Haiti: Remembering The Earthquake 2 Years Later

Images of devastation in Haiti dominated news media, in 2010! Check out my previous blog posts here:       Haiti- a race against time ! This amazing report comes to us from the Boston Globe. We can only guess and imagine the horror felt by Haitians, during and after the devastating earthquake, there. They say that a [...]

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Is Social Media Ruining Students?

         This is a rather controversial topic, today, in Education.           Some innovative educators argue in favour of student use of social media, citing an increase in communicating, collaborating, and multi-tasking.           I’m thinking of Don Tapscott and Terry Freedman, among many others.           Others denounce student use of social media, saying it distracts students too [...]

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Social Media Impact During Natural Disasters

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Floods, Tornados… Telecommunications will be  forever changed. The satellite “eye-in-the-sky” enables people everywhere to upload riveting, real-time reports continually. If you want “breaking news, as it happens”, just log in to AllTop, Twitter,  Facebook, or Google. “Friends” are everywhere.You will even find videos, and satellite images; for example, the before and after images of [...]

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Future Made of Glass Communications

   This is so cool!      It already exists, and I can hardly wait to use it!     Seamless transitions from audio and video, using your cellphone, bus stop walls, TV, and even glass counters and tabletop furniture. You must see this.   I like cool.   Don’t you?  Just imagine a day like this! What do [...]

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Curating For Education

Curating sounds so formal! Yet this is a great site for finding new technological educational resources, as we teach & learn in the 21st Century. Check out my connections to BagTheWeb here: http://bagtheweb.com/edu Enough said! Check the links for yourself. There are so many, it might take all weekend- Not!  :-) Follow me on Twitter [...]

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Credit Card of the Future

            So cool! How does it work? This is definitely something we ought to watch. Credit card fraud is always a possibility, whenever transactions involve the transfer of payment.  I have included a link to the YouTube video, hosted by Scobleizer, from Rackspace. Here you will see and  hear, firsthand, from the developer and project manager of [...]

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2010 State of the Blogosphere

Social Media is exploding exponentially!      It is changing our lives dramatically, in business and in our personal lives. People are social animals. They like to broadcast their lives for the world to see, hence the rise of the Blogosphere.       Children may have  digital personas, even before they are born. Case in point: Mothers might post ultrasound [...]

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8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education

 Social Media, Global Learning, Probes, Multimedia, Virtual Manipulatives are all here!     Collaboration is all the rage these days. Students love to collaborate using the latest technological advances, in applications like Google Docs, and Wikis. Groups are set up, which have unique cloudspace data storage, and communication capabilities.      Security is obviously a concern here.      [...]

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Social Media Playbook

Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Google Buzz, LinkedIn, Friendfeed,Twitter, YouTube…                                          Play by the rules!         This extensive playbook pdf really delves into the do’s and don’ts of social media. It is great for both business and personal use. Try it.      Hints: 1)Gracious social media interaction will win you a lot of respect. 2)Give credit, where [...]

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Free E-Book: Amazing Web 2.0 Projects

Technology in education is a hot topic these days!       This great E-book explores many uses of technology in the classroom, by teachers and students, alike : eg; learning Chinese. Take the time to fully appreciate this work, by a great educator. Set aside some quality time, for this. There are numerous links for you to [...]

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