Busy teachers may feel that taking the time to learn how to use Twitter isn’t worth the return for the students benefit, so that’s why this list of 100 tips, apps, and resources is worth browsing. Find out how to …
Iorad: Easily Make Instruction Manual For Any Application
Iorad is a web service that lets you create a comprehensive instruction manual for any application. It is more like a web-based version of PowerPoint but with lots of extra features. You can capture and insert screenshots and video clips, …
How To Transcribe Audio & Video Files Into Text With The Help Of Express Scribe
Those who do a lot of audio to text transcriptions know only too well that even with the help of a digital player, digital word processor, and the ability to type using ten fingers at an amazing speed, transcribing is …
Moving to Moodle at Northwestern State University
Northwestern State University is moving from Blackboard to Moodle and thought it did a good job of highlighting some of the reasons Moodle is fast becoming the VLE of choice for educators around the world.
http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moving-to-moodle-northwestern-state-university/
Search, Google, and Life: Sergey Brin – Google
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Harvard Releases OpenScholar 2.0
Harvard University has now released version 2.0 of OpenScholar, an open source software package that lets scholars build personal and project-oriented web sites in a matter of minutes. It’s a quick, easy, and free solution that allows academics to build …
How The INTERNET Works
Almost everyone nowadays uses the Internet. Stuff like Facebook, email, chat, Twitter and YouTube wouldn’t be there without the Internet. But while the web is so useful and easy to use these days only a few understand how it functions.If …
Scitable: The Social Research Network For Science Geeks
The idea behind Scitable is a journal-quality, free science library. It’s peer-written and reviewed, and funded behind one of the largest science publishers in the world, Nature Publishing. But beyond the piles of information, there’s a social network of a …
Flip Your Instruction with Flip Video Cameras
You can begin creating a 21st century learning environment today with one of the easiest and least expensive to use technologies out there. A Flip Video. This $150 investment can go a long way in helping digital native students create …
Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age
“Digital technology makes copying and pasting easy, of course. But that is the least of it. The Internet may also be redefining how students — who came of age with music file-sharing, Wikipedia and Web-linking — understand the concept of …
Top 3 Creative Writing Social Networks To Get Feedback On Your Work
Here is a list of social networks where you can share your creative writing, whether you’re looking for a friendly community to interact with, or you’re looking for a serious critique. What stands out with all of these sites is …
Heard the Hoot? HootCourse Online Classroom Tool
A HootCourse is an online classroom that combines some of the most popular social networks, as well as blogging platforms, to offer a new type of online classroom. Each course is built on tweets and status updates, all in real-time. …
Hotseat – Backchannel Platform Coming to a Classroom Near You
Some smart IT folks at Purdue University are developing a new platform for hosting classroom backchannel discussions. The new platform is called Hotseat. According the Hotseat website and the promotional videos, Hotseat will integrate Twitter, Facebook, and mobile device feedback …
15 Mind Blowing Facts About the Internet
Very interesting facts about the Internet presented in an infographic way.
http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/08/15-mind-blowing-facts-about-the-internet-.html…