Sign in. Getting Started with Social Media – A Guide and Resource List. If you’re new to social media or haven’t approached it “strategically” thus far, then this guide is for you. Read on for a bird’s eye view with specific concrete steps. Last updated: January 7, 2009 Note: I’m no PR or communications consultant. I’m just interested in seeing people get real value from their technology. This is a living document, and I welcome your suggestions for improvement. Step 1. The biggest mistake of individuals who start blogs or businesses looking for customers/publicity online is diving right in. Instead of diving right in, you’ll first want to know: Who are the leaders in your interest area? To find out who’s talking and recognize some of the leaders, you’ll want to search for your interest area on sites like AllTop and Technorati. AllTop is a good starting place as it organizes popular blogs into topic areas. Based on the results of the search above, you should choose a few blogs to start reading regularly. 10-15 sites is a good start.
What is RSS? Step 2. Educational software. Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning. History[edit] Early History, 1940s - 1970s[edit] History 1970s – 1980s[edit] The arrival of the personal computer, with the Altair 8800 in 1975, changed the field of software in general, with specific implications for educational software. History 1990s[edit] Major developments in educational software in the early and mid-1990s were made possible by advances in computer hardware. Major types of educational software[edit] Courseware[edit] Courseware is a term that combines the words 'course' with 'software'. Classroom aids[edit] Some educational software is designed for use in school classrooms.
Assessment software[edit] With the impact of environmental damage and the need for institutions to become "paperless",[3] more educational institutions are seeking alternative ways of assessment and testing, which has always traditionally been known to use up vasts amount of paper. See also: Teaching With Infographics | Social Studies, History, Economics.
Webtrendmap.com's Top Trending Links - Web Trend Map. John Paton’s Dec. 2 Presentation at INMA Transformation of News Summit in Cambridge, Mass. « Digital First. The Journal Register Company – the Company I took over in February of this year – could be the poster child for what ails the US newspaper industry. The company counts its products in the hundreds. Its employees in the thousands. Its audience in the millions. Its revenue in the hundreds of millions.
And, it is now profitable. With better margins than an average Dow Jones listed company. It has titles pre-dating the American Revolution and can stretch its lineage back to at least one predecessor title co-founded by Benjamin Franklin. Another title was around to publish George Washington’s obit. It even has one press – not in use I hasten to point out – that a local historian is researching as a possible Franklin press – again, that Ben Franklin. And in its core mission is enshrined in our nation’s Constitution. And none of the above will save it or other companies like it – unless it and our industry profoundly change how we do business.
At JRC we have some thoughts on how we can do that. Okay. Future Exploration Network. Frog Design: The Four Secrets of Playtime That Foster Creative Kids | Co.Design. This is the second post in a new series, produced by Frog Design, drawn from their publication, Design Mind. The theme of the current issue -- from which this essay is drawn -- is "And Now the Good News. " It presents ideas flowing from the most recent TED Global conference. I still remember an early job interview I had at Trilogy in 1998. Back then, the software maker was dubbed "Insanity Inc. " by Fast Company because of its late work nights and legendary retreats to Vegas. Trilogy was hiring like mad to keep up with demand and was looking for 'young, talented overachievers with entrepreneurial ambition and chutzpah.' During my interview I was asked to write a line of programming code on a whiteboard in front of five people.
