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Mashable's 5th annual Social Media Day takes place on Monday, June 30, 2014. The goal? It's designed as "a way to recognize the digital revolution happening right before our eyes." This revolution is happening in higher education.

Social Media | Feature There's an ongoing debate about the role social media should play in education. Advocates point out the benefits that social media provides for today's digital learners while critics call for regulation and for removing social media from classrooms. Finding a middle ground has become a challenge.

Article points out how students view copying in the Internet age. As educators, I believe we should be aware of attitudes towards plagiarism not to condone it but to help students learn.

Karen Cator, director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, talks about ways her office can help connect higher education professionals with one another to share best practices for using technology, something that is not happening now.

Here's a wiki that raises some interesting points.

I know that someone from class asked me about this website so I thought that I would add it - great webinar opportunities

"Classroom 2.0 is a free, community-supported network. We especially hope that those who are "beginners" will find this a supportive comfortable place to start being part of the digital dialog." more from www.classroom20.com

for >20/mont an organization like Fanshawe can access information pertaining to the development of online pedagogy.

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

New York Times technology blogs are located here. The articles are very current. I (as a teacher) will probably benefit from these sites as much as my students. I plan on posting the YouTube "Blogs in Education" video along with these blogs, because the video gives a good description, application and history of blogs.

Dave recommended this report in MOD2 discussion to address question I asked about liability of teachers using social networking tools in class assignments. Well worth reading.

Am I on the right track?

Faculty Development for the Net Generation | EDUCAUSE.edu www.educause.edu › ... › Books › Educating the Net Generation Educause Digital Badges ... Faculty development for existing and future faculty is a pivotal investment for ... Faculty report that students are asking for more online activities. ... empower people to manipulate the medium to their advantage and to handle ...

Juárez Correa didn't know it yet, but he had happened on an emerging educational philosophy, one that applies the logic of the digital age to the classroom..

Website guide for using twitter in education-in collaboration with twitter.

Are you interested in using Twitter or other social media as a teaching tool? Our culture has transformed significantly where online distribution of ideas has become commonplace. Our students' needs have shifted and they require digital citizenship skills.

2015 Hype Cycle Special Report Illustrates the Market Excitement, Maturity and Benefit of More Than 2,000 Technologies The journey to digital business continues as the key theme of Gartner, Inc.'s "Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2015."

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum. Similar to Creative Commons

Article on partnership between community colleges and Facebook to help teach digital literacy skills.

As we develop our online teaching skills, I think it is important we also address leadership in the online environment.

Examples of how to blend digital media in teaching. Examples include scavenger hunts, social media, and reviewing web sites.