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Given that a recent viral video on Youtube found that most young people wouldn't give up the Internet for a million dollars, schools need to find new ways to engage students using the technology that they relate too best.

Here is this week's roundup of 5 resources about social learning and the use of social media for learning.  Again lots of great articles to choose from this week.

I was working with some instructors on including a widget in their Angel courses that would update a list of the articles they are bookmarking.  Found a way to do this using Diigo through this informational slide show.  Lots of different tidbits on how to use all the tools Diigo can offer.

Again, another great idea. I'd love to try this out in my classes. So, please let me know asap so I can give it a try. Thanks! Connie

Process directives:   1. Design through action        2. Design with (people), not for (clients) - design comes from within   3. Design systems, not stuff - not about making change but creating the conditions in which change is possible and the incentive to want to make change.   4. Document, share, measure   5. Start locally, scale globally   6. Build

If you are interested in education and intellectual property you might be interested in part of this pod cast (Time stamp: 14:23)

Offline mapping for Android phones, Street View for nature trails and 3D Google Earth maps are all improvements coming to Google Maps in the near future.

Yesterday was a big day for Twitter - the company premiered its first ever TV commercial during a NASCAR race, which showed off a brand-new hashtag page that could open a new and very welcome revenue stream for the micro-blogging platform.

"the button for real-time collaboration on the Web." Amazing, not only can you collaborate real time on almost any website but you can record it as well. This could greatly enhance how support happens.

"Today's classrooms require that instructors possess competencies for teaching all students. Robust instructional strategies and culturally sensitive curricula are critical, but more important is an instructor who is sensitive and responsive to the unique differences of each student. Recognizing the need to strengthen specific competencies to reach and teach all students requires an understanding of new ideas and a willingness to view instruction through varied cultural lenses."

"Get to know Canvas The simple, open LMS from Instructure * Clean, intuitive interface * Comprehensive feature set * Modern technology"

"Vision: Our vision for WikiPODia is for it to become a repository of our collective and emergent understanding of our field. It is meant to be nimble and live, moving us from a smattering of disparate comments to a collective understanding of critical and important topics. Building from conference, listserv and other community initiated conversations we view WikiPODia as an important 'next level' resource for the POD community; providing an intermediate state between the POD listserv discussions and a formal POD publication. "

"October 27 & 28 Diversifying Blended Learning: Diverse learners, needs, and approaches in a cost-effective environment REGISTER NOW! The conference will be hosted by the University of Guelph at: Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre, 700 Hespeler Rd, Cambridge, ON N3H 5L8 "

Academics have long talked of the "academic conversation." Now, Web 2.0 has called our bluff. We live in the midst of a non-stop world conversation. But, are conversational skills (in writing) important and, if so, how do we teach them?

"This conundrum calls into question one of the most significant contemporary educational movements. Advocates for giving schools a major technological upgrade - which include powerful educators, Silicon Valley titans and White House appointees - say digital devices let students learn at their own pace, teach skills needed in a modern economy and hold the attention of a generation weaned on gadgets. "

"Many presenters, particularly novices, struggle to find a presentation style that works best for them. Luckily, throughout the years, after much trial and error, many successful techniques and methodologies for presentation creation and delivery have emerged, giving speakers a variety of existing approaches to "borrow" from. From top left: Lawrence Lessig, Masayoshi Takahashi, Seth Godin, Mino Monta Here, we'll describe and evaluate some of the most famous - and popular - presentation methods."

"Determined to make introductory college science courses more manageable for students, two professors at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, are developing a digital textbook based on the free, open-source learning management system Moodle. "