There is a myth, common in American culture, that work and play are entirely separate activities. So, my question is, "Are our children getting the play they need to thrive in the 21st century? " Open Environments Flexible Tools Part of being open is being flexible. Banh Mi Saigon Bakery - New York Restaurant - MenuPages Sandwiches, Vietnamese Restaurant Search. TED Fellows | Meet the TED Fellows | TED2011 Fellows. 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web. IllustrationChristoph Niemann Writers/EditorsMin Li Chan, Fritz Holznagel, Michael Krantz Project CuratorMin Li Chan & The Google Chrome Team DesignFiPaul Truong DevelopmentFi Very Special Thanks To Brian Rakowski, Ian Fette, Chris DiBona, Alex Russell, Erik Kay, Jim Roskind, Mike Belshe, Dimitri Glazkov, Henry Bridge, Gregor Hochmuth, Jeffrey Chang, Mark Larson, Aaron Boodman, Wieland Holfelder, Jochen Eisinger, Bernhard Bauer, Adam Barth, Cory Ferreria, Erik Arvidsson, John Abd-Malek, Carlos Pizano, Justin Schuh, Wan-Teh Chang, Vangelis Kokkevis, Mike Jazayeri, Brad Chen, Darin Fisher, Johanna Wittig, Maxim Lobanov, Marion Fabing Nicolas, Jana Vorechovska, Daniele De Santis, Laura van Nigtevegt, Wojtek Cyprys, Dudley Carr, Richard Rabbat, Ji Lee, Glen Murphy, Valdean Klump, Aaron Koblin, Paul Irish, John Fu, Chris Wright, Sarah Nahm, Christos Apartoglou, Meredith Papp, Eric Antonow, Eitan Bencuya, Jay Nancarrow, Ben Lee, Gina Weakley, Linus Upson, Sundar Pichai & The Google Chrome Team.
eLearning Technology. Everything elearning: Evaluation: Program Evaluation. Top Ten e-Learning Trends | e-Learning Industry Market Research. The E-Learning Industry With the cost of implementing e-learning tools falling, more governments, businesses, and schools have added online courses and other forms of distance learning to their organizations. By keeping an eye on the top trends in e-learning, meeting some of the most influential experts in the e-learning field, and asking critical questions about your own strategy, you can make important decisions about how you use e-learning tools in your own life and at your own organization. Top Ten Trends in E-Learning Based on research from the Gartner Group, the University of Pennsylvania, and other prestigious think tanks, we can identify ten vital trends that will influence the growth of e-learning over the next ten years. 1.
Application Service Providers offer more quick start options. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Government Departments Embrace E-Learning Systems 8. 9. Wireless E-Learning Teaches Hygiene to Refugees 10. Launching Your Own E-Learning Project. 22 Mind-Blowing Infographics on Education | Socrato Learning Analytics Blog. Data is extremely valuable for all of us in the education industry; we”ve got to consume a lot of it to make valuable decisions for our students and schools. However, when you spend too much time with your nose in your computer, e-reader or a book, it”s easy to forget what information looks like. That”s why I took the time to put together a list of amazing, tantalizingly visual infographics meant to titillate your mind and engage your visual synapses. There are 22 mind-blowing infographics on education below. Enjoy this hand-picked visual feast!
1. College in America: Four-Year University and College Density By State 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Did we miss any of your favorite educational infographics? Download the eBook >> Case Studies. Feature Article - Online Learning 101: Part I. Copia Debuts Social Reading Platform, Kills $99 E-Reader. Copia, the subsidiary of DMC Worldwide that caused a stir this summer when it announced its plans to bring a $99 color e-reader to market, has now made its social reading and book shopping platform available to the public. The company has also shelved plans to develop its own line of color e-readers.
The platform (also called Copia) is an e-bookstore and social media network rolled into one, combining the full reading, annotating and e-book purchasing functionality of Amazon's Kindle app (although with significantly less titles) with many of same features offered by shopping sites with Facebook integration and social reading platforms like Goodreads. Users can access Copia by downloading its apps for the desktop and iPad [iTunes link] (apps for Android, Windows 7 and other mobile platforms are coming soon) at thecopia.com. The social benefits don't end there. Users can also opt to scan the reviews of everyone who has left one or just those in their network.
CNN: Do tweets change your behavior? By Susannah Fox A CNN column by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, “Do tweets change your behavior?” , has prompted a new round of discussion about the role of online social networks in American life. The article details an experiment which supposedly found that I was more influential on Twitter than Alyssa Milano and Tim O’Reilly. I’m flattered, but I sincerely doubt that (and you can read in the comments or in this thoughtful essay why the experiment was flawed).
What I’m really interested in, though, is the basic premise of Christakis and Fowler’s recent research: Networks magnify whatever they are seeded with, for good or for ill. That’s where Pew Internet’s research comes in: What is the reach and scope of online social networks? Learn more about what we are finding out: Infographics on Education. November 5, 2013 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose priorities include global health and U.S. education, has made initiatives focused on teacher quality a key dimension of its recent grantmaking strategy. October 9, 2013 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan racked up a significant number of bargaining chips in his first years in office, which he used to create incentives for states to adopt his education improvement ideas.
