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The faculty at my college have been discussing this current article that discusses how "at least 45 percent of undergraduates demonstrated no improvement in critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills in the first two years of college, and 36 percent showed no progress in four years." To read Part 2 of the article copy and paste this link into the URL: http://chronicle.com/article/A-Perfect-Storm-in/126969/

Excellent for cultural online endeavors.

How to use itunes to post presentations for students

Good article on academic uses of Twitter. Also includes instructions on how to embed twitter in your blog, wiki, etc.

Greetings all! I choose this url because I had to many windows open to do anything else. I have this all together now, I think. My correct blog name is rmichellewalton.wordpress.com I am now seeing how important technology is to education. This has truly been a teachable moment for me. As I become more and more familiar with technology, I will begin to gradually incorporate it into my classes. Twitter for Academia has opened my eyes to another way to facilitate the educational process. This is a great article. Here's the url. http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/

A brief article about social media's role in education

A prime example of how younger students use Twitter!

Step by step instructions for beginners

An article that shows how incorporating Twitter into the classroom can offer a new level of communication between students and their instructors, as well as their peers.

Vesely, P., Bloom, L., & Sherlock, J. (2007). Key elements of building online community: Comparing faculty and student perceptions. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 3(3), 234-246. Vesely, Bloom, and Sherlock (2007) document that essential to the learning process is the student/student and student/teacher interaction, and building this community of learners is more challenging in online. Students in blended courses felt interaction may be better than in traditional courses. Students who feel silenced in onsite class discussions are more apt to contribute online. Seeking help can be a determining factor in successful learning. In the online communities, help is available virtually around the clock from the instructors and fellow classmates. Furthermore, through their experiences in the blended course, students would better understand the significance of managing their time, cultivating their study environment, regulating their effort, seeking appropriate support, and learning from classmates. In my experience, students reported that their online interaction with classmates had greatly assisted in their comprehension of course materials. Central to how they felt about blended learning was the quality and quantity of student and faculty interaction. In blended courses, students are often required to engage actively by reading and responding to discussion forum postings that become a permanent record of their participation and learning, rather than passively attending classes. Perceptions of interaction from faculty are also positive for blended courses. Faculty renovate their teaching methods by placing onsite lectures online and adding supplementary activities to aid student learning. Blended teaching and learning transforms education from "a command and control structure to a connect and collaborate environment" (Moskal, Dziuban, Upchurch, Hartman, & Truman, 2006) which is more student-centered than faculty-controlled. For faculty, the quality

This is a cool blog that illustrates how to use an iPad to enhance your teaching modules and also aid student learning.

Very interesting article on how to use analytics to improve course design.

The Horizon Report is useful for educators because of the predictions it has made about digital technology which have aready come to pass.

A very thorough list on how to use Twitter for educational purposes!

Found some of the uses quite interesting

This article has quite a few quick and easy tip on how to incorporate technology into a classroom.

This link explores how facebook can be used in education. I found it very interesting.

This article, which is easily found on Google, is nice for someone like me who is new to Twitter and has not thought of ways to use in class. It also give nice links to the ideas provided to better explain how to use the suggestion.

Teachers connect with classrooms around the world

This site provides helpful instruction for designing test questions.

This bookmark is for my TT1431 course this summer. I not sure yet how this tool works yet. Maxi