Archive for Web 2.0
Recently, technology has been blamed or credited for a number of things: Arab Spring Uprisings Riots in London The end of the debit ceiling debacle And countless other evils and goods…are we serious? Technology is not the cause of the uprisings in London or Arab counties and it didn’t solve the debit crisis…the real issues […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Just announced: The 4th annual Blogging Scholarship worth up to $10,000 for a student scholarship. Here are some details. College Scholarships.org is giving away $10,000 this year to a college student who blogs. The Blogging Scholarship is awarded annually. Scholarship Requirements: Your blog must contain unique and interesting information about you and/or things you are […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →So this is wild for me, first time I am a tour stop on a blog book tour! I’ve been an author on blog book tours but now I get to be a stop on a tour and I couldn’t be happier to be a stop for my friend and prolific author, Jane Bozarth. Social […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →So this is wild for me, first time I am a tour stop on a blog book tour! I’ve been an author on blog book tours but now I get to be a stop on a tour and I couldn’t be happier to be a stop for my friend and prolific author, Jane Bozarth. Social […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →So rather than teach teachers or students how to intelligently use social media tools to communicate(like people do in corporations or in everyday social interactions), a school in Florida decided to advise against such silly and dangerous Web 2.0 behavior without supervision. According to the article Teachers asked to ‘unfriend’ students on Facebook “Everyone knows […]
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Leave a Comment (9) →An article, Teens Experiencing Facebook Fatigue, provided some interesting findings about the social networking site, Facebook. According to the article: A survey of 600 teens ages 13 to 17 in late April found that teens spend two hours per day online on average, 80% of which is spent using a social network. These same teens […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today and tomorrow I will be at the 7th annual Kaplan-EduNeering Knowledge Summit. I have been to many EduNeering Knowledge Summits and always have a great time. I’ll be doing a book signing, facilitating a video interview about the strategic relationship between ProtonMedia and Kaplan-EduNeering with Lisa Clune and Ron Burns and generally mixing with […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some more random Web 2.0 Statistics I’ve been gathering for some presentations. Facebook has more than 400 million active users and 50% of those active users log in every day and 35 million of those users update their status daily. Facebook Press Room. By 2050, the population of the United States is estimated […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Here are the resources to accompany my address: Leveraging Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0 and Smart Phones for Educational Excellence at the Mid Pacific Information and Communication Technology Center. Here are the slides: MPICT Keynote Address View more presentations from kkapp. Here are some resources: GamesDiscussion of some of the key value of games for learning. […]
Continue Reading →Here are some interesting Web 2.0 Statistics gathered from a number of different sources. Web 2.0 users report a 20% decrease in communication and travel costs both internally and in external supplier relationships (according to a November 2009 T&D Magazine article, The Wonders of Conversion, quoting a McKinsey & Company Survey) Using Web 2.0 tools, […]
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