What's New

227. Not only are students using Wikipedia in their studies, but professors are incorporating it into their classes and research. ...more

226. See a comparison of 14 personalized start pages at Mashable.com. ...more

225. Ruth Reynard explores demands placed on teachers who are digital immigrants in 21st Century Teaching and Learning, Part 1. ...more

224. Torley Linden presents lots of video tutorials for learning essential skills on Second Life. ...more

223. Notes and resources for the Laptop Lounge workshop on creating class web sites are now available. ...more

222. Learn how to use the del.icio.us bookmarking system for research. Suggestions for tagging and searching. ...more

221. You can use DVD-ripping tools to copy movies from a DVD to your computer or iPod. Here are five recommended tools. ...more

220. Ryan Bretag is dumping Zotero and Del.icio.us for Diigo. Find out why. ...more

219. Mark A. Wilson says professors should embrace Wikipedia. ...more

218. 25 essential tools for any faculty development program. Increase your productivity as an online professional. ...more

217. Diigo or del.icio.us? Which social bookmarking tool is right for you? Or for your students? ...more

216. Some suggestions from the workshop on fostering a sense of community in online classes are now available. Lots of links to useful applications. ...more

215. RefWorks or Zotero? How do these bibliographic tools compare? Must it be either/or? ...more

214. Using Google Docs you can create forms, which you can share, allowing students or colleagues to input data on collaborative projects. Great for creating surveys. ...more

213. To create a simple online poll try Micropoll. ...more

212. Miguel Guhlin introduces us to the power of broadcast learning - using streaming webcasting services to share lectures, workshops and seminars. ...more

211. Notes and resources for the Friday Laptop Lounge on responding online to student writing are now available. ...more

210. Atomic Learning now offers video tutorials on how to use Google Docs. ...more

209. Here is Jane's suggested list of 25 free online tools that every educator should know about, and even use. ...more

208. An outline for the Friday Laptop Lounge on Wikis and Pedagogy, with links to examples and online resources, is now available. ...more

207. Learn more about Facebook and how it might be used for education. ...more

206. A Kansas State University class is using the Ginger release of Netvibes to collect feeds from useful web 2.0 tools and applications and to serve as a center for collaborative research. ...more

205. Educators can cover more content from more web sites in less time using RSS feeds. ...more

204. Google bought JotSpot and is now providing a wiki (Google Sites) service as part of Google Apps. The suite of Google applications for your school’s domain includes Sites, Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Talk (chat), and a Start Page. ...more

203. How can iPods be used for better learning? Here are ten suggestions. ...more

202. The top ten online video conversion services are reviewed. ...more

201. All your podcasting questions answered at John Lien's Podcasting and Blogging site. ...more

Podcasting in Plain English

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200! “Like it or not, the networked digital archive changes our basis of knowledge and training people for the future is about training them for this shift.” Professor David Parry actually wants his students to use Wikipedia. ...more

199. Capture and store images and screencasts with the free online service Jing. You can also share with others or embed them in web pages. ...more

198. Jeff Cobb offers a free eBook on learning and social media and how organizations can create new learning environments. ...more

197. At Open Educational Resources Commons you can find courseware, tools, resources, education blogs and wikis, and other information (all free) for teaching and learning. ...more

196. Share your documents online, or embed them in a web page, with Scribd’s iPaper platform. ...more

195. There are ways to create presentations online without using PowerPoint. Here are just thirteen. ...more

194. “Collaboration entails working together toward a common goal, but what is the common goal we want students to work toward in classes?” Caroline Haythornthwaite talks about facilitating collaboration in online learning. ...more

193. Cognitive scientist Stephen Kosslyn gives some good advice for powerpoint presentations that are more “human brain-compliant.” ...more

192. The Horizon Report “seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning or creative expression within learning-focused organizations.” Produced by the Horizon Project. ...more

191. The PoducateMe Podcasting Guide explains all there is to know about podcasting in education. ...more

190. George Siemans discusses the educational uses of Facebook on his wiki. ...more

189. Trying to stay on top of new technologies? Here are some strategies for academic leaders (and others, too). ...more

188. Want some ideas on teaching with blogs? Here are some useful notes from a talk at GMU by Mills Kelly, who has posted on blogging elsewhere. ...more

187. Here’s some advice from a teacher about how to use Twitter, the web-based instant messaging system, in academia. ...more

186. The slideshow on “Pedagogical Uses of Blogs and Wikis” from the SOCHE 2008 conference is now available, along with a list of resources. ...more

185. YouTube - and web video examples like FORA.tv, BigThink, and YouTube university channels - are becoming increasingly popular with professors as a way to expand their audience. ...more

184. Larry Regan has put together a course on best practices in online teaching. ...more

183. Encouraging active learning is one of the seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education (Chickering & Gamson). See how technology can be used to advance this goal. ...more

182. John Morrison has posted some social bookmarking strategies for interactive learning, adapted from an Educause paper on syllabus strategies by Deborah Everhart. ...more

181. In this episode of IT Conversations Jon Udell interviews Gardner Campbell, who “talks about how our emerging uses of the internet enable educators and students to create fresh approaches to higher education.” ...more

180. Check out the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies' picks for the top 100 tools for learning in 2007. ...more

179. Google applications can be set to keep your material private, restricted to yourself or to your classes only. These videos explain how. ...more

178. Tagging is very useful, even if not at popular as it was once expected to be. Learn how to pick up the practice. ...more

177. If you are putting some/most of your class material online, why should students come to class? Jean Bryan addresses the issue with some suggestions. ...more

176. End of year recommendations. Here are ten online applications for teachers. And Rick Salisbury recommends these 12 web tools, which are also quite useful for educators.

175. kwout is a free online service that lets you quote part of a web site and post it as an image. ...more

174. Download the free book 162 Tips and Tricks for Working with e-Learning Tools. Members of the eLearning Guild share their tips. ...more

173. According to a recent PEW Internet and American Life Project study on Teens and Social Media 64% of teens are producing digital content (up from 57% in 2004). ...more

172. Challenged by new technologies? Learn them at the conceptual level rather then the keystroke level. ...more

171. Looking for photos? Try public domain photos, the national archives, Uncle Sam's Photos, the NOAA photo library, the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, and the Great Images in NASA library of images. ...more

170. See why Beth Kanter loves Google Docs. ...more

169. If you must use Powerpoint for your presentation, you might want to consider these tips for avoiding last minute problems. ...more

168. Pageflakes, a free site that lets you create your own private or public home page, now offers a “teacher edition” with widgets especially designed for educators. ...more

167. Here’s a very good Powerpoint presentation about how to avoid designing bad Powerpoint presentations. ...more