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This is a very interesting article regarding the lack of internet skills of students. Students still lack fundamental knowledge regarding privacy issues and the risk for their future career.

This is the article I found to use in my Discussion forum assignment for Mod 2. I will be discussing the uses of Facebook in class.

Wired Article

In our efforts to prevent cheating we may have failed to promote academic integrity. Read this article to learn more about balancing the efforts to prevent cheating and promote academic integrity,

"Social media is crucial not only because it provides a fast way to share information, but also because it makes faculty workloads more transparent." This is a great article for those considering ways to share the wonderful work and achievement of both faculty and students. Karen Patterson

Interesting article that reports on actual use on Twitter. Noticed that others precedign me have already marked highlighted parts of the article.

Article about the use of text messaging in courses. Includes both student and teacher reaction.

There is a nice section listing some positive and negative aspects of Twitter that some may find useful along with some ideas of ways to incorporate it into educational settings.

I referenced this article in my Discussion post, but it's such a good one that I wanted it to be available here as well.

article on types of online teaching tools

this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education provides suggestions as to how professors can grade student blogs.

This brief article addresses the effectiveness of cell phones in the classroom, among other great tools. This particular article begins on page 4 of the document.

I faced an internet connection issue, and this article shows how Twitter can be a reliable tool even when there is no connection, as students can receive messages to their phone. I thought it would be interesting to see how Twitter is being used in the Arab world academia

Article reviews apps that use Twitter to conduct quizzes and polls.

Interesting article about what holds us back from incorporating technology into the classroom

Social media in the college classroom - article.