internet in education

Article “Why Web 2.0 is important to Higher Ed” (Mid Week Update)

May 20, 2009

Read this article by Trent Batson recently on CampusTechnology.com, and thought it made for an interesting mid week follow up to this week’s “5 Reasons Why Educators Need To Embrace Internet Technologies” post. Here is a excerpt from this article: “Culturally speaking, with the advent of Web 2.0, the “traditional classroom” with one speaker and many listeners [...]

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TeacherTube, and other YouTube alternatives for instructional use (part 2 of 2)

March 8, 2009

This week we continue our overview of video hosting web sites focused exclusively on education. Last week I was impressed with TeacherTube, and this week we look at lesser known competitors EduTube.org and MyLearningTube.com, and wrap up with mention of a few other education oriented online video resources I came across. EduTube.org Like TeacherTube, EduTube.org also monitors postings and limits [...]

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