{"id":5939,"date":"2013-05-15T10:21:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shermandorn.com\/wordpress\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2013-05-15T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T14:21:21","slug":"open-source-ed-tech-software-wish-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shermandorn.com\/?p=5939","title":{"rendered":"Open-source ed tech software wish-list"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to the LTI App Bounty challenge<\/a> issued yesterday by several LMS companies, here is my wish-list for software that has a simple function, does not yet exist, but should:<\/p>\n

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  1. A mashup of the Creative Commons search tool<\/a>, Zotero<\/a>, and simple image editing that would allow one to search for a CC-licensed\/PD image, snag it and its source, and watermark the image with the citation, with as few clicks as possible.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Variant on the above: instead of a watermark, a thin margin strip added to the image with citation and possibly a tiny QR (the only justified use I can imagine of QR codes today).<\/li>\n
  3. Further variant: similar tool, but the target would be the Digital Public Library of America<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. A (more clever) variant of browser form-entry saving that you could use for commenting on student work: you set up prompts for comments on work, and when you start typing in a comment, the browser add-on would display (and allow you to pick) comments that you have already written.<\/li>\n
  5. A variant on the above: the add-on would build, export, and import libraries of comments and prompts.<\/li>\n
  6. Another variant: exporting the data in a .csv file (or other spreadsheet format). Or, given the LTI challenge noted above, something with an LTI hook.<\/li>\n
  7. A server utility that could feed a page’s text in small bites to a cell-phone user (i.e., someone who does not have a smartphone but can receive SMS).<\/li>\n
  8. A utility to gate a cell phone’s SMS messages into an LMS or similar (i.e., let someone contribute to a gated discussion from an LMS, not just let messages go outbound).<\/li>\n
  9. An essential-systems cloning device — not a complete unit (you don’t need legs or hair for this) but enough to participate in an instructor-permission role online.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Okay, the last one is a joke, but the rest are serious. We need these, coding friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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