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Survey finds faculty divided on social media in the classroom Do you friend your students on Facebook? Do you tweet, or use Twitter in the classroom? Do you network on LinkedIn, and participate in its groups? Does your college or university have a social media policy?

This band opened at the Empty Bottle last night. They ripped. I do not believe they made any Camus references.

This is a free event coming up on the June 24th in Srpingfield. I don't know if I can go yet, but I thought I would share that we are not the only ones looking at technology's implications in teaching. I don't know any of the speakers.

article on types of online teaching tools

For those of you who cannot text or don't want to reveal your cell phone numbers this is something I have used in the past that will allow you to text message from a browser.

Additional web resources for teachers.

Free Photo Editing for Mac and PC. Basic photo editing.

Patty, I take it there is a lower learning curve on this than the real Photoshop?

Susan, yes, this is just basic photo editing compared to the real Photoshop. Although, more than adequate results with a few tools.

The purpose of this wiki is to organize and explore FREE Web 2.0 tools that can be used to enhance teaching and learning.

Picasa is a great photo manipulation tool that organizes your photos and videos and allows you to share these online. This is a free program up to a certain size (1 GB). The great thing is you only use space when you publish to the internet. I love using it!

There are a couple of different programs from this vendor that will allow you to capture a screen demonstration with or without an audio track, and then create an avi output file that you can publish (see autoscreenrecorder). Also, some snapshot captures and animators.

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

Love Dropbox! This has been so helpful to me when I was working on my dissertation and also for preparation for courses and sharing them to students and colleagues.

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

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

Flat World Knowledge: "We are the world's largest publisher of free and open college textbooks. With our ever-expanding catalog of top quality books by expert authors, now is your chance to be a hero and help your students save thousands of dollars. Get started today and join the textbook affordability movement."

Past years lists are also linked. Checkout AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner organized by grade level.

http://www.merlotx.org/ is the main site for the online textbooks of all different categories. The link above is for Literature but the merlotx.org site covers just about every subject. Merlot itself is a great resource but this subsection can be very useful.

I am moving toward more tech and eventually considering textbook-free classes. Step one is trying a semester with Aplia, a text-linked software program that will allow me to entirely design the course using the online version of the text I selected for my students, complete with a grade book and assignment records for each student. I am excited to start using such a technology-intensive approach for my classes.