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Why information literacy is important even within the context of social media.

This is a wiki created in May 2006. The author is Mr Demetri M. Orlando who is currently working as director of information technology at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, chair the NAIS technology & curriculum task force, and do consulting work for strategic thinking around technology. This wiki site offers information to K-12 teachers on how to grow their professional network, integrate technology into teaching, and teach & learn online. It is intended as a comprehensive source of information about all aspects of eLearning.

As a social media platform, Twitter is extremely easy to use and quick to adopt. Users distribute short snippets of information in a dynamic stream that is accessed on a desktop or mobile device. Twitter's format options allow for a variety of ways to communicate. Users demonstrate transliteracy skills when composing tweets using #hashtags, @messaging,...

Online Faculty have to manage and organize large amount of information. This article discusses various strategies to just that.

This report defines the google generation and discusses how students and researchers, search for the information they need. While not specifically a techtools article, it is important for instructors to understand students may not have the information literacy skills that we think they have!

Here is a four minute youtube video on information literacy. Music is a bit overdone, but the message is important.

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

Another great source on providing timely feedback throughout the course to enhance student learning.

Association of College and Research Libraries document laying out a set of core concepts surrounding information literacy for teaching students.

Up to date information on depression, bipolar disorder, and all mood disorders.

Great resource with descriptions of the dangers of social networking use without guarding one's private information. It includes a list of suggestions for how to more safely be "social."

This article discusses some statistics of social networking use and how users can get scammed or information stolen through clicking on headers or sharing too much personal data.

Comprehensive list with a brief description of how each tool can help to enhance learning through interaction and collaboration

This is a very good list.

Useful information for instructors

Intro to Twitter & social media concepts for use in CME. Follow us at http://twitter.com/EinsteinMed. Related video interviews at end of presentation and at http://bit.ly/OW5wiT and http://bit.ly/TWuZXP

This site has information about online Communication Conferences

This blog contains information to create an engaging E-Learning course.

Article about Academic Honesty which includes information about Securexam Proctor, used at Troy University in Alabama

Recognizing the grave consequences for individual opportunity and more generally for our economy and society, the Carnegie Statway ™and Quantway ™Networked Improvement Communities have embraced an audacious goal-to increase from 5 percent to 50 percent the percentage of students who achieve college math credit within one year of continuous enrollment. As a result of the Carnegie Advancement for Teaching (CAT) work, my college will undergo a pilot program for Fall 2012 where I will be the instructor to achieve college math credit within one year on continuous enrollment. The Pathways Blog provides information about Carnegie's work to create pathways for student success in developmental education in community colleges and makes connections between Carnegie's work and that of others concerned with student struggle. Even though I follow the pathways blog, there are several more blogs from the foundation and are listed blow:

Many ideas--from basic (such as sorting) to complex, creative ways to exchange ideas and information