This was written for K-12 educator audience, but has some very good advice for those looking at starting a digital storytelling project.

"Whether you are looking for tools that can bring a distance education class together or tools to help students and teachers in traditional classrooms working on group projects, the following collaboration tools will help with any need. From group papers to file sharing to group communication, the following tools will help bring any educational group together seamlessly to produce awesome results."

Collaboration and group work tools. A long list, but would give you a sense of what's out there.

"Six Nursing faculty and one graduate student participated in a CIT Fellows Program to develop methods evaluate the quality of the School's online courses. The group created an evaluation rubric, applied it to their courses, and conducted student focus groups to provide feedback about online course quality. "

Standardized rubric for online classes produced by faculty at the Duke School of Nursing

"Join colleagues from across the country in exploring how open access is transforming learning in higher education. Apple and MacLearning.org invite you to AcademiX 2010 for a look at open access, the new teaching methods that are evolving with it, and the Apple technologies that help make it all simple. Six 20-minute talks will expose you to successful approaches, and jump-start a provocative conversation between participants and presenters."

Mary Barzee and I attended this conference last year. It was very well done. Registeration is free and accessable via webinar.

"The California Healthcare Foundation has released a new whitepaper, How Smartphones Are Changing Health Care for Consumers and Providers, authored by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. Key findings include: * Two thirds of physicians used a smart phone in 2009 * 6% of physicians were using an electronic medical records system * 42% of Americans use smartphones * Top uses of smartphones for consumers include: medication adherence, home monitoring, fitness apps, managing chronic conditions"

Good suggestions and examples for social media in the classroom (Both K-12 and Higher Ed)

Professional organization for all Registered Nurses in North Carolina

Nurse Tim (Tim Bristol) has many resources for the media / net savvy nurse and nurse educator.

interactive online simulations

Are there concepts in Nursing education that need interactive simulations, such as the ones on this site? Take a look at tell us what you think.

A good discussion about teaching with ICT technology

How are course evaluations handled at your institution? As we look for better assessment and evaluation of our students, perhaps we can look to change how they evaluate us.

Toys for Tools discuses how to enhance learning by using the powerful technology of cell phones both inside and outside the classroom. Many, if not most, educators view cell phones as the enemy. Author Liz Kolb sees them as powerful technology in the hands of students. Acknowledging the current reality-at many schools ban student cell phone use in the classroom-Kolb discusses a host of innovative and highly interesting uses for the technology that do not require using the phones in the classroom. She also addresses the issues that have caused the bans and provides guidelines for overcoming the problems.

Cell phones in classrooms? Ideas for incorporating these ubiquitous technology "Toys"/"Tools" into courses.

This conference is online and free to the public. Mary Barzee and I attended last year, and I recommend it highly.

A good overview of tips and techniques to make good powerpoint presentations.

This is a good resource for those revamping powerpoint slides for your courses

"ION is always trying to further the knowledge of online education. In the course of our research and practice, we come across many best practices in online teaching. This index represents a compilation of those activities to help instructors plan their online and hybrid courses. A complete description of each activity is given, along with examples when possible. "

A good resource of online teaching activities such as - Case Studies, ice breakers, jigsaw, peer editing, role playing, etc. If you are designing or re-designing an online class, look here for inspiration.

"The Blausen Human Atlas is an ideal interactive resource for professional, patient and consumer education. It contains 150 common medical treatments and conditions and combines 3D animation (approximately one to two minutes in length) with accompanying narration."

This iPhone / iPad app has video and graphic representations of body systems in a slick 3D interface.

"The use of simulation in graduate and undergraduate medical education and in team training has been demonstrated to improve trainee satisfaction. Multiple studies also have shown improvements in measures of provider self-efficacy and confidence."

"The 2010 Horizon Report is a collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative An EDUCAUSE Program"

An important report on trends in educational technology. A must read for keeping current and understanding context of future learning tools and techniques.

I agree! Mobile Learning is coming and it should be - has the potential to be so much more than improved access. it can be more than simply having access to recorded lectures in your car or on the bus via an iPod. I'm optimistic about the use of twitter and mobile devices to extend the classroom experience and improve communication. But I think we can do more. These mobile devices ( smart phones, Blackberry, iPad) are powerful computers in their own right. Perhaps we should start looking for and bookmarking mobile learning initiatives.

A very good and simple explanation of social media.