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Nik Peachey

Nik's Quick Shout: Quick Twitter Video Activity - 4 views

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    "Educators seem to be constantly searching for new activities and ways to use Twitter with their Students. At the same time developers seem to be constantly looking for ways to build on the success of Twitter and develop apps and sites that will extend its functionality and increase its usefulness and usability."
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    Educators seem to be constantly searching for new activities and ways to use Twitter with their Students. At the same time developers seem to be constantly looking for ways to build on the success of Twitter and develop apps and sites that will extend its functionality and increase its usefulness and usability.
James Miscavish

twitter4teachers / FrontPage - 0 views

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    If you feel a subject area is missing and you think a page needs to be added, feel free to tweet or e-mail your suggestions or comments to the author of this wiki: gina.hartman@fhsdschools.org or ghartman on Twitter
Leslie Healey

Reports of blogging's death have been greatly exaggerated | Cory Doctorow | Technology ... - 6 views

  • t was coined in 1913 by Wolfgang Riepl. It's as true now as it was then.
  • Science fiction writer Bruce Sterling says: "The future composts the past." There's even a law to describe this, Riepl's Law – which says "new, further developed types of media never replace the existing modes of media and their usage patterns. Instead, a convergence takes place in their field, leading to a different way and field of use for these older forms."
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    doctorow's take on why we need not just twitter and facebook and diigo but also older methods of socialmedia--blogging
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    this is the best analysis on why we need the varied forms of social media in the classroom--and in life
Mary Worrell

Search Engine's YouTube channel launches: Does the Internet make you dumber? Boing Boing - 4 views

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    This video is funny and does a good job of questioning why we care about rote memorization. Why isn't it good enough just to go and look up information? Why must we scold ourselves if we don't have it memorized? Has some great applications to educational debate today and where technology fits.
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