shows the comparison of the latest user stastics of popular social networking sites – Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn and Pinterest.

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The latest Google function brings together the capabilities of Google Search, Google Scholar, and Google Docs. The research tool provides shortcuts to accessing web-based information and adding it to your documents.

eam Viewer is a free application that allows devices such as the iPad and iPhone to remotely log in to a stationary computer.  In the morning, I come into my office and set up my laptop and then carry around my iPad with me the rest of the day.  By using the iPad, I not only have access to my wide variety of apps, but I can also remotely project my laptop screen on the iPad and make use of the programs I have running in my office.  By doing this, I have eliminated the need to carry another piece of heavy equipment throughout the busy school hallways.

Team Viewer is a free application that allows devices such as the iPad and iPhone to remotely log in to a stationary computer.  In the morning, I come into my office and set up my laptop and then carry around my iPad with me the rest of the day.  By using the iPad, I not only have access to my wide variety of apps, but I can also remotely project my laptop screen on the iPad and make use of the programs I have running in my office.  By doing this, I have eliminated the need to carry another piece of heavy equipment throughout the busy school hallways.

I remember lots of advice to take care in writing emails because emails don’t convey things like tone of voice or body language. Without such communication aids, the argument went, emails are easy to misinterpret. There’s only so much that emoticons and careful word choice can do to convey one’s affect, so some messages are better delivered in person or over the phone.

I think this issue of misinterpretation is even more relevant to Twitter than it is to email.

When online, do you frequently switch between applications, use tons of file-sharing software, and send a lot of e-mail and instant messages? If so, you might be depressed, according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.

Frequent switching may be related with difficulty concentrating, which is also an indicator of depressive symptoms among students.

Study after study has analyzed how our increased Internet usage is negatively affecting us.

CNN reported on in 2009 painted a grim picture, linking excessive Internet use with social phobia, depression, and other psychological problems

Stanford University researchers in 2005 warned that those who use the Internet frequently spend about an hour less each day interacting with their familie

Nearpod is a free iOS app that teachers can use to create quizzes, polls, and multimedia presentations.

Teachers can view students' responses individually or as a whole class. The video below provides a short overview of Nearpod.

The feedback mechanisms may allow you to quickly get a sense of your students' comprehension of the lessons that you deliver.

GoClass is a promising iPad app for teachers who are working in 1:1 iPad environments.

Teachers also have the option to ask questions and poll their students. After the students' response have been gathered teachers can project those responses without showing individual student's names.

GoClass is a free iPad application for creating short lessons and delivering them to your students.

On many levels, e-books seem like better alternatives to textbooks — they can be easily updated and many formats allow readers to interact with the material more, with quizzes, video, audio and other multimedia to reinforce lessons. But some studies suggest that there may be significant advantages in printed books if your goal is to remember what you read long-term

Many educators have a nagging concern that students will plagiarize work submitted for key written assignments. That is why experts in the field of academic integrity, such as Donald McCabe, have long suggested that a method to avoid plagiarism is to use guided research projects. A guided research project is one that is scaffolded into stages, such as an outline, a few drafts, and then a final submission. Guided research brings transparency to the writing process.

The Dropbox tool

is a powerful tool for implementing guided research strategies

In a new book, Howard Rheingold says social networks are changing the way we think

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Twitter hashtags can connect you to people and conversations all over the world … 

The Hashtag: A Door to Discovery on Twitter

The hashtag has a metadata value. This means that all the content and conversations using hashtags can be discovered, mined and organized through search.

It seems like everyone has a blog these days

just about

as many abandoned

Thirty percent of high school students and 19 percent of middle schoolers took at least one online class in 2010, according to a 2011 report sponsored by the national nonprofit group Project Tomorrow

Scheduling flexibility, control over their own learning and the ability to work at their own pace were the top benefits cited by students who had taken virtual courses.

Increasing student retention in online courses involves a combination of strategies that can be deployed at both the institutional and the course levels.

Decide how you want to teach online Decide what kind of online course you and your students need Work in a team Build on existing resources Master the technology Set appropriate learning goals for online learning Create a strong online course structure/schedule Communicate, communicate, communicate Innovate and evaluate.

Building a blog is one of the best tools for getting started and advancing in your career field.

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2. Get Found Online