Social software in libraries; building collaboration, communication, and community online.
9781573872751 Social software in libraries; building collaboration, communication, and community online. Farkas, Meredith G. Information Today, Inc. 2007 320 pages $39.50 Paperback Z674 Social software, including blogs, RSS, wikis, networking, screencasting,...

The new rules of marketing and PR; how to use news releases, blogs, podcasts, viral marketing, & online media to reach your buyers directly.
9780470113455 The new rules of marketing and PR; how to use news releases, blogs, podcasts, viral marketing, & online media to reach your buyers directly. Scott, David Meerman. John Wiley & Sons 2007 275 pages $24.95 ...

Banks can promote themselves through online radio shows.
Banks can host their own radio shows--online audio broadcasts--through a service provided by BankClubs, Minnetonka, Minn. Financial institutions can offer live presentations, travelogues, and online conversations with local businesses. The audio can be generated from telephone, cell phones or Internet voice. Customers can hear the...

Management Suite 7.2: Angel learning.
www.angellearning.com Software, Pricing varies by institution size and type A variety of new features are offered, such as native podcasting, key industry standards, enterprise content management, assessment item analysis, and native support for learning outcomes. It also provides faculty with tools to map course content...

Sounds good to me: using digital audio in the social studies classroom.
In a recent edition of Educational Leadership. technology pioneer Marc Prensky issued the following warning regarding the state of education today: "Educators have slid into the twenty-first century--and into the digital age--still doing a great many things the 01d way. It's time for education leaders to raise their heads...

For kids, by kids: our city podcast.
An eager student speaks excitedly into a microphone, "This is the Our City Podcast! I'm Sophie, a third grader at Willowdale Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska. We're going to tell you about our outstanding city: Omaha!" Sophie continues by telling listeners that they can expect a great show--all about...

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2006. 168 pages. ISBN 1412927668. Hardcover: $61.95USD. In an effort to open the eyes of instructors and administrators to new, emerging teaching technologies, Will Richardson provides an overview of...

Learning with personal media players: iPods and handheld computers are emerging as sound investments to help special needs learners.
EVERY MONTH A NEW PORTABLE MP3 PLAYER IS ON THE market--and they're not just for music. Known more as personal media players than music players, their use transcends age, lifestyle and social class, and many people are relying on them more as compact troves of information rather than strictly...

Lecture is dead provokes "nostalgia and amusement.".
I read Jensen's (2007) letter about technology and large-class teaching with both nostalgia and amusement. To date myself, I remember when Audio-Visual was an educational theory, not the place where you check out projectors. We appear to be of similar vintage--I started teaching big classes (968 students)...

Editor's notebook.
For teachers seeking to make better connections between their wired, IM-creating, Internet-savvy students and the social studies, this issue of Social Education abounds with suggestions. Software enhancements and the growth of Internet resources in different formats have paved the way for newly creative lesson plans that are supported by...