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movie, needs references

This article by Clive Thompson was referred to in "Twitter for Academia"

Very flashy and informative Presi presention, would be great for classroom use.

Simple and free, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations.

I tried Jing only a couple of weeks back and I have already made over 40 videos for use in my classes.

I was referred to this product by a colleague and it is really easy to use. I use it to record video solutions for my math review. Jing also works with Camtasia, which allows you to edit your Jing videos, as well as convert them into other media types such as mp4.

The idea of storyboarding was developed at the Walt Disney Studio during the early 1930s. storyboard for video production is essentially a large comic of the film or some section of the film produced beforehand to help directors, cinematographers and television commercial advertising clients visualize the scenes and find potential problems before they occur. Often storyboards include arrows or instructions that indicate movement.More recently the term storyboard has been used in the fields of web development, software development and instructional design to present and describe, in written, interactive events as well as audio and motion, particularly on user interfaces and electronic pages.

Blog about using twitter, includes video

A nonprofit blog with many resources.

More discussion on the need for safety/ caution / education in the use of social media

My thoughts about Twitter

Mashable is a top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture. The reviews are great!

Interesting link on Twitter in Education. Twitter seems to be here to stay. However, numerous recent studies have shown that education in general has been slow to adopt social media.