What is Hoot.Me? Hoot.Me is a Facebook application that allows you see what your people are working on and collaborate with them inside of Facebook. “Switch Facebook into study mode Connect with your friends to work on homework and projects.” …

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First, I wanted to thank everyone who nominated me for E-Learning Council’s Top 10 E-Learning Thought Leaders and anyone that has already voted for me. If you haven’t vote yet – why not? Vote now http://ow.ly/6a1D0 Don’t forget you can …

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Students who don’t have their books for their fall classes yet might want to see about saving a few dollars with Amazon.com’s latest app. This month Amazon released a free iPhone application called Amazon Student, designed to help students make …

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I thought that might get your attention! The majority of people I have talked to that currently use Twitter regularly have all admitted to thinking Twitter sounded like the stupidest idea ever before using it. The approximately 85% of U.S. …

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We all know that book prices are reaching the point where students may not be able to afford school, not because of the tuition – but because of the textbooks.  In an effort to help educate and assist faculty in …

Textbook Choices 101: A Guide for Faculty (2011 Edition) Read more »

#SMCEDU chats have been on hold the majority of summer with many faculty and students away from the classroom (lucky them) but they return today (Wednesday 8/10/11) with a new hashtag #SMEDU on a new day (Wednesdays) and at two …

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