Weekly Update: July 20 – July 26
Does Standardization Make the Right People Happy?– David Warlick, 2 Cents How to Select a Webinar Provider (Part I)– Business Expert Webinars Blended Learning Boosts Student Achievement– edbuzz Free Webinars– Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology How “Dumbledore’s Army” is Transforming Our World– Henry Jenkins, Confessions of an Aca-Fan Learning and Microblogging– Harold Jarche, Learning and Working on the Web New iPod Rules Touch Off Heated Debate– eSchool News November: Drastically Change Ed-Tech Role– Dennis Carter, eSchool...
Read MoreEasy Technology for Education: Edmodo 2.0
Twitter has brought the concept of micro-blogging to the attention of much of the world. The recent Iranian election drama that played out on a world stage, certainly would not have been possible without Twitter. Facebook and Friendfeed have also jumped into the instant update arena to keep up and provide interesting options themselves. In a previous article, I outlined the idea behind micro-blogging and some of the complaints associated with it. In today’s article, I want to take a look at a great way to develop a light-weight, easy to use, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). While...
Read MoreTwitter in Education? – Pt 1
One of the more interesting technologies that has been gaining attention lately is Twitter. Twitter combines IM (instant messaging) and SMS (text messaging) with the social-network concept. This can be described as a free micro-blogging service. It allows users to post updates about their activities in 140 characters or less. Hence the blogging moniker. Twitter also combines the social-networking aspect by allowing users to follow their friends or other selected updates, known as tweets. The innovative idea behind Twitter is ability of these tweets to be created or received by SMS (text...
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