User-generated content may have changed the Internet, but sites like YouTube are suffocating under the costs of storing it.
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TSTC Takes One Small Step for Virtual Worlds, One Giant Leap for Virtual World Education - 0 views
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One graduation, not affected by swine flu, occurred at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Texas State Technical College's virtual college (vTSTC) in Second Life. On this day, Julie Shannan, became the first known student to graduate from a certificate program taken entirely in a virtual environment.
Jessica Gross: Embracing the Twitter Classroom - 0 views
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Rheingold points to five reasons for teaching students social media: Developing students' literacy in our new online environment is as crucial as developing their abilities to read and write. Communication is moving toward social media. We can either help students thrive in this environment or leave them flailing. Many students bring their computers to class. Why not work with this trend instead of fighting or ignoring it? Social media is just that: social. Students who use Twitter for class are "learning collaborative skills that are particularly important today." There is only so much class time. Rheingold makes mini-lectures on video that students comment on between classes, allowing more time to engage the issues through in-class discussion. Shy students who hold back in class often speak up online. "If you can extend the discussion to an online message board, you enable students who may not jump into the discussion," he said, to "make a thoughtful contribution."
Tips on Choosing Age-Appropriate Texting Devices - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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“Kids can get carried away with what they type and things can get out of hand,” Ms. Schwartz said. “That is why, with all of this, it’s more important to teach overall responsibility than to attack individual texts you may encounter if you decide to snoop.”
Educational Networking - 0 views
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"Educational Networking" is the use of social networking technologies for educational purposes. Because the phrase "social networking" can carry some negative connotations for educators, the phrase "educational networking" may be a way of more objectively discussing the pedagogical value of these tools
Having "The Talk" with Staff, Social Media Style - 7 views
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You still need to train your employees and staff on how to use it responsibly.
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You still need to train your employees and staff on how to use it responsibly.
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You still need to train your employees and staff on how to use it responsibly.
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How to Go on the Offensive with Facebook : The World :: American Express OPEN Forum - 4 views
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It’s time to “face” two facts: First, most organizations are either already looking at candidates’ Facebook profiles, or they are going to start soon. (How many business owners are doing this now?) Second, people who are worth hiring either have a social-networking profile on some service or will soon—indeed, recruiters may already think that a candidate who doesn’t have a profile is hiding something, disconnected, or clueless.
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Do our students and teachers realize this? It's our rsponsibility to inform them.
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Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown - NYTimes.com - 3 views
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The Internet may not be such a dangerous place for children after all. A task force created by 49 state attorneys general to look into the problem of sexual solicitation of children online has concluded that there really is not a significant problem.
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But the report concluded that the problem of bullying among children, both online and offline, poses a far more serious challenge than the sexual solicitation of minors by adults.
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“This shows that social networks are not these horribly bad neighborhoods on the Internet,” said John Cardillo, chief executive of Sentinel Tech Holding, which maintains a sex offender database and was part of the task force. “Social networks are very much like real-world communities that are comprised mostly of good people who are there for the right reasons.”
How to Cite Tweets in an Academic Paper | EdTech Magazine - 7 views
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"Professors may scoff at the idea, but students are increasingly citing tweets in academic papers. Although they don't exactly count as peer-reviewed, tweets do provide interesting insight into pop culture, breaking news and a number of social issues. After all, the Library of Congress is indexing tweets for historical reference. As a result, it's important that style guides address the issue, and that students understand how to properly cite their sources."
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