Social media be used in innovative ways to engage, excite, and educate students through a broad spectrum of disciplines. I’m going to cover a few real examples in the next few weeks in a series called Social Media in Education. …
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Wondering about texting and teens? Texting is the new call me for most teenagers. The infographic below from Online Schools show the trends of texting teens. How can this type of data be important to parents, educators, and startups? Look …
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This week’s App of the Week is WolframAlpha. Remember the Star Trek computer? It’s finally happening with WolframAlpha. Building on 25 years of development led by Stephen Wolfram, WolframAlpha has rapidly become the world’s definitive source for instant expert knowledge …
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I love being the first to play with a new web 2.0Â tool and getting show all my techie friends how awesome a new tool is to use, especialy my educator friends. I found this one surfing around trying to find …
Dragontape Makes Mixing and Cutting YouTube Videos Easy Read more »
Today’s I’m lucky enough to be hosting a friend and colleague as guest blogger, Dr. Lisa Macon (@lisamacon). Lisa is a Professor of Computer Programming and Analysis at Valencia College’s West Campus and definitely a “Gadget Girl”. My new Kindle …
I just presented at Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, FL, November 9-11 at the Swan and Dolphin. My second presentation at Sloan C (#aln2011) was on Friday, November 11th at 1:40 p.m. titled Howl at Engagement with …
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