooking School with daily Thai cooking classes, fruit and vegetable carving courses, Thai chefs training, Thai food products by Mail Order<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.sitca.net http://www.sitca.net Moroccan Cooking Lessons in the Fez Medina: Learn Traditional Moroccan recipes with Chef Lahcen Beqqi: Single Day and Multiple Day Classes Cooking classes, vacations, holidays in Fes, the Fez Medina, Morocco. Learn Traditional Moroccan recipes; tagine, couscous, pastilla, harira, salads.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.fescooking.com http://www.fescooking.com Riad Fes Baraka, Riad Fes Barak..<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.riadfesbaraka.com http://www.riadfesbaraka.com Riads à Fes Luxury Riad accommodation in Fez<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://riadfes.com http://riadfes.com Maroc Emotions Hotels and riads in Morocco<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.maroc-emotions.com http://www.maroc-emotions.com Boyana Church Home page of Boyana Church outside of Sofia, Bulgaria. The church is one of the best places in the world to see medieval eastern European paintings/frescoes. I was here in May 2008 and at the time the church was closed for renovations.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.boyanachurch.org/indexen.htm http://www.boyanachurch.org/indexen.htm Grand Hotel Sofia Wonderful 5 star hotel in the center of Sofia. Huge rooms with complementary high speed internet access, good breakfast, several bars, two restaurants and a health center with fitness room, sauna, jacuzzi, spa and beauty treatments. Very helpful and knowledgeable staff. I stayed here in May 2008. <br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.grandhotelsofia.bg http://www.grandhotelsofia.bg TerraPass | Fight Global Warming - Reduce your Carbon Footprint & Promote Clean Energy Fight global warming by reducing your carbon footprint today - TerraPass helps individuals easily and affordably balance the environmental impact of their driving, flying, and home energy use by purchasing carbon offsets. Help fight climate change by reducing carbon dioxide air pollution. TerraPass is easy, effective, and affordable.<br />Submited by meryn 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.terrapass.com http://www.terrapass.com World Heritage Site - UNESCO World Heritage List cultural / natural sites, trip reports, photos Guide to the Unesco World Heritage List, from the Taj Mahal to Timbuktu<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.worldheritagesite.org http://www.worldheritagesite.org WHTour.org > Earth : map UNESCO World Heritage sites in panographies - 360 degree imaging<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/earth/map.html http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/earth/map.html EDEN conference 2008: Restless digital natives The presentation I did with my colleague Inger at the EDEN conference in Lisbon in June 2008.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://edenconference08.blogspot.com/2008/06/restless-digital-natives.html http://edenconference08.blogspot.com/2008/06/restless-digital-natives.html New methods for organizing teaching - DISTANS Online support for learning The presentation looks at Web 2.0 tools as aides for organizing teaching. It starts by outlining how changes in our society in general and in the work place in particular have put new demands on higher education: In addition to teaching subject matter we are expected to empower students to be constructors of their own knowledge and to impart to them both digital- and information literacy. Web 2.0 provides tools to do this and to break down the walls of the classroom and make higher education more flexible. Several examples from the University of Oslo illustrate this.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://distans.wetpaint.com/page/New+methods+for+organizing+teaching http://distans.wetpaint.com/page/New+methods+for+organizing+teaching UTENGLUTENOGMELK Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.utenglutenogmelk.info http://www.utenglutenogmelk.info Rumplo - Awesome T-Shirts, from around the world. Awesome T-shirts from around the world.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://rumplo.com http://rumplo.com fd's Flickr Toys: Do fun stuff with your photos Do fun stuff with your digital photos. Create motivational posters, movie posters, magazine covers, badges, mosaics, collages, calendars, frames, and a lot more!<br />Submited by Rob 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://bighugelabs.com/flickr http://bighugelabs.com/flickr Mystic Fire Portfolio (ilachinski Studios, 2008) Amazing photos of fire<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.tao-of-photography.com/Portfolio/MysticFire/MysticFirePortfolio.html http://www.tao-of-photography.com/Portfolio/MysticFire/MysticFirePortfolio.html Micro Worlds Portfolio. Ilachinski Studios Amazing shots of bubbles. This is art!<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.tao-of-photography.com/Portfolio/Micro%20Worlds/MicroWorldsPortfolio.html http://www.tao-of-photography.com/Portfolio/Micro%20Worlds/MicroWorldsPortfolio.html Hospes Las Casas del Rey de Baeza, Seville Once the home of an Andalucían king, this boutique hotel in the centre of Seville wraps classic Hospes modern design in an 18th-century exterior of whitewash and ochre.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/luxury-hotels/spain-hotels/seville-province-hotels/hospes-las-casas-del-rey-de-baeza http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/luxury-hotels/spain-hotels/seville-province-hotels/hospes-las-casas-del-rey-de-baeza Hotel Splendid Hotel Splendid is a large 5 star hotel on the beach in Becici on tyhe Budva Riviera in Montenegro. The amenities are great, but the hotel grounds resound with canned music at all hours and the staff are not always as accommodating as I would have liked. I stayed here for 3 weeks in the summer of 2008.