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The 21st century skills teachers should have Technology advancements have touched every facet of life including education. This latter has been radically transformed and teachers who do not use social media and educational technology in their teaching no longer fit in the new system.That’s why every educator and teacher should reconsider certain values and principles . Today I am sharing with you two short videos that will hopefully change what some think about teaching. The following videos are among the top educative videos online . Watch this first one minute 40 seconds video to see the negative side of some teachers.
Location-based social networking unveiled - The Independent Florida Alligator: Social Networking Location-based services have become very popular, especially in the context of mobile marketing. Tech titans like Google, Facebook and Twitter have already entered the arena with Google Latitude, Facebook Places and location-enabled Tweets. In fact, Google carved its own niche by patenting location-based advertising earlier in May. Delivering ads and coupons to customers is only part of the deal. Today, LBSs are strategically used to collect information from customers and make better marketing decisions. Mobile marketing takes advantage of the fact that a person carries their phone with them all the time.
ptlibtech - Reading&Technology Kindling the Fire : Here is my poster session for PETE&C, Feb 2011. Introduction Reading and Technology are not exclusive of each other. Seven Places to Find Free eBooks Every year schools around the world spend thousands of dollars on textbooks that are often outdated by the end of their first year in the classroom. Ebooks, many of them free, can represent huge savings for schools over purchasing textbooks. Here are seven places that you can find free ebooks. 1. Planet eBook is a free service where teachers and students can find classic literature titles available as free downloads.
100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration (Part 1) by Ozge Karaoglu 0 Comments January 5, 2010 By: Tech Learning Blog Staff Jan 5 5 Twitter Services and Applications to Bypass 140 Character Limit (Firefox extensions included) A lot of people I know are twitterholics and I believe the way things are going I might also become one of them. Some of the people have also started to use it as one medium where they can discuss or have a communication around social media because it’s usually the social media guys who you’d see making most noise on Twitter or for that matter friendfeed. In these situations one often feels the need of 140 character limit annoying. I dugg for some twitter based application and services which can bypass the 140 character limit or shorten your messages on twitter. TinyPaste is TinyURL for text.