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Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?

The CoolCatTeacher

Liz Kolb in episode 387 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She is a MACUL board member and a member of the COSN advisory board for mobile learning and emerging technologies. Are Smartphones a good idea? We discuss the pro’s and cons. Listen to the Show.

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The Mobile Professor

Connecting 2 the World

The Mobile Adjunct Currently, I am involved in #adjunctchat, a community that meets on twitter at Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, New York time. In addition, Rettie''s (2008) research suggests that there are different ways in which devises are used depending on the level of intimacy between people using mobile devises.

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What Would Abe Lincoln’s Social Media Campaign Look Like? A New Classroom Use For Twitter and Facebook

Edsurge

During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. sending out reminders and raising money on Twitter while interacting with people on Facebook was a huge deal.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with 'e's

Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. 2008) Tribes. 2008) Here Comes Everybody. and Williams, A (2008) Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. Next time: Connected Minds References Godin, S.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

A Global Search for Education Reflection From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He asserts that the Chinese hacked the both the Obama and McCain campaigns in the 2008 election cycle. The hair on my arm prickled up like porcupine quills, but there was no breeze. immigration policies?

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

Finally, we cannot afford to ignore the growing influence of mobile phones and apps as a disruptive force and the capability they have of enabling any time, any place learning. 2008) Connecting distance learners and their mentors using blogs : The MentorBlog Project, Quarterly Review of Distance Education , 10(4), 3-17. London: Sage.

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Infographic: Blog Statistics

The Electric Educator

I have been blogging on the Electric Educator since 2008. This is an interesting way to observe changes in computing technology (mobile visitors were very rare when I began blogging) and to better understand the global reach of the Internet. You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash).