BUCAT

See especially items 6-10

you know what hits me about this is that we need to consider lowering our sights on the technology that we promote campus wide to faculty and use the peer tutoring method to engage more faculty in the common easy to use technologies. Still work on the emerging tech with the tech savy and work more one-on-one with the biggest chunk of faculty using/exploring other technology. Did I just define 3 levels of engagment with faculty? hhmmmm

"Libraries are simultaneously more relevant than ever and less able to define their role in the digital age, according to recent articles, reports and an upcoming conference. Here's a look at a number of summer stories that explore how public and private libraries are addressing technological shifts while meeting the needs of their communities. "

" 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."

I want one :)

"Will technology cause the traditional college classroom education to become obsolete? Here's a satirical vision of future education. "

Really funny look at our current teaching environments

Innovative Teaching Spring Newsletter

easy to create timelines that are linear, "flipbook" style, or in a list. Topics are browsable.

I don't think the Kindle is the panacea of access as this article suggests - some healthy collection development in prior years may have made the device less of a "savior" for research. "We have to work with what we have" is a cop-out, in my opinion. What do you think?

Nothing earth shattering but a good article about points of collaboration between Library and Technology depts.

Social network for learning - Xplana kicks off next week.  Integration of popular social network apps into one!

Panopto Implementation Blog

Blog for questions and comments about Panopto

Mashable has produced an extensive guide on all of Google+'s key features, as well as an introduction to the service and the important things you need to know about it.

The StudentAdvisor.com research team continuously collects information on how active and effective each school is at engaging their audiences on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media tools, such as iTunes and podcasts. The ranking methodology also takes into account the size of each school's population, as well as other metrics, to gauge overall reach and effectiveness. The team then produces a strictly quantitative score for each school based on this information, and updates the findings regularly.

This article makes a good point that I think I have missed sometimes in working with faculty. Before we encourage faculty new to Instructional Technology to use 21st Century technology as part of their curriculum we should encourage them to be participants in the technology. We should encourage them to subscribe to a blog/wiki/Podcast and be a participant so that they can better understand the tools usefulness in learning before they integrate it into their curriculum.

Some good steps. I think she missed the first step which is to define the need for the technology in the first place - what are the teaching/learning goals that will be satisfied/transformed through the integration of technology. Too often we start with the technology and forget the fundamentals of pedagogy.

Good tools for keeping track of things

Probably seems like an odd post, but so true - you don't gain if you don't risk.

A must read about securing your data on mobile devices

facebook apps for online education

facebook apps for online education including books iRead, Jstor search

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