a three-dimensional role-playing game to teach students about the intricacies of being a journalist: coming up with a story angle, identifying sources, preparing questions, synthesizing information, and writing an article.
Can Facebook, known as a place for socializing, become part of the research process as well?
A technology-law scholar in Canada, has been vigorously campaigning against a proposed copyright reform bill via YouTube and Facebook.
Dan Cohen, director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, wants scholars to stop keeping their research materials to themselves. Just about every academic has notes, photographs, digital scans of research documents, and plenty of other data on their hard drives, he says, but they rarely share anything beyond what makes it into their final books or journal articles. Wh
Computer Games to impact social change
Usefully steps to help educators create podcasts with content that makes listeners want to return for more.
Called College Planner, this widget lets prospective college students research schools and then apply to them without actually leaving their Facebook profiles. You can also see which people on your friends list are interested in the same schools.
Home-based professional development.
A professional development program that stresses IT learning at home has brought tech skills to a record number of teachers in St. Mary Parish Schools.
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