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"vClicker ME turns any computer, smartphone, or web-enabled mobile device into a "virtual" response device, giving vClicker ME users the same ability to answer questions and participate in assessments and other interactive class activities as students using hand-held CPS clickers."

"# A decade-long case study involving mobile and pen computing at DePauw University demonstrates the synergy possible from simultaneously supporting grassroots initiatives and institutional programs. # While running the two projects in parallel, DePauw faculty and IT staff began considering how to apply lessons learned from each program to the other to increase flexibility and impact in teaching and learning. # Presentations on effective use of tablet PCs in the classroom, which were first explored in a pilot project as an alternative to fixed location pen-based computers, encouraged more instructors to begin using them. # The clear benefits of instructor and student use of tablet PCs led to adoption of a tablet PC option as part of the institutional laptop initiative."

Since 2006, blogging has fallen among teens and young adults while simultaneously rising among older adults. As the tools and technology embedded in social networking websites change, and use of the sites continues to grow, youth may be exchanging 'macro-blogging' for micro-blogging with status updates.