BUCAT

free online video processor that might be useful

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.

This oped piece suggest that as educators," we are called upon to challenge the way students already think and guide them into new patterns or ways of thinking as required, in order for them to grasp central concepts and applications of learning. Collaborative technologies, while not central to the process, can help facilitate this core function of education."

"his site is for a three-session faculty development event supported by the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning at Gustavus Adolphus College. The purpose of these sessions is to explore old and new ways of finding information, both web and library-based, as well as to discuss classroom applications, the state of publishing, open access, copyright, and more."

Correlation between music instruction and success at algebra

MySpace co-President Jason Hirshhorn has stepped down and his partner and co-President Mike Jones will take the sole helm

Gallaudet University did a review of web conferencing tools - good reference document

University of California is hoping to become the nation's first top-tier research institution to offer a bachelor's degree over the Internet comparable in quality to its prestigious campus program

Study on plagiarism of undergraduate students of the "Digital Age".

""This study firmly shows that continued technological education throughout a teacher's career is vital to providing students with the skills they will need for future careers," said Anne Bryant, executive director of the National School Boards Association. "This survey shows that school boards need to be as intentional and purposeful as possible in supporting increased technology integration in schools.""

A recent conference on eLearning - all the conference sessions are available via iTunes

"working definition of visual literacy"

"did Apple just destroy the US tablet market"

Not sure this is on target, but good questions to ask

iPad in Education blog

Researchers investigated the impact of podcasting on student motivation in the online environment during fall 2008 and spring 2009. Data were collected from students enrolled in fourteen online courses at a research university in the United States. One hundred and ninety-one students completed a modified version of the Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (); it has four subscales: attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction. Strong positive relationships between all subscales were detected. Results indicate students were moderately motivated by the use of podcasts in their online courses. Only available to Butler

Social Media in the future 

Kids point of view about what they want computers to do in the future. Maybe this will really happen?

Social reputation

"Twitter for Academia"

Good, concise thoughts about a professional portfolio