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The Future of Social Media: The Walls Come Crumbling Down
By David Chartier | 06.02.09
The social web trend is more or less complete. Oprah's gone Twitter, your co-worker has a MySpace problem, and if your parents aren't bugging you with Facebook movie q
Assessment & Teaching of 21st Century Skills - Melbourne University
This project is focused on the initial tasks of defining those skills and developing ways to measure them using technology. It will also address the pedagogical implications and provide evidence on how the skills can best be developed in education.
Videos for PD » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
"The following are links to educational videos I use for professional development workshops and presentations with teachers. If you know of other videos that should be included in this list, please add a link as a comment to this page. Some of these video
How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write - WSJ.com
"I knew then that the book's migration to the digital realm would not be a simple matter of trading ink for pixels, but would likely change the way we read, write and sell books in profound ways. It will make it easier for us to buy books, but at the same
Collaborative Thinking: The Era Of Volunteerism?
I've tried to distinguish in several of my E2.0 blog postings on the difference between "directed" and "volunteered" participation. Often, when people discuss communication, information sharing and collaboration, we lose sight that in most enterprises - p
This Is Me - readings and links on digital identity
This Is Me is an Eduserv funded project by the University of Reading's OdinLab, which aims to help people learn about their Digital Identities (DI) by producing and testing learning materials for use by individuals and groups.
The Revolution No One Noticed: Mobile Phones and Multimobile Services in Higher Education (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE
The past decade has witnessed two revolutions in communication technology. The first — the Internet revolution — has changed everything in higher education. The second — the mobile phone revolution — has changed nothing. We're vaguely aware that our stude
Blackboard Brings LMS App to iPhone
Ed tech developer Blackboard has released a new LMS tool for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. The free app, Blackboard Learn for Apple iPhone, allows users to access information in their Blackboard accounts and to receive notices through their iPhones.
Response to Nicholas Carr Article Is Google Making Us Stupid
"No, Google is not making us stupid. What Google and the Web are doing is helping us re-claim our human legacy of learning through a rapid exchange of ideas in a social setting. Google is, indeed, making us smarter as we re-discover new ways to learn. "
Social Networking Demographics: Boomers Jump In, Gen Y Plateaus
There's a common misperception out there that all of the blogging, Twittering and Facebooking is being done by twenty and thirty-somethings. That, in fact, turns out not to be true. Baby Boomers (those born 1946-1964) are the fastest growing users of soci
How to Reach Baby Boomers with Social Media - ReadWriteWeb
A new report from Forrester Research revealed some surprising information: apparently Baby Boomers aren't exactly the technology Luddites that people think they are. In fact, more than 60 percent of those in this generational group actively consume social
Six ways to make Web 2.0 work - The McKinsey Quarterly - Six ways Web 2.0 work - Business Technology - Application Management
Over the past two years, McKinsey has studied more than 50 early adopters to garner insights into successful efforts to use Web 2.0 as a way of unlocking participation. We have surveyed, independently, a range of executives on Web 2.0 adoption. Our work s
Free Online Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare
Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds. "OpenCourseWare is exactly the kind of thing that universities should be doing." * Larry Birenbaum MIT Class of 1969 and OCW supporter
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Dangerously Irrelevant: Parents are using online tools to push on schools
Online communication technologies have greatly amplified the abilities of parents to voice their opinions and mobilize for desired change. Activist parents now have a bevy of new tools and strategies to help facilitate their agendas and they are not afrai
Web Use Project: The Participation Divide: Content Creation and Sharing in the Digital Age
This paper looks at the prevalence of creative activity and sharing in an age when the barriers to disseminating material have been considerably lowered compared to earlier times. We use unique data to explore the extent to which young adults create video
Intended Consequences
The 2009 Horizon Report is out and lists 12 technology trends to look out for in education. Here is a video explanation for all 12.
Warning: Dependence on Facebook, Twitter Could Be Hazardous to Your Business | PBS
You've probably heard how much the micro-blogging service Twitter can help your business, or that being on social networking site Facebook can boost your company's profile. But what you might not have considered is the potential danger in over-relying on
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