The Global Classroom

Skype is user-friendly, free video chat software that in recent years has become wildly popular for long-distance communication, be it with college students studying abroad who want to keep in contact with friends and family back in their home country or for international business correspondence.

Importance of educating students on their vDNA (virtual DNA - online persona) and the impact digital communication on their life.

Informative and easy to view and slides of ways you can use google forms in your classroom.

Nice job explaining the Diigo Toolbar.

This is a great idea if you want to show the world to your students using the Google Maps street view. Here the example shows how to integrate the street view with a language lesson, but one could easily use it for other disciplines (Social Studies, Literature, etc...)

This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances.

This video discusses the long-term risks of sharing inappropriate information on the Web. It encourages viewers to "think before you click" and offers tips for being responsible with photos, video and stories.

"How can video clips embedded in multimedia presentations be used to improve learning in college courses? To answer this question, a review of the theoretical and research evidence on videos and the brain is presented first. That is followed by a description of the theory of multimedia learning as it relates to videos and a review of studies using videos over the past four decades in college courses. The results of these studies and the verbal and visual components of a video potentially provide a best fit to the characteristics of this Net Generation of students and a valid approach to tap their multiple intelligences and learning styles. Concrete guidelines are given for using available video technology in the classroom, selecting appropriate video clips for any class, and applying those clips as a systematic teaching tool. The use of clips can also attain 20 specific learning outcomes. Toward that end, 12 generic techniques with examples to integrate video clips into teaching across the college curriculum are described."

Press release about Colorado schools using ePlals for colllabotative work