Fresh off the acquisition of AppVee, social mobile app directory Appolicious is releasing a few new features including a Facebook App, an Appo.me URL Shortener for links to apps, and a Twicker ad model, which allows users to view tweets and offers from sp
The official logo for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics was revealed last week. This is the first winter games to be held in Russia and it is the first Olympic logo to include an internet URL.
One of the resources developed for my students is a listing of open access journals (name, url, and RSS feed) that publish papers on the nexus between technology and education (educational technology, instructional design, e-learning, online distance educ
Google Spreadsheets has a new feature for cell validation. It will check data within a cell to see if it matches certain criteria, such as email or URL.
"If you wanted to stop reading after that sentence you'll understand why Copyc.at could be an important resource.This web app analyzes any URL and outputs a variety of information about how readable its content is. Taken into account are things including word length, the number of syllables used per word and the numbers of words per sentence."
In 2001, I published "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants," a two-part article that explained these terms as a
way of understanding the deep differences between the young people of today and many of their elders
(Prensky 2001a, 2001b). Although many have found the terms useful, as we move further into the 21st
century when all will have grown up in the era of digital technology, the distinction between digital natives and
digital immigrants will become less relevant. Clearly, as we work to create and improve the future, we need to
imagine a new set of distinctions. I suggest we think in terms of digital wisdom.