The data suggest that 80% of professors, with little variance by age, have at least one account with either Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Skype, LinkedIn, MySpace, Flickr, Slideshare or Google Wave. Nearly 60% kept accounts with more than one, and a quarter used at least four. A majority, 52%, said they used at least one of them as a teaching tool.
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University World News - US: Professors and social media - 7 views
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This brief blog post on social media usage among educators links out to the more detailed report. Highlight: 80% of professors have at least one account on a social networking platform.
Grades Keep Students From Taking Risks | e-Learning Today TV - 15 views
UJAM - 13 views
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"UJAM is a cloud-based platform that empowers everybody to easily create new music or enhance their existing musical talent and share it with friends. "
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Just signed up looks karaoke on steroids but also creative you can record original work I don't know of you can collaborate? -
Wow you can create huge range of vocal effects as well as instruments genres etc eventually UJAM will embed into any type of platform/ use. I'm imagining Twitter with optional sound? Or in games. Oh yeah how about a profile with a little acapella or guitar rift?
Free Technology for Teachers: 11 Foreign Language Resources to Try in 2011 - 7 views
Web-based Digital Storytelling Tools and Online Interactive Resources | Danny Maas, Eme... - 30 views
What is the Technology Footprint in Your Classroom? - 18 views
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Strategies and techniques are provided regarding the benefits of using digital tools to support teaching and learning in any content area or grade level.
ParlInfo - Title Details - 3 views
Why Tweet - Google Docs - 19 views
Why Tweet - Google Docs - 19 views
Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: When We Will Start Our Egyptian Revolut... - 5 views
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Great blog post reflection on events in Egypt
"The kids need support, and frankly, so do I." A teacher's request, post-Wisc... - 5 views
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Despite knowing these things, though, I cannot shake the persistent feeling that no matter what I or my colleagues say, our words will not be heard by those who make decisions.
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many educators like me are trying to fight the feeling of defeat
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During my five years as a teacher I have learned that no matter what happens, the kids will be there the next day. They will show up and expect me to educate them, and they deserve that. There is little or no room to recover or wallow, and certainly no forgiveness in terms of wavers in classroom productivity and performance.
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One teacher reflects on how she feels "post-Wisconsin." Many teachers are hurting these days. "During my five years as a teacher I have learned that no matter what happens, the kids will be there the next day. They will show up and expect me to educate them, and they deserve that. There is little or no room to recover or wallow, and certainly no forgiveness in terms of wavers in classroom productivity and performance."
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Commons from teachers who are heartbroken.
iPads for All Students? | e-Learning Today TV - 0 views
Report slams heavy focus on school testing - Washington Times - 30 views
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"As Congress and the Obama administration weigh a major reform of education policy, the government should overhaul testing methods that have handcuffed teacher creativity and done little to boost student achievement, according to a new report from the National Research Council."
Public Opinion Poll on Internet Use & Civil Society ~Australian National Institute for ... - 7 views
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"Frequent Internet users are not more socially disengaged than their counterparts who rely on personal interaction"
HootCourse: About - 11 views
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HootCourse uses a combination of social networks and blogging platforms to provide a new type of online classroom.
ifttt / Dashboard - 5 views
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This is similar to Google Alerts.
Make Your Videos Interactive With Viewbix - 19 views
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An alternative, "interactive" video annotation tools to YouTube Annotations; you can also add apps to a video.
Creating an Online Community Through Electronic Portfolios - ReadWriteThink - 20 views
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Series of lessons that help create an online blogging community for students. PLN in a sense. Helps to give students more of an audience.
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