" A recent survey of almost 2,000 teachers found that half think that using Twitter (and Facebook) in the classroom "is harmful to the learning experience." But, Los Angeles history teacher Enrique Legaspi disagrees with the naysayers. Last year he went to a workshop that discussed ways to use Twitter in teaching and now his students-even the shy ones-at Hollenbeck Middle School in East L.A. are speaking up more."

Article describes a classroom broken down into stations, each one designed to teach specific skills in different ways. A kid who needs to learn how to calculate the area of a circle could be taught in a group with a teacher, with a virtual tutor, or with a computer program.

Really cool site for making tag clouds that are in shapes, have fonts, etc.

Large number of iPads accessing the network and using intensive applications.

a searchable group of apps based on device, grade level, Blooms, price - well maintained site!

Great list of apps aligned with Blooms Taxonomy

Based on the book, Understanding by Design (Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe) this article summarizes the process of designing courses as "backward process." The process has 3 basic steps - 1) Identify desired results, 2)Determine Acceptable Evidence, and 3) Plan Learning Experiences

This is a very good introduction to the impact of social media on society.

Cool infographic about iPad apps growth

App review site

A calendar of educational technology events from around the discipline

It seems that the lending in the academic library context is mixed, and Amazon's partner Overdrive is pushing for less restrictive regulations on how libraries can share digital content. Will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

More college students than ever before are demanding online classes as an option when they register for classes -- even traditional students who live on campus.

"Drchrono is an EHR (electronic health record) app for the iPad. It allows doctors to complete everyday tasks and access information without having to turn to paper records. The information gathered and accessed through the app is also available from any web browser, iPhone or Android device, since the app syncs with the Drchrono web-based healthcare platform."

George Fox University story about a change in their laptop program, moving away from distributing mobile devices to building a better infrastructure

85% of Americans 18 and older own a cell phone, making it the most used device among adults.

Lack of sleep contributes to lack of learning - we all know that, but this story highlights the connection to "always on" technology for teens.

"Connected, exhausted Texting teenagers who stay 'on call' all night pay the price in lost sleep"

"According to research by Harris Interactive, that was commissioned by CareerBuilder.com and surveyed 2,667 HR professionals, found that 45% of them use social networking sites to research job candidates, with an additional 11% planning to implement social media screening in the very near future."