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VoiceThread With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

I disagree with this article - first, there isn't sufficient data, and I think it all depends in how Twitter is used. I tend to think of Twitter as more of a collection space of ideas and links. What I think is flawed in the research is that Twitter doesn't provide context (source of previous knowledge) or sufficient data for the brain to chunk or organize. I think the author is comparing the effectiveness of a wrench and a hammer while viewing a nail.

I disagree with this article - first, there isn't sufficient data, and I think it all depends in how Twitter is used. I tend to think of Twitter as more of a collection space of ideas and links. What I think is flawed in the research is that Twitter doesn't provide context (source of previous knowledge) or sufficient data for the brain to chunk or organize. I think the author is comparing the effectiveness of a wrench and a hammer while viewing a nail.

"Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. "

How to use podcasts and vodcasts to increase student achievement

Universities are losing their grip on higher learning as the Internet is, inexorably, becoming the dominant infrastructure for knowledge - both as a container and as a global platform for knowledge exchange between people - and as a new generation of students requires a very different model of higher education. The transformation of the university is not just a good idea. It is an imperative, and evidence is mounting that the consequences of further delay may be dire.

Growing interest in online courses - particularly community colleges that reach out to non traditional students

Some really good thoughts on transforming education - thanking teachers who fail when being innovative, reframe the role of the teacher, give students access to 21str century skills

On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.

" This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context."

"When over 300 third through seventh grade students, from Alabama, Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Maine work collaboratively to create an online journal, amazing things happen."

Good information for our students who will leave Butler in search of a job

Could be another option for students.  Wish we had time to pilot this in one class.  This is the kind of thing we should be flexible enough to explore at BU.

"Students moving into a newly renovated dormitory at the University of Kentucky signed up for a hyperwired college experience: Each one was given an iPad and required to take a series of tech-themed courses."

Message your class: A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free.

National DST contest.

Students demand lectures available digitally.

"Nearly 28% of college students plan to seek employment using LinkedIn, up from 5% last year, according to a survey out today from employee recognition provider I Love Rewards and career-services network Experience. Slightly more than 7% plan to use Facebook, up from 5%."