"Media are powerful. A medium is a way of expressing an idea, and while students may resist attempts to formally train their minds, they're naturally drawn to other people's ideas.
And that's all media are-structured ways of communicating. Text messages, novels, poems, posters, twitter, quotes, graffiti all express ideas."
Yes Derek demo it on Wednesday, we all started responding to his polls either by the web or via twitter. The text message sends a text to the UK at the moment.
"Learn how to use Google Apps in the classroom with a new bi-weekly webinar series lead by Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers. Webinars will be held biweekly on Tuesdays, 3:30PM MT and will also be recorded and archived. (There is NO COST for these webinars.)
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