academic technology

spring 2010 Tamara Stenn's IQl class

Free YouTube Download. Download all possible YouTube videos to your computer: - a single YouTube video; - complete YouTube playlists and show lists; - all video responses to a YouTube video; - all videos of a selected YouTube user or a channel; - all video from the user favorites. The beauty of this YouTube downloader lies in its simple set up. By default, output files are saved into the program's folder in My Documents, and they retain the name of the source video.

"Open source photo manager for GNOME"

"to me, the virtualized and interactive version of that pile of business cards on your desk. "

The Ultimate List: 300+ Social Media Statistics

Twitter parade

Facebook is the world's leading social network, with over 300 million users and more than 900 employees. But how do you get the most out of it? To answer this question and more, Mashable has created The Facebook Guide Book, a complete collection of resources to help you master Facebook.

Requires wireless mouse(s) Microsoft Mouse Mischief is a free software download for PCs that integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 to allow educators to insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into lessons for participation for up to 25 students. Each student or pairs of students uses their own wireless mouse to do this. Additionally, the teacher gets statistics of who answered first and correctly in order. I priced some wireless mouses for the classroom and found used ones for $6 so this can be a relatively cheap

Daniel Pink's lecture about his book, Drive. While directly addresses the business world but the connections to education are apparent. Speaks to why incentive pay for teachers is a ridiculous idea. Even why grades are a lousy incentive for students.

Using Twitter at social media conferences has become a great way to do just that. But Twitter isn't appropriate for every situation. Your audience isn't on Twitter.You don't want the discussion to be public.You need to see only relevent updates.That's where TodaysMeet comes in. TodaysMeet gives you an isolated room where you can see only what you need to see, and your audience doesn't need to learn any new tools like hash tags to keep everything together.

respond via text messsaging, twitter or web higher ed free account gets you 32 responses per poll

This resource page provides a wide selection of downloadable "How do I" Blackboard 8 tutorials, in PDF format. Please check this page frequently for updates as we create and post new tutorials and demos.

"In this tutorial I'll show you how to: * Style Google Forms so that they fit into your site's look and feel. * Replace that dull Google confirmation page with your own custom 'Thank you' page. Don't be scared of all the steps. I've broken it all down into bite size pieces so it is easier to follow. If you've already got a Google form ready to style you can skip straight to Step 6."

delicious list of public data sets

Open educational resources (OER) are any resources available at little or no cost that can be used for teaching, learning, or research. The term can include textbooks, course readings, and other learning content; simulations, games, and other applications; syllabi, quizzes, and assessment tools; and virtually any other educational material. Open resources are issued under a license that spells out how they can be used: Some may only be used in their original form; in other cases, resources can be modified, remixed, and redistributed. OER expand the access to educational resources to more learners, more of the time, and they have the potential to spur pedagogical innovation, introducing new alternatives for effective teaching.

6 screencast tools: You have a few options when it comes to screencasting (such as Camtasia which offers to record your screen for $299, or Camstudio). However, if you want simpler applications that can do the same thing without the heavy toll on your computer's memory or your wallet, try these easy-to-use web-based solutions. Since all of the following offer the recordings for download, you can edit the screencasts to your liking in your preferred video editor, or start over with ease.

many types of google searches: squared, knol, sets, public source code, blogs

"Share what you know and write a knol. Did you know? We provide dos and don'ts on how to write good knols."

The nuances of Copyright and Creative Commons and the differences between them can be confusing. I recently came across this neat little video that does a good job of explaining Creative Commons and what Creative Commons licenses allow or do not allow people to do with your works. A PDF of the images in the video can be found here.

online magazine that's all about science for the people published by Natl Sci Foundation. Quirky articles good for a general science class