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There are now so many social media platforms available for libraries to participate in, but it's sometimes difficult to get a handle on how these channels

Mostly about High School but I think still pertinent.

This is an interesting article about 8th graders. It applies also to most of high school students also, but I believe that mature adults can use it as a useful tool that enhances education. For many it is nothing more than an escape from the duties of the real world. I have found it to be both "All about me" and informative. Social media does need to be taught in the classroom if it's going to used.

this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education provides suggestions as to how professors can grade student blogs.

This article on Pod Casting News teacher readers how to create a pod cast by providing information on creating audio, converting the file format, publishing and creating a news feed.

Using twitter for educational purposes is really interesting to me. This article provides the top tweets to follow for education resources

Here is a "how to" video for highlighting using Diigo.

"Purplemath's algebra lessons are written with the student in mind. These lessons emphasize the practicalities rather than the technicalities, demonstrating dependable techniques, warning of likely "trick" questions, and pointing out common mistakes. The lessons are cross-referenced to help you find related material, and a "search" box is on every page to help you find what you're looking for.

The present is behind one of the three doors. In order to get the present you need to choose one door. Monty Hall will then pick one of the remaining doors and show you the present is not behind that door. If you switch your original choice you will double the probability of getting the present.

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Will online learning fit your circumstances, lifestyle, and educational needs? Here are some basic questions to ask yourself in deciding if an online program is right for you. You must have Javascript enabled for this quiz to work. Your evaluation will be given in a pop up window.

Using Shared Online Video to Anchor Instruction: YouTube and Beyond

E-Learning Queen focuses on distance training and education, from instructional design to e-learning and mobile solutions, and pays attention to psychological, social, and cultural factors. The edublog emphasizes real-world e-learning issues and appropriate uses of emerging technologies. Who is the Queen? You are, dear reader. Susan Smith Nash is the Queen's assistant.

FREE webinars include collaboration technologies, Merlot Introduction, and ePortfolios in the Cloud. Resources include Sloan Semester Archives that tell the story of how "Using online learning, colleges and universities from across the country responded in record numbers to help students and institutions impacted by the storms. Dubbed "Sloan Semester" the initiative provided free online courses to students impacted by Katrina and Rita storms." Here you can identify more benchmarks in a useful case-study of how Institutions committed to online learning were transformed to leverage learning resources in a time of need. I know that Illinois schools looked at Elluminate when H1N1 was an active global pandemic.

Interesting link on Twitter in Education. Twitter seems to be here to stay. However, numerous recent studies have shown that education in general has been slow to adopt social media.

This article provides 10 strategies to integrate Twitter in the College Classroom. My favorites include: a) creating a course hashtag to build learning community and share relevant news and content with the class me.mbers, and b) provide basic Twitter training and an overview of Twitter terms and language

Collaborative Technologies | Feature From Twitter to Edmodo: Schools Collaborate With Social Media Schools are using a variety of social media tools to help students connect and work together. A great resource with many options to use in the classroom as well as information on security.

The first step towards applying social media into education starts with empowering teachers by giving them freedom to use social media to engage with students and giving them the freedom to come-up with innovative ways of teaching using technology.

NextSpace asked nine experts for their thoughts about our increasingly online lives. The challenge is how to apply social networking in a digital age to enhance and extend the public service mission of libraries, museums and archives.

A description of Diigo

This is a great resource for the instructor and to share with students on how to use diigo.

Very useful videos, some long and some shorter, to help build lessons around or to supplement a lesson one has already created. TED Talks is useful as well, but this education version of it offers more potential for use in a class.