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Over the last 60 days, according to data from Inside Facebook, the number of users over 35 doubled, and the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is women over 55. The majority of Facebook users are now over 25.

You get out of Twitter what you put into Twitter. When you come to Twitter, come prepared to share something. It doesn't have to be earth-shattering information. Just something, anything, that someone, somewhere, might want to see. Here's a novel approach to getting started with Twitter: expect nothing in return.

U.S. government agencies can now officially use YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, and blip.tv, using special service agreements that comply with federal terms and conditions.

Videos and Channels from Colleges and Universities.

A Twitter people search engine. Type in a keyword, and refine your search.

GROU.PS is a platform for social groups to get together. Use it for any purpose. Choose your template and pick all the modules that you want (wiki, blogs, photos, links etc).

With talkabee you can create your own push-to-talk chatroom with one click. You get a simple link for inviting people and there's no signup at all. Try it...

After trying out Scribd to share my recent One Page Guide to Twitter I thought it might be handy to upload all the past guides.

Registration for the 2009 Summer Faculty Institute -- the premier event for faculty who want an in-depth, hands-on opportunity to work on their technical skills and address their classroom and online instruction needs -- is open until midnight Wednesday, April 15.

He saw this as summing up the challenge faced by university of which the traditional model has been ownership and sharing stuff only with specific people at specific times. He would argue, on the other hand, that "Free is a hard price to beat".

3 weeks ago, my appreciation of the need to implement web 2.0 technologies into curriculum delivery was limited at best. I would not have considered myself IT illiterate - after all I was reasonably competent on Powerpoint and word processing, used Facebook, had a Flickr account and used I-tunes. Then I read Will Richardson's book for teachers on the Read/Write web and I had a 'Road to Damascus' experience!

A theory: Facebook management is acting like a group of cult leaders intent on changing the rest of us into more social, less private people than we might want to be. Maybe all social networking services are trying to do that - but the way Facebook is going about it feels particularly cult-like.

Yes, if you're not concerned about editing your work, but just getting it out there, then that's right. YouTube is wonderfully simple and I have pined for a decent audio podcasting site, one that will store your media rather than just allow you to link to it (like Blogger).

This ECAR research bulletin focuses on institutional intellectual property (IP) policy related to instructional products and systems generally and to e-learning specifically. It contrasts IP policies that apply in face-to-face instructional settings with those in e-learning environments, and it highlights the role that Web 2.0 applications play in those policies.

LectureScribe was developed by Brian C. Dean at Clemson University. It's a simple tool that lets you write and capture your whiteboard lectures. I'd also like to add that the tool is FREE.

I'm going to explore taxonomy vs. folksonomy, specifically, tagging on delicious.com and how tagging organizes the web. Bush mentions in his essay the idea of sharing associative trails.

As students continue to use Facebook to connect and communicate in increasing numbers, it has also become common for faculty members to consider the use of this social networking site to facilitate interaction in educational contexts. One of the perennial questions that arises is whether faculty should accept Facebook "friend requests" from students.

Student-Generated Content for Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and YouTube: Leveraging Institutional and Third-Party Efficiencies for New Media Literacy - Jude Higdon / Karen Howell

A PLN isn't a particularly new idea; learning networks have existed for a long time. What's new is the reach and extent that's now possible for a PLN, with technology and global interconnectedness providing the opportunity for a much wider, richer and more diverse PLN than ever before.