Archive for the ‘Education Technology’ Category

ReCap #Web20Chat 7/21/10

A recap of key themes touched on from this week’s #Web20Chat on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 6pm EST.

#Web20chat

Join in the discussion every Wednesday at 6PM EST using the hashtag #web20chat to share and learn about web 2.0 tools in education.

Top 50 Tweeting Teachers

No matter the subject, these teachers know how to Tweet. Just in time for #FollowFriday, here is your list of the Top 50 Tweeting Teachers.

Online Responsibility: Do You Have It?

Plain and Simple. Using a computer for school just makes everything easier, but without teaching online responsibility you could be making it harder on yourself and your students.
Here’s a little background on where I’m coming from:
I remember back when I was in grade school every assignment had to be hand-written with a pencil on an 8″ [...]

On the State of Ning and Education


The recent news that Ning will no longer be offering their free social networks for free is unfortunate. The news that they are forcing existing users to either pay or leave instead of just charging new customers is unsettling, especially for educators and academic institutions who have spent months migrating from their existing systems over to Ning, who had promised free social networking. Facts 1 and 2 combined with their lack of an open API is even more troublesome.