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Kansas. Browse All Training Sessions : Training & Events : Minitex. Because it's that good: 10 Exciting Ways To Waste Your Trai. Find People to Help You Learn, Look and Feel Better | Betterfly. 180 Technology Tips - HOME PAGE. Trends - March. Savvy trainers are using micro-blogging to foster informal learning and meet likeminded peers. Here's a scenario to give trainers pause. You're presenting at a conference.

Minutes into your session, a number of people are tapping furiously at their phones or reading incoming messages. Most of these people get up and leave the room, while another bunch trickles in. Though it may not be apparent to someone unfamiliar with Web 2.0 behavior, these people aren't simply multi-tasking while you teach. Twitter is a free micro-blogging service. Working the back channel While some instructors may not relish real-time reviews of their classes that cause people to leave, others know how to benefit from a roomful of people on Twitter. Jane Hart, a social media and learning consultant, classifies Twitter and other micro-blogs as tools for personal and informal learning. Many educators already use micro-blogs to create community around a class or an activity.

The corporate tweet The future. ScreenToaster Does a YouTube for Screen Videos. ScreenToaster is a free web-based screen recorder designed to capture your screen activity, audio and webcam images in real-time then publish and share your video in blogs and websites. ScreenToaster, the best online screencasting application that lets you record as well as host screencast videos, just got better. The video portal that host user-recorded videos has been revamped more on the lines of YouTube. You can browse screencast videos by tags, channels or even filter screencasts based on popularity / number of views. There are no RSS feeds though. Update: Screen Toaster is no longer available. Please use an alternative screencast recorder like Screenr, Jing or QuickCast.io if you are on a Mac. ScreenToaster’s YouTube like portal for sharing Screencast videos You will also find couple of new features in the screen recorder application itself.

Since ScreenToaster in Java based browser application, it can be used on any Windows, Mac OS or Linux platform. 25 Tools.