Bottlenose is an application that will convert Twitter into a personalized dashboard and newspaper.
Presentation of the Week: Power of Networks
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How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education
“Up until now, ‘technology’ has been an authority delivering the lecture which [students] memorized. If there is discussion, it’s mostly about performing for the teacher. Is it possible to make that more of a peer-to-peer activity? Blogs and forums and …
Presentation of the Week: Facebook for Facilitating
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31 Great Ways Universities Are Using Google+
We’ve discovered more than 30 great ways universities are currently using Google Plus, along with several ideas for the future. Read on to learn about the amazing possibilities that Google Plus offers for universities.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/04/31-great-ways-universities-are-using-google/…
Should Teachers and Students Be Facebook Friends?
Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation’s largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with the academic benefits of social networking.
http://techland.time.com/2012/04/19/should-teachers-and-students-be-facebook-friends/…
5 Ways To Use StumbleUpon In Education
We’ve come up with a few handy ways to use the content discovery site to actually benefit teachers, students, and education administrators.
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/5-ways-teachers-can-use-stumbleupon/…
One Facebook Visit Kills Your Ability To Stay Focused
With 845 million active users visiting the site every month, I think it’s safe to say that Facebook is everybody’s favorite time-killer. However, checking in on the site might do more than just fill a few minutes if you’re pressed …
Students file-sharing work on Facebook: Is it legal?
Could students find themselves breaching copyright rules by sharing their own work online?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/students-file-sharing-work-on-facebook-is-it-legal/15067…
Wavii: A Facebook for Topics
Facebook has transformed how we keep tabs on friends. A site called Wavii opened to the public earlier this week that wants to do the same thing for topics, with short bursts of news on everything from corporate acquisitions to …
Facebook Launches Groups for Schools
In a throwback to its college-only days, Facebook has launched a new type of community page for schools. Within individual schools’ Groups for Schools pages, their students and faculty members can exchange files, create events and message each other.
http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/facebook-groups-for-schools/…
Students Want Social Media in Schools
Our students are expecting to be able to use social media applications and tools in their regular school lives. It’s only a matter of time before schools can no longer function without it. This infographic featured on Mindshift has more.…
16 Ways Educators Use Pinterest
A list of interesting ways teachers can start using this image-based social network.
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/ways-educators-use-pinterest…
50 (mostly) free social media tools you can’t live without in 2012
Here is a ’2012 remix’ featuring 50 (mostly free) tools you can use on a daily basis.
Whether you are just starting out in the social media arena or have been at it for a few years, this will hopefully …
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