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Google Wave – Explained
Wonderful 2 minute explanation.
Observations, thoughts, musings….
Wave is what email would be today if it were created from scratch. Yes email has been around for over 40 years but most people have really only been using it for the last 5-10 years or less and it took them the 5-10 years to get used to it so a change–even if it is a good one may not be that welcomed.
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Is the Internet ruining your ability to think?
about 1 month ago - No comments
In preparation for a guest lecture session for a colleague’s MDDE 610 Introduction to Current Distance Education Technologies course at Athabasca University I have started monitoring the course online discussions and have reviewed required reading materials. In a forum discussion a student made reference to the Calgary Herald article Is the Internet ruining your ability More >
Diigo – Improving how we find, share, and save information
about 2 months ago - No comments
I have been using Diigo for a while now because its social bookmarking capability is much more powerful than Delicious — and it syncs with Delicious but as the following video explains there is so much more to Diigo than just bookmarking.
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Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)
about 2 months ago - No comments
Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: how social media transforms the way we live and do business has updated the Social Media video with new statistics.
View a list of all the statistics in the video and their sources…
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Internet Culture
about 2 months ago - No comments
Ben Huh CEO of The Cheezburger Network, tell us all about Internet culture and what makes for a guaranteed flop online, and what elements can help content become viral.
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Most Professors Use Social Media – Sort of
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Marc Parry of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that a Pearson national survey on social media use in Higher Ed reveals:
More than four out of every five professors use social media. And more than half of professors use tools like video, blogs, podcasts, and wikis in their classes.
Parry also reveals that only about 10 More >
Next is Now
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Next is Now depicts the human connections empowered by rapid changes in communications technology in Canada and around the world.
Thanks to Tyler Wall my friend and colleague back in Canada for this video link.
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Understanding and Engaging the Net Generation
about 5 months ago - No comments
According to Don Tapscott’s research detailed in Grown Up Digital, understanding the following eight differentiating characteristics, or as he likes to call them Net Generation Norms, is central to understanding how this generation is changing work, markets, learning, the family and society.
They want freedom from everything they do, from freedom of More >
Google Buzz – Twitter Killer?
about 5 months ago - 2 comments
According to the Google Buzz website with Google Buzz you can:
Go beyond status messages Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Start conversations about the things you find interesting
Integrating a status update or twitter like tool directly into my gmail inbox is brilliant. This is a very good indication that aggregation of Web 2.0 tools is starting to More >
Unfriend: Oxford USA’s Word of the Year for 2009
about 8 months ago - Comments Off
Unfriend: Oxford USA’s Word of the Year for 2009 via kwout
Whether one is personally willing to acknowledge the reach and impact of social networking there is no denying that it is a cultural phenomenon. Educators really need to understand the power and impact and of social networking. It has changed the way we speak and More >
Google Apps for ePortfolios
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Google Apps for ePortfolios via kwout
Helen Barret offers an eportfolio solution based on a Google Apps mashup. While this option may not be for everyone it is a viable option.
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