Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

These dynamics have been around for thousands of years, and have been written about extensively for decades – like in this 1973 article by Mark Granvotter in the American Journal of Sociology, The Strength of Weak Ties.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The applications everyone from Wired to the Wall Street Journal are talking about are altering the way we interact with each other, the way we purchase goods and services, and the way we learn. This ever-changing technological landscape is currently held captive by social media, and for good reason.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As you’ve no doubt come to expect from my “investigative journalism” style, I did a little digging (and I mean little), and what at least one source reports may surprise you. But is this really the case, I’ve often wondered?

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As you’ve no doubt come to expect from my “investigative journalism” style, I did a little digging (and I mean little), and what at least one source reports may surprise you. But is this really the case, I’ve often wondered?

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

And in a journal article called “ Defining Mobile Learning , John Traxler posits an initial mobile learning definition as follows: “Mobile learning can perhaps be defined as ‘any educational provision where the sole or dominant technologies are handheld or palmtop devices.” Foster communications/collaboration. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.]

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Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 27, 2011

My collegue, Jim, just wote a blog post highlighting recent Wall Street Journal article, Companies Adopt Gaming Techniques to Motivate Employees , which describes how the “big boys” are using game technology to engage employees. Most companies are either intriqued with technology in the “classroom” or are making it happen.

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JUNE 6, 2011

One of the most interesting ideas I came across was detailed in a Technology article from the Wall Street Journal , reviewing a new web-based test prep company called Grockit. This is the same approach that we take when designing corporate training, but for kids it can mean increased emphasis on involving their friends or outside interests.

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