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Students are on top of texting and it's great to communicate with them, but giving out ones cell phone number isn't the best idea. This app solves the problem, text go out, but your number stays hidden.

Twitter is experimenting with increasing its character count.

Social networking communities are here to stay. Facebook has over 500 million users, while Twitter has over 200 million. That's not even counting blogs or YouTube video blogs. There's no doubt that students are actively engaged in online communities, but what kind of effects are these sites having and how can parents counteract the bad and bolster the positive?

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.

Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad video display (via Airplay/cable).

Here's a list of useful tools for quizzing. I never heard of more than half of these. Good to know there are a lot of options.

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

Do you ever feel like you're working hard but not getting anywhere? Maybe you see little improvement in your skills or achievements when you reflect on the last five or 10 years. Or perhaps you struggle to see how you'll fulfil your ambitions during the next few years.

This website provides teaching resources which include some student activities and links to other helpful educational sites.

If we are talking about tech tools, thought It would be important to understand the effects of technology on our attention span.

Otter processes your audio or video files - in real time or after they are created - and generates a text file with a transcript. It automatically recognizes and designates different speakers, and allows you to give them names before downloading the text file. The fee tier gives 600 minutes of transcription per month. I am uploading my lecture videos after they are generated, and posting the transcriptions in my LMS for students.

his article documents a faculty development model that has successfully helped faculty overcome reluctance to design and teach online courses.

This seems need now more than ever considering the pandemic and quarantine.

Resource to assist educators in creating online syllabus.