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A good resource by Orange County Public Schools on copyright and education.

Here is some good information on student engagement using Camtasia.

Social media permeates today's society with millions of us engrossed, some would argue to the point of unhealthy addiction, in the latest happenings via apps such as Facebook and Twitter.

Excel is one of the most widely used softwares in accounting. Here is an interesting article talking about Excel and whether it will survive in the future.

I have been hearing a lot about Tableau and how it is being used in accounting. This is a link to the website where you can find out about this great software. Students are eligible for a one-year free access.

This articles provides great information about blogging in general and how blogs may be used in the classroom.

#TT1921 (Beverly Bradley) This will be a great asset for my English classes.

Nice study of how higher ed faculty view social media in and outside of class. Easy to read comparison charts. Study does include video and podcasts as social media on top of networking sites.

The particular workshop recording that interests me is the one on using peer review options for online teaching. This is something I'm trying to incorporate more of, and it was helpful to hear about how other teachers incorporate it into their courses!

An interesting, if somewhat outdated, article about how one instructor uses Twitter in his classroom, even as he is teaching (the horror!)

This resource is a place to share assessments, lesson plans, activities, and other tools for teaching information literacy concepts in higher education settings. There are a lot of ideas on how to use technology in our teaching.

Teaching literature with data visualization tools. A project resulting from the collaboration of the University of Texas at Arlington's Data CAVE directed by Peace Williamson and Kenton Rambsy. The project uses three AfrcGIS Maps, four Tableau Public visualizations, and metadata from "The Edward P. Jones Dataset."

Personally, I am against use of social media in the class.

Here is a very thorough analysis of the use of technology in the classroom. I found it to be in-line with a lot of my own thoughts and feelings on the subject.

I've used Duolingo with my ESL and Spanish students. Can't wait to try the others, especially the Skype practice.

I found this and thought this would be a nice way to introduce where statistics is used at the beginning of a Introduction to Statistics course in an online class.

short and effective video intro to using wikis.

I needed this. Thanks.

This website has a number of really helpful videos on using tech in education.

Free interactive website for music students who wish to learn and then test their knowledge of music theory; also has specific exercises for students learning keyboard and various fretted string instruments. The webpage also features various interactive tools and calculators, and printables (e.g. staff paper). What makes it useful for teachers is the ability to customize exercises in great detail. The site then produces permanent links to these exercises that you send to students. To make it even better, students can submit reports with results of their drills. Great for mastery learning approach. They also make paid iOS apps, Tenuto and Theory Lessons

This is a great overview web site for those teaching science (specifically chemistry). We will be using ChemCollective and PhET simulations this fall and are still reviewing others