With fewer sweeteners left to use as leverage, he will likely grow even more dependent on sanctions and persuasion in the administration’s final three years. October 2, 2013 Superintendents voice both skepticism and optimism on the governing abilities of school boards in the second of a series of Gallup-Education Week polls. September 24, 2013 In Philadelphia, key players are shaping the fate of a high-stakes effort to replicate the acclaimed Science Leadership Academy. The expansion will rest on administrators, philanthropists, teachers, and students. Blog : 5,000 Demonstrations: The Time to Go Interactive Is Now.
Today we passed a remarkable milestone: the 5,000th Demonstration was published by the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, the free, interactive resource we created in 2007. This makes the Demonstrations Project the largest collection of open, instructional applets anywhere. And it’s also much needed proof that you can create a viable and vibrant technical publishing ecosystem based on interactive applications rather than dead documents—pivotal to moving technical communication into a major new era. What’s the significance of this? Over the last decade there has been massive change in the way we communicate most kinds of information. Some of this has moved from paper to electronic form, from monochrome 2D charts to 3D color—or, if you’re lucky, even an animation—but it’s still a one-way information flow from writer to reader that’s static and low bandwidth.
Imagine instead that the author sets up an exploratory environment for the topic, theory, or proposal in question. EdStats. eLearning Technology. May 18 2011 - Updated conferences with new list for June - December 2011 (and beyond). Clayton R. Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2010, eLearning Conferences 2009. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com. This list is focused mostly on the first half of the year: January to June 2011. And it covers a broad range of types of topics. Please note that events, dates, titles, and locations may change; thus, CHECK the specific conference website.
If you are mounting your own conference, please ensure that the following information is clearly visible on your web page and/or poster: the name of the event, location (including country), date of the event, the FULL name of the sponsoring organization, and an e-mail contact address. December 2010 December 1-3, 2010 Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture, Rome, Italy. January 2011. 5 Marketing Graphs to Send Your CMO Every Month. As we're approaching the end of Q4, marketers everywhere are checking their stats and creating reports for management on the year's performance. But what graphs should you be sure to send?
Here are five charts we recommend every marketer send their CMO or management every month. 1. Traffic From All Sources (And visit to lead conversion rate) ( Open larger image in new window ) Which channels are producing the most web traffic for your company? 2. . ( Open larger image in new window ) Which channels are producing the most leads? 3. . ( Open larger image in new window ) Having trouble proving the ROI of your social media efforts? ( Open larger image in new window ) 4. . ( Open larger image in new window ) You should love showing off your organic traffic to your CMO or CEO. Tip for HubSpot customers: Hold down your control key (or "apple key" for Mac users) and click on multiple channels on the right to compare them all at once! 5. . ( Open larger image in new window ) Smartsourcing. Survey Shows Increased Use of Content as a Marketing Tool. The following article was written by Gretel Going , a partner at Channel V Media , a marketing agency in New York City.
Need fuel to get the green light on a social media or content marketing project you've been pitching? Or maybe you're looking for backup in your plea to increase your customer retention budget. A new marketing survey conducted by King Fish Media , in partnership with HubSpot, Junta42 and Upshot Institute , might be exactly what you're looking for. (You can skip the overview and download the complete study here .) The 2009 Survey on Marketing, Media and Measurement offers hard data that confirms our collective hunch that companies are focusing on communicating directly with existing and prospective consumers with methods made ubiquitous by the social media and content craze.
At the same time, it shows that traditional advertising is alive and well, but that its usefulness is limited to certain initiatives. Inbound Marketing Kit. Communities. Sign Up for a List. [Profile Register/Log In] (What's This?) Brainmail Brainmail is a free monthly newsletter about new ideas, innovations and trends. Last Message: You've got brainmail (no really) Hello again. It's been a while. Far too long. But I've been busy hitting myself in the head with car doors, falling down steps, using foot cream as toothpaste (the packs look almost the same) and swearing at the cat.
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