URL shortening services are experiencing a renaissance in the age of Twitter. When every character counts, these services reduce long URLs to tiny forms. But which is the best to use, when so many are offered and new ones seem to appear each day? 
A Bolton school says blogging is getting boys interested in writing. 
I have never owned a print edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. After the Britannica company's announcement that, like the Oxford English... 
Data from ComScore shows falling time spent on Google's would-be Facebook rival, as bookmarking site Pinterest rises almost unnoticed to rival longer-established sites. 
Asymco's Horace Dediu noticed a startling statistic: Apple sold 156 million iOS devices in 2011. That's 30 million more than the 122 million... 
Tablet to have 'retina' screen and could include 4G connectivity, according to reports. 
The more I give my teacher-power to students and encourage them to take more responsibility for their own learning, the more they show me how to redesign my ways of teaching. 
A sobering statistic for the New Year is the revelation that the majority of Britons' Facebook photos are taken while drunk... ![Top 10 Social Networking Sites by Market Share of Visits [December 2011] | mjmobbs - elearning and social media | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/w3R9xYQAOz73a2I5nSZBaDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
For a detailed view use interactive chart at the bottom of this post. Now that we have the top 10 social networking sites for December 2011 let’s see what happened last year. But before we go there’s another new entry to the top 10 list. 
Edudemic is all about finding innovative ways to get through to students. That’s why we’ve talked about game dynamics more than a few times. Inspiring students to learn through the gamification of a large lecture hall has not yet been broached by us Edudemic-ers. 
"As an outreach vehicle, blogs with well-structured messages and delivery mediums reach beyond the uni-directional information provision typical of many scholarly communication efforts to connect with readers and compel them to look critically at sources of information; to search out more information; and, ultimately, to influence practices. The flexibility and ease of publishing a blog allows for greater engagement between researchers, stakeholders, and the public through rapid dissemination of commentary and analysis on research. The accessibility of new media, such as blogs, helps create a multi-way dialogue and exchange of ideas so as to complement traditional communication avenues used in research, teaching, learning, and extension work carried out at higher education institutions. A simple way to Share Text.International character support: Cyrillic, German, Chinese, etc... |
Google’s free cloud storage is finally here, and it looks pretty darn good. But, Google Drive is far, far, more than just storage. 
TED Talks In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.
Dr Paul Reilly offers a warning: Be nice on Twitter, you don't know who's watching you... 
In the annual Horizon Report, see what emerging technologies could affect teaching and learning over the next five years. 
Was 2011 the year of social media? Facebook has added more than 200 million users in the last year. Twitter now boasts 100 million active users. 
It's the worst-kept secret on the Internet: Facebook Actions, a new way of interacting with apps, content, and brands, are coming to the social network. 
This article from Education, Technology, and Change Journal presents a list of 6 different issues concerning online learning in the coming year that are not going away. As online education becomes more prevalent in the learning environment there will be growing pains, and these are among the handful of issues that will likely continue cropping up. 
Looking to bring your website into 2012? Check out these four tips to make a big impact on your small business page.
I have just participated in this very useful webinar on the use of mobile technology in the classroom with @adamrsc, and am even more keen to interview American Studies at the University of Winchester as they have been experimenting with... |
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