Archive for 'social media'

Thinking About Social Media

Posted on 05. Mar, 2012 by .

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One thing about Social Media is that new technologies claiming to be a new form of Socail Media are being introduced almost daily. To help determine if a new technology qualifies as Social Media or not, Li and Benoff (2008) in their book Groundswell created a list of questions to consider when determining if technology [...]

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Technology as a Scapegoat

Posted on 12. Aug, 2011 by .

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Recently, technology has been blamed or credited for a number of things: Arab Spring Uprisings Riots in London The end of the debit ceiling debacle And countless other evils and goods…are we serious? Technology is not the cause of the uprisings in London or Arab counties and it didn’t solve the debit crisis…the real issues [...]

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Twitter’s Impact on Your Brain-Same as Bilingualism

Posted on 20. Apr, 2011 by .

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Studies on infant brains have shown that knowledge retention is only possible when accompanied with personal interaction or activity, but this becomes even more important as people get older. Adults must be socially stimulated to learn, which is why language retention is usually only successful for adults when they are immersed with other language-speakers. Bilingual [...]

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MATEC Webinar Notes and Slides: Social Media and Student Success

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by .

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I am giving a presentation today at 1:00 EDT. Called Social Media and Student Success:Leveraging Social Learning Tools. It will last for 90 minutes. It is free and if you want to attend click here to register. Here is a short description.Extend student learning beyond the traditional classroom by leveraging the creative power of social [...]

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