When I was thinking about what mobile device apps I might consider my favorites, I felt like I was a kid again being asked what my favorite color was… One week’s response would probably be different from the next. My favorite iPad apps do tend to change often as I’m exploring and testing.
So, without further …Read more at the full article: The Sound of My Favorite Apps
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The Sound of My Favorite Apps
Posted in Mobile Devices and Apps, Mobile Warrior
Also tagged apple, apps, digital first, ipad, mobile devices, social media
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Lights Out in a Digital World
Abby Boyle is a sophomore at the College of William and Mary.
It’s not often that we have to physically venture into the outside world or even leave the house to receive information, or to communicate with another person. With Internet access, a television, or a working home phone, cell phone or smartphone, we can answer …Read more at the full article: Lights Out in a Digital World
Ideas and Mobile Apps for Commencement Planning and Celebrations
Ohio State’s last Spring Quarter Commencement will be held Sunday, June 10. Many soon-to-be-graduates, along with their families, friends, and other well-wishers, are using numerous forms of technology to help with travel and festivity planning. Recently I caught up with some graduating Digital Union student employees to learn about tech tools they recommend, and/or are using for their …Read more at the full article: Ideas and Mobile Apps for Commencement Planning and Celebrations
Posted in Mobile Devices and Apps, Musings, Social Networking Apps
Also tagged accessibility, apps, mobile devices, tips
: nardacci.1@osu.edu
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Using Digital Tools and Services to Extend Your Reach and Broaden Your Impact
At the 2012 Innovate! conference, I attended a breakout session led by Kimberly Lightle and Jessica Fries-Gather titled “Using Digital Tools and Services to Extend Your Reach, Broaden Your Impacts.” The presentation revolved around methods that universities are using to engage the public with their projects. Educators often turn to the web, in addition to “traditional …Read more at the full article: Using Digital Tools and Services to Extend Your Reach and Broaden Your Impact
Posted in Digital Media, Events, Social Networking Apps, Teaching, Technology (General)
Also tagged community, innovate
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Digital Storytelling in Higher Education: From Personal Tales to Community Change
Joe Lambert from the Center for Digital Storytelling, Anne Fields from OSU Libraries, and Dickie Selfe from Ohio State’s Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing offered a very engaging session on digital storytelling at the recent Innovate 2012 conference. Lambert explained that the process of digital storytelling exists somewhere in the middle of …Read more at the full article: Digital Storytelling in Higher Education: From Personal Tales to Community Change
Posted in Conference, Creativity, Digital Media, eLearning Pedagogy and Tools, Teaching
Also tagged Digital Media, digital storytelling, digital video, examples, innovate, learning technology, social media, tips
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Universities on Virtual Bulletin Boards? Pinteresting.
Pinterest is a virtual bulletin board site that has been blowing up the internets since it began with a closed beta just two years ago. With more than 450% growth over the last 6 months and a massive population of active daily users, it’s a place where anyone can collect anything that needs coming back …Read more at the full article: Universities on Virtual Bulletin Boards? Pinteresting.
Give Your Class a Piazza Party!
Would you like to offer your students more opportunities for peer collaboration outside your regular class lecture time? Introducing… Piazza.com. Piazza is a web 2.0 tool designed to provide a venue for students and faculty to ask and answer questions collaboratively. What makes this discussion site unique is that for every question (or topic) posted, …Read more at the full article: Give Your Class a Piazza Party!
Posted in eLearning Pedagogy and Tools, Hey, Look!, Social Networking Apps
Also tagged Collaboration, course design, online learning, student engagement, technology tools
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Self Control (with a little help)
Abigail Boyle is a Freshman at the College of William and Mary.
I have been in college for about a month now, and so far, I have discovered one major flaw in my time management system: I am very good at distracting myself from getting work done. Whether I am logging onto Facebook to check my …Read more at the full article: Self Control (with a little help)
Posted in Digital Media, eLearning Pedagogy and Tools, Technology (General)
Also tagged apps, distractions, learning technology, self control, social media, tips
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Microsoft Productivity Tools: Going Beyond Documents and Spreadsheets (08/10/2011)
This session, presented by Rich Seymore and Nancy Ramsey of Microsoft, explored using productivity tools to make information and data more useable, flexible, available, and valuable. Rich demonstrated how we can be more agile and efficient while collaborating with students, faculty, parents, and friends. He discussed taking advantage of the full potential of …Read more at the full article: Microsoft Productivity Tools: Going Beyond Documents and Spreadsheets (08/10/2011)
Posted in Workshops Archive
Also tagged classroom technology, email, Facebook, free, Microsoft, OfficeLabs, plug-ins, research, windows
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The Digital Union is on Twitter
There is now another way for you to easily keep up with the Digital Union daily blog and other learning technology happenings at Ohio State and beyond.
Introducing… the Digital Union… on Twitter!
Each day, we’ll tweet highlights from that day’s technology blog article. In addition, we may tweet other information about DU news, workshops, and more.
Some …Read more at the full article: The Digital Union is on Twitter