Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 25, 2011

Textbooks, blackboards, and overhead projectors remain the tools of choice for many teachers, at a time when their students are geared to learn from iPads, PowerPoint, and instant messaging. The result is a lost message, and a lost opportunity. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Social Networks Blended Learning Social Learning Blogging 154

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Delicious – social bookmarking tool. Skype – instant messaging and VoIP call tool. This skew is probably because the people who participate in this survey are those at the cutting edge of information technology tools and are also socially more active on the web. A quick look at the top 10: Twitter – micro-updating tool.

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Social Networks Survey VoiceThread Tools 259

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 24, 2011

A wiki is a self-organizing knowledge web site. Wiki software allows users to create, edit and link web pages easily. It is so named because of the speed in which wiki software allows someone to update the web site. The term comes from “web log” which is shortened to “blog.” Short Text Messaging. Social Network.

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Social Networks Wiki Authoring Tools Social Learning 201

E-Learning Acupuncture

JANUARY 22, 2010

In November 2009, Staff at Rasmussen College in the United States have compiled what they believe are the Top 100 Apps (50 for the Web and 50 for the iPhone) for Tech-Savvy Teachers. Let your students contact you on Facebook mail or chat with you using instant messages on Facebook chat. This definitely promotes their learning!

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Wikipedia Instant Messaging Social Networks Facebook 42