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.montenegrostars.com/new/hoteli.php?id_hot=1&id_jez=1 http://www.montenegrostars.com/new/hoteli.php?id_hot=1&id_jez=1 Primorje Tivat Nice 3 star hotel by the Kotor fjord in down town Tivat in Montenegro.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://primorje.cg.yu/home.php?lang=en http://primorje.cg.yu/home.php?lang=en Pržno appartments, restaurants and more<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://przno.com/html_en/index_en.html http://przno.com/html_en/index_en.html Apartmani Kazanegra Appartments with wonderful ocean view close to the beach<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:26 GMT http://www.kazanegra.com/index-e.html http://www.kazanegra.com/index-e.html Instructional Blogging On Campus: Identifying Best Practices The University of Arizona’s Learning Technologies Center (LTC) provides centralized support for instructional blogging and hosts blogs for administrative units exploring new ways to provide information to students. In the instructional arena, faculty ar<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.campus-technology.com/print.asp?ID=11311 http://www.campus-technology.com/print.asp?ID=11311 AERA 2006 - LearningNetWiki This paper examines how wiki technology can be used to support teacher professional development.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.csun.edu/learningnet/LNwiki/index.php?title=AERA_2006 http://www.csun.edu/learningnet/LNwiki/index.php?title=AERA_2006 Using wikis in schools This paper addresses the potential uses of wikis - online editable websites - as learning tools in schools. It places wikis in the context of current relevant literature about collaborative learning, summarising major theories of learning in communities a<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/discuss/05discuss01.htm http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/discuss/05discuss01.htm rWiki in Vancouver på Collab/Sakaiwiki<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://issues.sakaiproject.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=18139 http://issues.sakaiproject.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=18139 Bloggs as a teaching tool -- UBC A number of T.A.s in the Department of English have shown with great success that blogs can (and have) been used “to communicate with and encourage more discussion among [their] students beyond [their] time in the classroom.”<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/home/archives/008270.php http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/home/archives/008270.php Weblogs Help English T.A.s Spark Online Discussions with First Year Students Weblogs Help English T.A.s Spark Online Discussions with First Year Students<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.e-strategy.ubc.ca/news/update0408/040825-weblogs.html http://www.e-strategy.ubc.ca/news/update0408/040825-weblogs.html TeachingWithWikis, University of Minnesota Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT https://wiki.umn.edu/twiki/bin/view/TeachingWithWikis/WebHome https://wiki.umn.edu/twiki/bin/view/TeachingWithWikis/WebHome CRITICAL THINKING FOR THE GOOGLE GENERATION Are serious institutions of higher education in danger of being deserted if they don't accommodate the latest gadget of technological whim?<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i21_stuckey.html http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i21_stuckey.html HigheredBlogCon During April 2006, participants from around the world posted more than 40 articles, screencasts, videos, and mp3’s on new media in academia.<br />Submited by Lisa 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.higheredblogcon.com http://www.higheredblogcon.com Educational Weblogs Find Examples of Educator Blogs Online.<br />Submited by Kleverson 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://educational.blogs.com http://educational.blogs.com Blogs in Education This page is designed to provide you some resources if you want to get started using blogs for yourself or with your students.<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog Writing With Web Logs Intro to teaching and learning with blogs<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/02/blogs.html http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/02/blogs.html Weblogg-ed - The Read/Write Web in the Classroom : Blogging<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.weblogg-ed.com http://www.weblogg-ed.com Web Search Engines: Part 1 How search engines work<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.5d61c1d591162e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1_article&TheCat=1055&path=computer/homepage/0606&file=thingswork.xml&xsl=article.xsl& http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.5d61c1d591162e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1_article&TheCat=1055&path=computer/homepage/0606&file=thingswork.xml&xsl=article.xsl& Web Search Engines: Part 2 How search engines work<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.5d61c1d591162e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1_article&TheCat=1055&path=computer/homepage/0806&file=howthings.xml&xsl=article.xsl& http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.5d61c1d591162e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1_article&TheCat=1055&path=computer/homepage/0806&file=howthings.xml&xsl=article.xsl& Creating accessible learning environments From The Oxford Learning Institute<br />Submited by skoch 13, August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:25 GMT http://www.learning.ox.ac.uk/oli.php?page=179 http://www.learning.ox.ac.uk/oli.php?page=179