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You’ve heard the hype, you know the statistics, but you still can’t seem to make social media work for your school. Fortunately, the world of higher education is filled with schools that have figured it out and are seeing exciting results.
To read the actual white paper in its entirety, check it out at: http://www.fathomseo.com/resources/guides/social-media-white-paper.pdf Via Judy O'Connell, Kim Flintoff 
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What makes a good information design or infographic? This infographic looks at all the components that make a design a visual success.
Factors such as interestingness, integrity, function and form all intersect to make a successful information design. Other components to a successful design include meaningfulness, consistency, structure and usability. Check out the graph to see all of the important elements to a good information design and graphic. Via Judy O'Connell, Kim Flintoff
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College students limit technology use during crunch time — University of Washington - washington.edu
A new University of Washington study found A new University of Washington study found college students – only weeks away from final exams and in the library – tend to pare use of electronics. It’s their way to manage technology that permeates their lives. Project Information Literacy “Our findings belie conventional wisdom about the multitasking generation – always online, always using a variety of IT devices to communicate, game and do their homework,” said Alison Head, a research scientist at the UW Information School who co-directed the study. “Our findings suggest students may be applying self-styled strategies for dialing down technology when the pressure is most on them.”college students – only weeks away from final exams and in the library – tend to pare use of electronics. It’s their way to manage technology that permeates their lives. Via Howard Rheingold, Kim Flintoff
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Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos -- basically anything there is to talk about. You can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. VoiceThread takes your conversations to the next level, capturing your presence, not just your comments. Anyone can join the discussion from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC -- anytime, anywhere.. Via Judy O'Connell, Kim Flintoff
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People consume information on the web differently than traditional media. Via Judy O'Connell, Kim Flintoff
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Powerful Learning Practice - Powerful Learning Practice is professional development for the 21st Century. PLP Alums meet here to catch up, share, and celebrate all things PLP!
Global, online learning communities offer an unprecedented opportunity for teachers and students to follow and connect around their passions. But they also challenge almost every aspect of traditional schooling as we know it.
The Powerful Learning Practice cohort model offers a unique approach to introducing educators to the transformative online technologies that are challenging the traditional view of teaching and learning. Via Kim Flintoff
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"If only finding focus were so simple. With a tidal wave of information coming at us daily, focus is rapidly becoming the scarcest commodity of the 21st century. With this in mind, I’ve rounded up a handful of the best apps for fighting back against the constant distractions of our digital lives." Via Howard Rheingold, Kim Flintoff
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The Centre for eLearning has recently deployed Hotseat at Curtin. Hotseat integrates a suite of tools including a web application, Facebook and Twitter that can be accessed via computers, laptops, smart phones and other mobile devices like iPod Touch, iPad, and tablets. Lecturers can set focus questions, assign Twitter #hashtags and control the anonymity of posts in order ot draw students more fully into active participation in the lecture. Via Kim Flintoff
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Educators and students collaborated in constructing an immersive literary experience at the University of Richmond and then reenacted the narrative as a team.
Considerable planning goes into such simulations to make them effective collaboration spaces.In creating a simulation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, a team of distributed groups negotiated different approaches to believably embody Poe’s characters and period.
Despite limitations in the software and the planning process during and after a beta test, students experienced Poe’s story in a new and rewarding way. Via Kim Flintoff
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