BUCAT

App review site

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.

A calendar of educational technology events from around the discipline

Charge your iPod by just going about your normal day!  

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."

"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%."

Really neat integrated keyboard/case for ipad2

eBook research

Social media in the medical industry

One of the seminal figures in technology in education, Will Richardson has a great resource on RSS Feeds

Instructions for captioning a Youtube video

"As Educators we use Digital Storytelling in many ways, from introducing new material to helping students learn to conduct research, synthesize large amounts of content and gain expertise in the use of digital communication and authoring tools. It also can help students organize these ideas as they learn to create stories for an audience, and present their ideas and knowledge in an individual and meaningful way."